In many ways, residency is not too different clerkship. You rotate through different specialties, you try to learn how to take care of patients from…
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It’s that time of the year when medical students across the country are doing “audition” medical electives. I still remember my medical electives and how…
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Success on the Wards – 250 Rules for Clerkship Success (Amazon) is easily the best book I have read on how to succeed in clerkship. It…
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What makes the biggest difference to your health? According to Dr. Mike Evans, a family medicine professor at St. Mike’s Hospital, exercising for just 30…
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Conversation between me and a friend applying to Anesthesiology, while discussing our upcoming CaRMS applications. Me: “So you’re not going to miss talking to patients…
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This is another post in the Clerkship Pearls series for medical students going through clerkship, and today I’ll be discussing How to Effectively Get a…
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Presenting a case is an essential skill every medical student will have to master. In fact, it is one of the few things you can…
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In my previous post, I went over the essentials you should include in every note you write as a clinical clerk. Items such as date,…
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Writing a Note As a clinical clerk, you will be writing notes everyday. It could be an admission note, a progress note, a consultation even…
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Starting this week, I’m going to start a short series of posts of clerkship tips and advice. It won’t be anything too ground breaking but…
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