If you are a medical student who has decided on a career in family medicine, you will need to weigh your residency program options carefully — the right choice may not be the obvious one. Program location, ranking, educational rigor, opportunities to specialize, and other factors will affect [...]
I like to think of my ability to study as B.C. and A.C. – before child and after child. For the past 4 years (one in medical school and 3 in residency), I’ve juggled patient care and scholarship and spending time with my husband and our energetic son. [...]
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) announced on August 12, 2015, that they will collaborate to simplify and integrate Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and accredited CME. As a result of this collaboration, physicians will be able to earn [...]
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Most physicians use multiple study methods to prepare for their medical board exams, and most have a multitude of tricks for remembering what they need to know — from mnemonics and anecdotes to visual memory. Did you know, though, that the very act of testing yourself can improve [...]
Back when I was in medical school, studying for a big exam meant holing myself up in my room for 48 hours straight with no contact with the outside world, eating pizza for breakfast and frozen waffles for dinner, drinking massive quantities of caffeine, taking intermittent breaks to [...]