This section details my clinical years in medical school, otherwise known as…years 3 and 4! If you want to read more about my daily life during my clinical years, check out this tag or go to the “Day in the Life” posts listed below!
I’ve sectioned these off mostly by year and this also includes a number of articles I’ve written for other websites!
OMS-III
- Third-Year Class Schedule
- Tips For Your First Clinical Rotation
- The Importance of Compassion (from Medical Mondays)
- Who Inspires You To Be Healthy?
- 2015 North Carolina Family Medicine Day
- 10 Things To Know As A Third-Year Medical Student
Reflections
- Reflections on Family Medicine I | 8 weeks
- Reflections on Emergency Medicine | 4 weeks
- Reflections on Radiology (Dean’s Selective) | 2 weeks
- Reflections on Cardiology (Dean’s Selective) | 2 weeks
- Reflections on Internal Medicine I | 4 weeks
- Reflections on Pediatrics I | 4 weeks
- Reflections on Psychiatry | 4 weeks
- Reflections on Family Medicine (Elective) | 4 weeks
- Reflections on General Surgery I | 4 weeks
- Reflections on OB/GYN | 4 weeks
- Reflections on Internal Medicine II | 4 weeks
Day in the Life
(I started this series later in the year, so it’s unfortunately not complete for the whole year!)
- Day In The Life: Inpatient Family Medicine
- Day In The Life: General Surgery
- Day In The Life: OB/GYN
- Day In The Life: Internal Medicine II
OMS-IV
- 10 Things Medical Students Want You To Know
- 5 Things To Include In Your LOR Packet
- The Cost of Applying To Residency
- Why The Residency Match Is Like Getting Married
- 6 Things I Learned On The Interview Trail
- Questions From The Interview Trail
- Quotes From The Interview Trail
- How I’m Choosing My Residency
- How I Chose My Residency
- Match Day 2016
Day in the Life
- Anesthesiology (KY) | 2 weeks (Surgery Elective)
- Family Medicine / Sports Medicine (PA) | 4 weeks (Family Medicine II-1 / FM Audition)
- Orthopedic Surgery (WV) | 2 weeks (Surgery Elective)
- Allergy/Immunology (WV) | 4 weeks (Internal Medicine Elective)
- Family Medicine (PA) | 2 weeks (FM Audition)
- Family Medicine (NC) | 2 weeks (FM Audition)
- Nutrition (KY) | 2 weeks
- Rural Family Medicine (AZ) | 2 weeks (FM Audition)
- Internal Medicine (CA) | 4 weeks (FM Audition)
- Neurosurgery (Adult + Pediatric) (CA) | 4 weeks (Surgery Elective)
- Rural Under-served Family Medicine (CA) | 4 weeks (Family Medicine II-2)
- Sleep Medicine (CA) | 2 weeks (Elective)
- Pediatrics with OMT (WV) | 4 weeks
FM Student
FM Student is a site that I created with my friend Pixie to provide third and fourth-year medical students who have an interest in Family Medicine with advice and resources! The articles listed below are the ones I’ve written for the site.
- 5 Tips for Securing Recommendation Letters
- 10 Tips For Your First Clinical Rotation
- Finding Housing For Rotations
- How To Choose A Residency Program
- 10 Things To Know As A 3rd-Year Medical Student
- 5 Ways To Maintain Your Health
- Pet Goats & Pap Smears, by Pamela Wible, M.D. (Book Review)
- The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly, by Matt McCarthy, M.D. (Book Review)
- 3 Tips For Healthier Hospital Food Choices
- Interview Advice From Residents
- COMQUEST COMAT Qbank (Review)
- 2016 North Carolina Family Medicine Day
- 9 Tips For The Interview Trail
- Residency Spotlight: Shasta Community Health Center Family Medicine Residency
The DO
The DO is an online magazine published by the American Osteopathic Association.
- Top tips for scheduling your elective clinical rotations
- 9 ways to succeed in your clinical rotations
- How to ace your family medicine residency interviews
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
- The Path You’re Meant To Take in Life (I won first place in this scholarship competition! :]! )
- Reblogged on KevinMD!
In-Training
In-Training is an online magazine for medical students that is staffed and written entirely by medical students.
