Here’s an interesting article by Sandeep Jauhar, MD, who was an American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Fellow with me in 1995.
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Gap Year
I’d recommend purusing this brief piece by Varsity Tutors’ Dr. Anubodh “Sunny” Varshney regarding the benefits and drawbacks of taking a gap year before medical school. I should note that Dr. Varshney does not mention a gap year’s financial drawbacks, which can be significant.
I took an extra year (although it was during medical school, part of HMS’s 5-year plan) that grounded me and made me a more competitive emergency medicine applicant. If feasible, it’s a great opportunity.
Tags: Gap year, Medical School, Varisity Tutor
Same Hospital, Different Worlds
This is an interesting NPR piece (in text) about the discrepancy between a patient’s and his doctors’ perceptions of good care. I would strongly suspect that the patient was consented for the catheterization, which makes the story that much more striking.
ERAS 2015 Information Now Available for International Medical Graduates (IMGs)
If you are an IMG applying to residency this year, please take a look at the newly available ERAS Support Services section of the ECFMG website. There you’ll find important information regarding obtaining your token (available July 1) and submitting your supporting documents.
Note that for ERAS 2015 all letters of recommendation must be submitted through the AAMC’s LOR Portal (LoRP) or ECFMG’s Medical School Web Portal. The former is for waived letters (highly recommended by me) and the latter is for unwaived ones.
Tags: Eras, Imgs, Residency Application
Getting Into Residency: Put a Ring On It
Many of you already know about the Insider Medical Admissions’ Guru on the Go© video shorts – a free, stop-motion animation series that provides critical advice in under one minute for medical school and residency applicants. I received some great feedback last year after rolling these out, including a nod from the NRMP® itself. Check out this brand new getting into residency video called “Put a Ring on It.” Also, take a peek at the Insider Medical Admissions Guru page for more shorts.
Tags: Guru on the go, NRMP, Residency Application
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