Would You Still Be a Doctor if You Didn’t Get Paid as Much

Would you still pursue medicine if the pay was much less? What if it paid nothing at all? If money wasn’t an issue, would you still be doing what you are doing today? This is a question I came across today and had me thinking. Right now as a medical Read More

What should you do the Summer Before Starting Medical School

Dear Medaholic, I am starting medical school this fall and was wondering what advice you could give me on how to best prepare for medical school? Sincerely, Medical Student (Year 0, Class of 20XX) How Can You Best Prepare for Medical School? I have previously written that Nothing Can Prepare Read More

Use Dropbox – No more USB Keys Needed!

If you are not already using dropbox, I will try to convince you that you should get this program/service today! I’ve been using it in the last year and it has totally changed how I store files on the “cloud”. Plus if you sign up using my referral link, both Read More

Top 10 iPhone Apps Every Medical Student Must Have

If there’s one medical tool I use all the time when I’m on the wards, it’s my iPhone. In fact, from personal experience, over 80-90% of my classmates, residents and staff physicians use an iPhone or iPod Touch. The reason why the iPhone is so popular is because it’s got Read More

5 Reasons Why Studying for the MCAT on your own is Better than taking a Course

Ever feel like Kaplan’s and Princeton Review’s MCAT courses are a rip-offs? Did you ever found your MCAT teachers/tutors/classroom experience not helpful at all or a waste of time? Every summer, thousands of keen pre-med students will sign up for these MCAT courses in hopes that it will help them Read More

How to Best Prepare for Medical School

What Should You Do To Prepare Yourself Before Starting Medical School Looking back over my first year of medical school, I can say it has exceeded my expectations. It was life changing. It was exciting. Definitely thought provoking. School was tough and I ended up learning a lot about myself Read More

How to Self Study For the MCAT

Can You Study for the MCAT by Yourself? – Have you ever thought taking an MCAT prep course offered by Kaplan or The Princeton Review (TPR) totally unnecessary? Not only are they expensive, they are also time consuming, inflexible and may not be the best option out there for you. Read More

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the MCAT

Alright, I don’t actually love the MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test), but I’m not a student who hates the MCAT either. But around this time each summer, thousands of students are stressed the hell out about the MCAT. For most, they have never written a test that will be weighted Read More

What are my Chances for getting into Medical School? – A Simple Guide

To help answer all these future questions concerning competitiveness and chances, I have created a medical school admissions flow chart that will help you solve this problem. I present you the official guide to determining and assuring your chances for medical school. I originally created this flow chart for a Read More

Monthly Archives: July 2009

Links

Work has been busy. I’ve been doing all sorts of stuff related with Swine Flu. I haven’t had time to write anything, so instead here are some links to articles I have read recently (big reader of NYTimes anyone?) and also some links to useful study websites. Hopefully this will be stimulating and help with your school work. Sorry for the lack of posts. I’ve working on another project for now that’s taking most of my time.

One thing I’ve found is the more I learn about medicine, the more I have to know than just the science, pathology and clinical skills. Medicine is truly an art – a combination of communication skills, leadership, management, negotiation tactics and patient compassion. There’s also many fields that you must be aware of like public health, political advocacy, career-lifestyle challenges and health economics, even if they are not your areas of expertise. It’s challenging but also rewarding.

Health Care

A Doctor by Choice, a Businessman by Necessity

Does More Sleep Make for Better Doctors?

Tweeting From the Operating Room

When Doctors Make Mistakes

Links

Study Hacks by Cal Newport

Student Hacks

Zen Habits