You matched to residency! Now what? First of all, CELEBRATE! Soak in this break between med school and residency. This amount of free time isn’t often found in the world of medicine, so whether you use it to travel, spend…
What I wish other doctors knew about PM&R
Physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians often collaborate with other doctors. Here’s what you need to know about PM&R. I greatly enjoy connecting and collaborating with physicians from other specialties. In my experience working with other specialists, I’ve thought of a…
3 Tips for your Intern Year of Residency
Some of you have started your intern year of residency this past week, others will start on July 1st. I am SO excited for you all! I’ve thought about what words I needed to hear when I started intern year,…
5 Tips for Med School Sweethearts Who Can’t Couples Match
Since Joshua was one year ahead of me in med school, we didn’t have the option of couples matching. But we knew we were serious about our relationship, and so we made the decision to be actively involved with each…
Studying for boards: COMLEX Level 3
Edit: if you prefer watching videos > reading blogs, I have a YouTube video on this! COMLEX Level 3 is the DO equivalent of USMLE Step 3. While I took both USMLE Step 1 and 2 alongside COMLEX Level 1…
Studying for boards: USMLE Step 2 CK + COMLEX Level 2
If you’ve read my blog post about studying for Step 1 and Level 1, you know that I had a really specific way of going through questions and using outside resources. In contrast, I kept things pretty simple for USMLE…
Planning 4th year of med school
Okay, this is about to be a long post. Obviously, a lot goes into planning your 4th year of med school. Especially if your school is like mine and basically gives us complete control of the planning process. I had…
Flashcards for boards: SketchyMicro & SketchyPharm Anki decks
These are complete SketchyMicro and SketchyPharm Anki decks that I made while I was studying for USMLE Step 1 and COMLEX Level 1! I found that Anki was the best way for me to memorize all of the SketchyMedical sketches. I still remember…
Studying for boards: USMLE Step 1 + COMLEX Level 1
I have put off writing this post about my USMLE Step 1 & COMLEX Level 1 study strategies for a couple reasons: (1) I wanted to wait until I got my scores back to know whether or not my advice…
Women + Osteopathic Medicine
Y’all. PBS just launched a documentary all about women and osteopathic medicine. How cool is this?! If you aren’t aware of history of osteopathic medicine, this is the perfect overview. Even just the trailer (embedded below) provides a great synopsis on…
Osteopathic medicine: from the eyes of Amanda
“I think you should go for M.D. because it will be hard for you to be taken seriously if you become a D.O.” Something like that can be hard to hear when you’ve spent 4.5 years trying to get good…
Osteopathic medicine: from the eyes of Dorothy
Medical school: Exciting and daunting all at the same time. Where do I start? So, I didn’t exactly know right off the bat that I would end up pursuing medicine. It was not until the end of high school that…
