Archive for October, 2008
The Most Competitive Medical Specializations
Have you decided on a medical specialization yet? If not, then you should start checking your options now. Selecting a medical specialization, just like writing sample medical school personal statements, needs a lot of careful planning and evaluation. One of the things that you have to consider in your selection is the tightness of competition. [...]
Popular Medical Specializations
After coping with stress in medical school and adapting to the pressure of medical residency, doctors must face yet another tough challenge in their medical career: the selection of medical specializations. Here are some of the most popular medical specializations: * Plastic surgery One of the most popular specializations in the world of medical practice [...]
Best Teaching Hospitals in the USA
Learning doesn’t stop with your graceful exit from medical school. Medical practice, in itself, is a continuous learning process. To help new doctors learn more about the professional practice of medicine, medical experts began setting up teaching hospitals. Teaching hospitals are medical institutions that focus not only on providing medical care to patients but also [...]
A Quick Guide to Using the AMA Style
The AMA style is the proper format used in citing references used in the text. Developed by the American Medical Association, the AMA style is used in writing research papers or documents on science, medicine, and other health-related topics. This citation style is not only used by medical practitioners and medical journalists but also by [...]
Medical Schools with the Lowest Student-Teacher Ratio
Student-teacher ratio is the number of teachers with respect to the number of students in a given academic institution. To ensure the effective conveyance of knowledge from teacher to students, the preferred student-teacher ratio is between 10:1 and 15:1. Here are some examples of medical schools with low student-teacher ratio: Washington University School of Medicine [...]
Benefits of Joining Study Group Sessions in Medical School
Got a study group invitation lately? Well, if you did, then you should say yes right away. Joining study group sessions is not only a great opportunity to meet potential partners, but it is also a good chance to improve your study habits and academic perforamce. And in the stress-filled world of medical school, study [...]
Tips on Medical School Admission Interviews
It is generally known that well-written sample medical school personal statements will help you get admitted to the medical school of your choice. But what are the other requirements for admission? Aside from your sample medical school personal statements, another medical school admission requirement that you need to worry about is the interview. Here are [...]
Government or Private Hospitals: Where to Work after Medical School
After graduating from medical school, you have to make another difficult decision: the choice between practicing in government hospitals and in private hospitals. The choice between the two, of course, is subjective. It all depends on what matters to you most – equipment, facilities, or salary. So, which one is better: a government hospital or [...]
Paying off Student Loans in Medical School
Just because you received your medical school diploma while wearing a graduation cap and gown, it doesn’t mean that you have to forget about your student loans. Yes, your student loans – the mere reason you were able to make it all the way to graduation. You don’t need to be a hot shot celebrity [...]
How to Prepare for Medical School
Like in a battlefield, survival is a struggle in medical school. You have to be emotionally, physically, mentally, spiritually, and financially prepared to face all the challenges that might come your way. If you are not equipped with appropriate weapons or provided with proper training, you will have an even more difficult struggle than the [...]