You know that person in your class who can't seem to sit still? The one who always seems restless, tapping their pen, jostling their legs, and just fidgeting around? Maybe that person is even you - either way, it turns out that fidgeting can actually...
Medical school can be stressful and intimidating, but it can also be fun, right?! Here’s 29 more med school Tweets to get you laughing. See our last post of the "20 Funniest Tweets About Medical School". 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. ...
A new type of energy drink is taking energy boosting far beyond caffeine or other typical carb and sugar loaded products to fuel athletes for longer sustainable during exercise. A team of researchers led by Pete J. Cox of the University of Oxford in the UK, took a...
Social media is both a bane and a boon in this modern day world. With people constantly taking pictures and posting on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, one has to wonder if anything is ever truly private anymore. What's more, the social media mania means everyone is...
What’s the difference between “health” and “medicine” - as in replacing medical humanities with health humanities? A recent urge by healthcare providers to change those words as modifiers has spurred a variety of responses, from charges of academic nitpicking to sheer bewilderment. Words definitely matter, although...
Physician burnout is not uncommon in today’s medical field. Studies have shown that burnout amongst medical professionals has been on the rise for years, but new research shows that burnout is affecting medical students even more as well. A recently published Academic Medicine study, conducted by researchers...
Guest contributor Justine Roberts, PA-C explains why she chose to pursue a business degree and how it has shaped and enhanced her skills in the field she loves: medicine. “I saw your ‘sheepskins’ out there in the waiting room…. What in the world possessed you to...
Nearly 40 percent of the U.S. population is made up of individuals from a minority racial descent. However, only nine percent of U.S. physicians are represented by African-American, Native American, Hispanic, American Indian, or other ethnic groups. Efforts, such as ethnically diverse peer groups, that...
Getting through medical school is one of the most rigorous career paths challenges an individual can choose. The classes are demanding, the course work is strenuous, there is little to no time for a social life or even sleep, and on top of all that, most...
I vividly remember the first time I went camping. After pitching our tent, checking out the nearby Columbia River, and toasting a few marshmallows on the fire, I wandered aways into the forest, and looked up for the first time. I saw the sky as I...
