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With only three days left before graduation, I received my schedule for intern (PGY1) year. Interns start their rotations on the 1st of every month and leave on the last day of that month.

You’ve made the decision to pursue anesthesiology. Great! So… now what? What should you be doing? What are the pitfalls for applicants? Having gone through the process, here are some basic things to consider.

For the last week, I’ve been struggling with audio skipping and battery drain while listening to music on my Galaxy Note 2 (Carbon custom ROM). I observed that the “mediaserver” process was running for an inordinate period of time whenever I played music from PowerAMP.

Epidemiology is a cornerstone for the practice of evidence-based medicine, but for the sake of medical licensing exams, only the very basics are “high yield knowledge.” Rather than having to sift through PowerPoint slides or a textbook, I compiled a one page handout of must-know-facts for the boards while preparing for USMLE Step 3 (though it still applies to Steps ...

Second Look weekend has concluded here at Baylor College of Medicine; this marks the end of my time as a student member of the admissions committee. And what a way to go out! This was our biggest Second Look to date, and I had a blast meeting many aspiring medical students… some of whom have already chosen to matriculate to ...