Category: Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
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How to Get the Most Out of Shadowing in Medical School
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After getting into medical school, the question of “What kind of doctor do you want to be?” is commonly asked. Some people come to medical school knowing what they want to be, while others don’t—and that’s OK! Regardless, shadowing is a great opportunity to get experience in a specialty you…
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Recognizing Symptoms of Stress and Depression in Medical Students (and How to Help)
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It’s vital that we have each other’s backs during the COVID-19 pandemic—but how do you do this while practicing social distancing? Osmosis Medical Education Fellow and medical student Omer Rott shares his advice on managing stress and signs to look out for. Beginning medical school means starting many new things.…
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How to Build an Outstanding Curriculum Vitae During Medical School
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Discover valuable strategies for crafting an impressive CV as a medical student, featuring tips on experiences, skills, and self-reflection to enhance your residency application.
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What Is SOAP and Why Should You Care?
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What is SOAP and why does it matter during Match Week? Learn how unmatched applicants can secure residency positions and what to do if you don’t match.
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The Osmosis Ultimate Guide to the NRMP® Match
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The Osmosis Ultimate Guide to the NRMP Match helps medical students navigate the residency process with expert tips, deadlines, and matching strategies.
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A List of High-Impact Medical Education Journals
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Medical education research improves teaching and training strategies, helps determine effective policies for the field, and shapes the future of clinical practice.
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Should DO Students Take Both USMLE and COMLEX?
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Explore whether DO students should take both COMLEX and USMLE exams amid changing residency landscapes as well as how which tests you take affect your chances of matching in competitive specialties.
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If Santa Claus Were Your Patient
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What medical conditions might Santa Claus have? From rosacea to cardiomegaly, explore the playful diagnosis behind the jolly old elf’s health.
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How to Use USMLE® Question Banks Efficiently on Osmosis
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Learn practical tips to use medical question banks effectively, improve test-taking skills, and stay motivated throughout your USMLE preparation.
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A Day in the Life of a Dual Degree Program Student
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Meet a graduate student tackling a masters and medical school simultaneously. Here is how they do it and what they find rewarding about it. I’m a medical student and graduate student in a small program, a hidden medical school at UC Berkeley, called the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program (JMP).…
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How I’m Managing Medical School with OCD
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Medical school is hard, but I’m sure you know this already. What they don’t tell you though, is that many medical students experience high amounts of stress – and this stress carries well into residency and beyond. As a result, mental health conditions can be exacerbated by the stress. A…
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Top 3 Tips You Should Know About COMLEX-USA® Level 1
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Preparing for COMLEX-USA Level 1 requires a strong foundation in biomedical sciences plus dedicated OMM review. Explore practical study strategies, resources, and considerations for planning your board exam preparation.
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3 Tips to Write Progress Notes
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Discover how to write an effective SOAP progress note that tells the patient’s story clearly, communicates accurately with colleagues, and builds trust; all while avoiding common documentation mistakes.
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My Step 1 Experience, Dr. George Koshy
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Learn how a medical student used a 3-month integrated study plan with trusted resources and daily checklists to prepare effectively for the USMLE® Step 1 exam
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Avoiding Errors In Patient Care
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Learn about essential tools and best practices that help healthcare professionals avoid medication, communication, and typographical errors, enhancing patient safety and care quality.
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What Clinics and Organizations do to Protect Medical Information
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There are many laws that are meant to protect patients and their information. Not everyone really understands the laws, protocols, and regulations that clinics use. It can range from a doctor or nurse refusing to disclose patient information to the technology that clinics implement protections. There are laws that doctors’ offices and…
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Socio-cultural Awareness: 5 Common Cultural Treatment Practices
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As a medical student who also studied anthropology, it’s easy for me to apply my socio-cultural lens to the practice of medicine. Throughout my first year of clinical medicine, I’ve run across a number of examples of alternative practices and cultural healing. Although we are being trained in Western medicine,…
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Four Key Resources to Learn Histology
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Explore recommended resources for learning histology effectively, from comprehensive websites and apps to popular review books and video series.