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Could a Pass-Fail Step 1 Cause More Student Stress?

by Spencer Kortum

The pressure and anxiety surrounding Step 1 is one of the main reasons cited by the USMLE to justify its adoption of a pass-fail grading system. However, many medical students are met with more trepidation about their future as this major anticipated change in Step 1 takes effect.

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Catching threads at the end of preclinical

by Amal Cheema

I hope my classmates, communities, and I all dance far more often with health than sickness. I pray that soon the last hospital bed holds the last patient with COVID. I hope justice and truth prevail. I hope we hold onto what we carry: the love of friends and family, a resilience tried and true, bravery unbridled and faith that we will persevere among...

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Could a Pass-Fail Step 1 Cause More Student Stress?

The pressure and anxiety surrounding Step 1 is one of the main reasons cited by the USMLE to justify...

by Spencer Kortum

Catching threads at the end of preclinical

I hope my classmates, communities, and I all dance far more often with health than sickness. I pray that...

Reflections on M1, Part 1: A Curriculum Like No Other

On July 27, 2020, I began the first day of orientation week at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG)....

by Rishab Chawla

In Sickness and Health: Concern for Presenteeism in Medical Trainees

Presenteeism does not simply exist for seasoned providers; it seeps down the medical training pipeline and perhaps poses the...

by Trisha Kaundinya

Imagine

Upon arriving at the room, we learn that the nurse continued trying to speak to this patient in English...

by Samantha M Rodriguez

The COVID Narrative

Our illness narrative, the COVID narrative, is about so much more than regaining health (though I acknowledge that for...

by Parker Davis

Leading the Rounds: The Medical Leadership Podcast — “5 Rules for...

In this episode, Peter and I put together the culmination of our first season of podcasting. We took lessons...

by Caleb Sokolowski

Halfway

When the start of M3 year came along, I was ready: ready to put my First Aid book to...

by Lily Foley

A Meditation on the Anatomy Lab

This feeling of loss and subsequent reflection revealed to me something fundamental about how I experience time in my...

by James Estaver

Reflections on Donor 8

On the first day of anatomy, we were reminded that this course was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and that we...

by Yeonsoo Sara Lee

Thank You, Doctor

I was patiently sitting in the lobby at Quest Diagnostics, waiting for the staff to slowly let people inside...

by Lara Juan Martinuzzi

Leading the Rounds: The Medical Leadership Podcast — “Presence,...

In this episode, we interview Dr. Edward Barksdale. He is the newly elected American Pediatric Surgery Association President. He...

by Caleb Sokolowski

Beyond the Bottle

“We are taking him to rehab,” she said. I could hear a faint sigh of relief and happiness permeating...

Should Kidneys be Commodities? A Brief Look into Government-Regulated Organ Trading

The Iranian Consultative Assembly, the equivalent of a parliament, legalized living non-related donations in 1988 and set up a...

Ms. Metaphysics

I am sitting in school / but I am also thinking of you. // Yes, I do / wonder...

Humanizing the ICU

The heart monitor beeped incessantly, and the pulse oximeter kept dropping to the 80s. I ran to get a...

by Roshan Bransden

Imagine

Published by Samantha M Rodriguez

Upon arriving at the room, we learn that the nurse continued trying to speak to this patient in English despite the patient’s evident inability to speak the language. Following...

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Humanizing the ICU

Published by Roshan Bransden

The heart monitor beeped incessantly, and the pulse oximeter kept dropping to the 80s. I ran to get a nurse. He walked calmly into the room, straightened the patient’s...

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Narrative in Cirque

Published by Amber Allen

When I was 17, I went to the gynecologist for a Pap smear because my mom said, “Once you have sex you have to get one.” It felt like...

February 1, 2021

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The Pilot in the Labor Ward

Published by Brian James

There are many reasons a medical student may struggle on their obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) rotation. There is an obvious lack of medical knowledge or procedural skills common in...

January 25, 2021

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Could a Pass-Fail Step 1 Cause More Student Stress?

The pressure and anxiety surrounding Step 1 is one of the main reasons cited by the USMLE to justify...

by Spencer Kortum

Catching threads at the end of preclinical

I hope my classmates, communities, and I all dance far more often with health than sickness. I pray that...

Reflections on M1, Part 1: A Curriculum Like No Other

On July 27, 2020, I began the first day of orientation week at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG)....

by Rishab Chawla

A Meditation on the Anatomy Lab

This feeling of loss and subsequent reflection revealed to me something fundamental about how I experience time in my...

by James Estaver