Students
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Be a Non-Terrible Medical Student in Ten Easy Steps
Author: Gregory Wanner, DO PA-C Thomas Jefferson University Hospital As the year moves on there is excitement in the air. Birds are chirping, flowers blooming, and second-year medical students are getting ready for clinical rotations. There are many ways to be a terrible student on rotations, but terribleness should probably be avoided. A better plan […] -
How to Make Your Residency Rank Order List
Author: Sepi Jooniani, MD MPH Interview season is usually a whirlwind of traveling, navigating your way around toomany new cities to count, and meeting so many people that you tend to lost track of thedetails along the way. Programs may start seeming more alike than different to you aftera certain point. In making your rank […] -
10 Tips for the Interview Trail
Author: Sepi Jooniani, MD MPH As you prepare for interview season, here are ten tips to help you along the way. Most of this advice is purely common sense, and after going on your first few interviews, it will become a routine that is second nature to you. However, if the anticipation of your first […] -
Finding a Mentor
Author: Nick Pettit, Ph.D. OMS IIOhio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine “Don’t go into that field of medicine, I know fifty burned out doc’s in that field.” While on one of my first clinical experiences I found it discouraging when I expressed aninterest in emergency medicine (EM) and the attending I was working with […] -
Rules of the Road: Ch 16 Summary: “Planning Ahead for Success in Your Third and Fourth Years”
Originally Published: AAEM’s Rules of the Road for Medical Students, First Ed. Chief Editors: A. Antoine Kazzi, MD FAAEM MAAEM; Joel M. Schofer, MD RDMS FAAEMChapter Summary by: Adrian Tripp, MSIII Thinking about which specialty to select can bring about feelings of uncertainty and uneasiness in every medical student. It is an important decision that […] -
Planning a Student Symposium
Author: Bill BurnsStritch School of Medicine, Loyola University The following details the experience of the 2012 AAEM Midwest Medical Student Symposium planning team. The 2012 event was the 6th Midwest Symposium held at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and we owe a debt to all those student leaders who preceded us and whose great […] -
Helpful Document: Shock & Vasopressors – A Quick Review
Author: Alexander A. Simakov, MPH FP-C MSIV, Medical Student Council, International Ex Officio Representative Things were much simpler back in the Roman days. When one was stabbed by a sword he/she bled and died of “cold” — or hypovolemic — shock. If the person got lucky and was only wounded by the dirty blade, they […] -
How to Dive into the FOAMed Movement
Authors: Meaghan Mercer, DO, University of Nevada, Las Vegas AAEM/RSA President Mary Calderone, MSIV, Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago Medical Student Council President What is FOAM? — This is not the future of medicine, it is medical education NOW! Like many great ideas that evolve in medicine, the concept of FOAM (Free Open […] -
Rules of the Road: Ch. 19 Summary: “The Clinical Years – Research & Scholarly Projects”
Originally Published: AAEM’s Rules of the Road for Medical Students, First Ed. Chief Editors: A. Antoine Kazzi, MD FAAEM MAAEM; Joel M. Schofer, MD RDMS FAAEMChapter Summary by: Faith Quenzer, Vice President, Medical Student Council ● Should you do research or other forms of scholarly projects in medical school? ○ Depends on your […] -
Medical Student Council President’s Message Spotlight On Leaders in Emergency Medicine: Tom Scaletta, MD FAAEM
Tom Scaletta, MD FAAEM Originally Published: Common Sense, November/December 2012Original Author: Mary Calderone, MS3AAEM/RSA Medical Student Council President The “Spotlight On” Series re-started by Dr. Leana S. Wen, AAEM/RSA President, will be continued this year by Mary Calderone, AAEM/RSA medical student council president. The “Spotlight On” Series features interviews with leaders in emergency medicine. The […]
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