“For medical students, having a physician who serves as a mentor may be one of the most valuable resources on the path to becoming a doctor. Mentoring relationships are particularly important for minority students or students who are in medical schools that do not have...
Established in 1952, the match system was designed to cater to a high demand for doctors, and served the healthcare industry well on both ends - doctors could choose and pursue their specialties of choice, and patients received treatment from happier and more fulfilled professionals....
As simulation continues to voraciously permeate the medical educational landscape, nursing students have been starting to benefit from the innovative learning stratosphere it provides. The methodologies traditionally used in nursing school has begun to shift from textbooks, lecture halls, heavily highlighted class notes, to a modern nursing classroom,...
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...
Did you know the average medical student spends an estimated 9,000 hours in lectures, clinicals, labs and direct patient care over the course of their education? That’s more hours than there are in a year! And it’s just one of the many fascinating, sometimes daunting,...
If you're human, then there is a pretty good chance that you're going to have some nerves during your medical school interviews! That is completely normal and expected, but fear not: this bridge has been crossed by many before you, including your interviewer. With this in mind,...
During the 80’s and 90’s, virtual reality (VR) was a common theme in entertainment. Movies like Tron and The Matrix, told fantastical tales of people getting sucked into computer worlds where they had to take down an evil villain within a virtual world. Although virtual...
In January 2014, University of South Florida (USF) officially opened The WELL, a new student services center for the schools at USF Health, a renovation of its old medical clinic. An acronym for The Wellness, Engagement, Leadership, and Learning Student Center, USF felt the chosen title...
Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocet - these are all names of common opioid prescription painkillers. The use of opioids became popular in 1806 when German chemist, Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Serturner, created morphine. Another well-known opioid is heroin. When heroin was first developed, it was marketed as a...
