Category: Mental Health
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How to Maintain a Good Work-Life Balance as a Physician Assistant
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Physician assistants, or PAs, are often unsung heroes in healthcare. In addition to supporting doctors in the office, PAs decrease physician workloads by handling tedious tasks like suturing after a long session of surgery or taking on administrative duties such as managing prescriptions. PAs also provide doctors with the ability…
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Living With Hypochondria or Illness Anxiety Disorder: A Patient’s Perspective
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Read about living with Illness Anxiety Disorder, the impact of chronic health fears, and the critical role of empathy in medical care.
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Setting Yourself Up for Success: Study Strategies, Healthy Habits, and Meeting Mentors
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Explore key strategies for medical students to enhance learning, maintain wellness, and leverage mentorship for academic and professional success from SDN’s Laura Turner.
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: Agitated dementia client
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Today’s NCLEX-RN® question of the day focuses on how a nurse should handle an agitated client diagnosed with dementia. The nurse in the medical-surgical unit is caring for a client diagnosed with dementia. The client becomes agitated and starts to yell at the nurse and other hospital staff. Which is…
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Battling Impostor Syndrome: How to Fight Back
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Impostor syndrome and fear of failure are common challenges in healthcare education. Discover practical strategies to build confidence, strengthen resilience, and move forward after setbacks with a healthier mindset.
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Taking Care of Your Mental Health as a Medical Student
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With the go-go-go pace of medical school, taking stock of your mental health can be a challenge. In today’s post, medical student Shrishti Sahai offers useful tips on how to keep your mindset healthy while dealing with the stress of learning medicine. Medical school is tough, and it takes a…
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Your Why: The Most Powerful Tool You Have In Nursing School
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Today, Osmosis Student Nurse Ambassador Trey Parker shares what has helped him get through nursing school set on “hard mode”. From the pandemic disrupting clinical learning to a hurricane wreaking havoc on his community. He shares just how important a “WHY” can be and how you can pair that with…
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Words Matter: The Power of Inclusive Language in Medicine
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As healthcare professionals, you will be called on to continue learning and growing for the duration of your career. Yes, you’ll know more as a seasoned worker than someone fresh out of school. However, you will also build up automatic responses and—yes, it happens even to the best of us—blind…
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: Agoraphobia
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Today’s NCLEX-RN® question of the day focuses on agoraphobia. Which behavior should the nurse recognize as an assessment finding consistent with a diagnosis of agoraphobia? A. Fear of interacting with strangers B. Avoiding eating in public C. Fear of being in the presence of animals D. Avoiding the use of…
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Tips for Transitioning to Third Year
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Clinic years of medical school are vastly different than the preclinical years and require new study habits, work styles, and a lot more people skills. This blog post will acknowledge the big shock that is third year, identify some tips and tricks, and remind students that they are not alone…
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A Discussion Around LGBTQ+ health
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When the topic of specific medical care for LGBTQ+ patients comes up, people often ask “Why?”. Why is there a need for this specification? Why are there special clinics for LGBTQ+ people in Tel Aviv, New York, and Berlin? These are all cities with a very high population of people…
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Choosing a Nursing Specialty: 20 of the Most Popular Career Tracks for Nurses
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Embark on your nursing career by exploring the top 20 nursing specialties. Get insights into each specialty and discover the diverse opportunities within nursing and find the path that aligns with your passions and skills!
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Dealing With Depression in Medical School
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Medical school is about learning to care for others in the best way possible. But what happens when it becomes difficult to care for yourself? Today on the blog, third-year medical student Mónica Contreras Leal shares her experience with depression during medical school: how she learned to cope and eventually,…
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Living With Hypochondria: A Patient Experience
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Hypochondria or hypochondriasis is a psychological disorder where someone develops chronic stress about an imagined illness. It often manifests after someone has lost a loved one to serious illness, and while it’s often dismissed and stigmatized, the condition can cause real harm by putting excess stress on the body. Today…
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How to Practice Empathy as a Nurse (and Why You Should)
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Get practical tips for developing empathetic communication skills, building rapport with patients, and enhancing overall health outcomes in healthcare.
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Nursing Resilience: The Free Online Course for Nurses
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Nursing is a demanding career, but new and experienced nurses can develop resilience. Explore this free eight-module course designed to help nurses recognize stress, prevent burnout, and strengthen their mental and emotional well-being.
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Osmosis: An Organization With Ubuntu
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Medical students are faced with multiple challenges while attending medical school, one of them being the plethora of resources and which one to choose. Today on the blog, OHLI, Nichole Anderez shares how Osmosis—”an education platform with Ubuntu”—made it easier for her to feel truly connected to her studies. As…
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Make Yourself Comfortable: How to Be Aware of Your Implicit Biases
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“I want to help people” is a common response on a medical school application, but sometimes we experience trepidation when working within a new environment or group—especially when we lack understanding of these groups. Read about how one medical student ventured outside of her comfort zone and overcame her biases…
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Osmosis’ Top 3 Tips to Avoid Burnout
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Burnout can affect any healthcare professional; from students to experienced clinicians. Discover helpful strategies for managing stress, setting healthy boundaries, and building sustainable habits to support your long-term well-being.
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How to Thrive During Clinical Rotations and Make the Most of Your Time in the Clinic
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Clinical rotations are one of the most challenging (and rewarding) parts of medical school. Learn 12 practical strategies to improve your clinical skills, stay organized, work effectively with your team, and make the most of every clerkship.
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Supporting Educators’ Mental Health
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As a health educator, you need to take care of yourself during the COVID-19 pandemic so you can provide effective support to your patients and students. In today’s post, Leah Tieger, a writer on the Osmosis team, shares how you can support your own mental health during times of crisis.…
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5 Essential Wellness Tips for USMLE® Step 1 Prep
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USMLE® Step 1 is an intense test and it will take a lot out of you. Read how one medical student still managed to find balance during dedicated Step 1 preparation and avoided burnout altogether. Step 1 is a big test, and it’s a big part of your residency…
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Telemedicine, Changing the Face of Healthcare
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Learn about the impact of telemedicine on healthcare, its benefits for patients and providers, and the challenges of expanding access in underserved
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3 Proven Strategies for Recharging Under Stress
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As a first responder during the coronavirus, you face unique challenges: your hours may increase as your daily workload expands to contend with COVID-19, you’re at a greater risk of getting sick, and you may have made the difficult choice to self-isolate from your family so that you can continue to…
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Six Ways to Stay Productive During Summer Break
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It’s tough to slow down during school breaks after being immersed in the fast-paced environment of the med school semester. If you’re like second-year medical student Jannel Lawrence, you’re looking for ways to stay active during these breathers. In this article, Jannel discusses her six tips for keeping the momentum…
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Overcoming My Fear: Life as an International Medical Student
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On the long road to becoming a physician, there isn’t just one path. Choosing to go to med school internationally was not the path Elizabeth Armenis originally envisioned taking, but she’s diving in headfirst. In this article, Liz (who you may remember from our recent Instagram takeover!) discusses the fears…
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Seeking Mental Health Services as a Medical Student
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Undertaking the feat of obtaining a medical degree is nothing short of monumental, but how we preserve our sanity amidst the strife and triumph truly shapes our experience. Today on the Osmosis blog, medical student and Osmosis Medical Education Fellow DianneMarie Omire-Mayor explores the harmful trope of “the tough physician”…
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My Struggle With Binge Eating Disorder
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Binge eating disorder is one of the less-talked-about mental health disorders, but it’s actually the most common eating disorder in the US. Read how one Osmosis learner struggled with binge eating and learned how to manage the disorder by changing her habits and finding a support network. I would have…
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Burnout in the Medical Community
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This month, Osmosis is partnering with Thrive Global to raise awareness about the importance of mental health and taking steps to avoid burnout. In today’s blog, Christy Brewer, CRNA, shares advice on how to help or prevent burnout before it becomes a major issue. Burnout in any industry is something…
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Mental Health in Dental School: A Student Perspective
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Are dentists really the unhappiest professionals? Read how one dental student pursued happiness and ended up performing better in dental school as a result. When I decided to go to dental school, my friends said, “Dentists have the highest suicide rate of any profession. Do you really want to deal…