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Supporting Your Students with Digital Medical Education Resources
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Medical students are increasingly relying on third-party (commercial) education resources, both during coursework and during their dedicated board-review time. Research conducted with Osmosis partner schools in 2019 show that students, on average, use 6-10 commercial resources, costing them almost $1000 in total, to prepare for the USMLE Step 1 and…
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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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SOAP® stands for the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program®. It’s part of Match Week, which occurs the third week of March every year. As many medical students know, Match Week is a grueling process consisting of…waiting. This is a time that truly tests one’s patience. To understand SOAP and why…
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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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Approaching Patient Encounters with Compassion
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Showing empathy and compassion is essential for building solid physician-patient relationships. Read about how medical student Farrah-Amoy started with the heart during her first patient interview. As health profession students, we often get hung up on the details. We do our best to get a thorough history, always remembering OLD…
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An In-Depth List of Nursing Education Journals
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Unlock the potential of your research with our curated list of prominent nursing education journals. From the Journal of Professional Nursing to the International Journal of Nursing Studies, these resources provide invaluable platforms for sharing your work and advancing nursing education. Explore how publishing your research can impact the future…
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5 Easily Avoidable Medical Malpractice Cases
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As a doctor, it’s extremely important to stick to procedural guidelines, follow the rules, and keep your patients’ safety top-of-mind. If you don’t, your patients’ health will suffer, and they could even lose their lives. Doctors who cut corners also run the risk of being sued for malpractice, which can…
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Boost Your Heart Health in 6 Simple Steps
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Boost your cardiovascular health with these 6 easy lifestyle changes! From chocolate benefits to exercise tips, discover simple ways to enhance heart well-being. Making small lifestyle changes can provide substantial benefits for your cardiovascular health. You might think that’s as obvious as night being followed by day, but you’d be…
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Oxytocin: The Reason We Fall in Love
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Discover the fascinating science behind love and bonding, and learn how this powerful hormone impacts our lives, from childbirth to everyday interactions. Understanding the effects of oxytocin can help us appreciate the complexities of love—because, like many relationships, it’s complicated!
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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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Prep for USMLE® Step 1 With Osmosis’s Brand New High-Yield Pathology Videos
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Osmosis is known for producing fun and accessible videos that help students learn medicine and health science more effectively. The Osmosis library offers comprehensive coverage of the Pathology, Physiology, and Pharmacology content you need to know for exams like USMLE® Step 1 and COMLEX-USA® Level 1, a full series on the Learning Science methods that inform your study…
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COVID-19: The Contagion of Misinformation
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Explore the COVID-19 virus in a brand new Osmosis video (now updated on May 13, 2020). We share tips on how to stay safe, assess the social impact of the virus, and address the rumors that have been spreading as fast as the outbreak itself. Early in December 2019, a…
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How to Build an Osmosis Step 1 Study Schedule for 2020
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The Osmosis Step 1 Study Schedule is one of the most powerful tools on the Osmosis platform. Set up a custom plan to tackle USMLE® Step 1 or COMLEX-USA® Level 1. What is the Osmosis Step 1 Study Schedule? The Osmosis Step 1 Study Schedule is a customizable tool that…
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Check Out the New and Improved Learn Pages on Osmosis
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It’s time for the first Osmosis Product update of the decade! Today we’re going to share with you how the Osmosis Product Team has been working to improve Osmosis Learn Pages and enhance your video experience.If you’re wondering, “What’s an Osmosis Learn Page?”, it’s the page you navigate to when you…
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Rolling with the Punches and Finding Balance in Medical School
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Looking to strengthen your mind-body connection and become a better student this year? Read how one self-described “noodle” found balance in medical school by jumping into the boxing ring. They say that you can only choose two of the following in life: school, sleep, or a social life. However, that…
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How to Meal Plan in Medical School
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Are you a busy medical student, or just busy in general? Do you want to cook but need some advice on how to meal plan? Shane shares some of his great tips on how to become a master of meal planning. Maintaining a healthy diet during your first year of…
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A Comprehensive List of Major Medical Education Conferences in 2020
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Looking for the latest information? View the 2024 conference list here. Whether you work in medical education as a dean or faculty member, attend medical school as a student, or practice medicine as a physician, medical education conferences are a great way to: We want to help you identify the conferences…
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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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The Do’s and Dont’s of Summer Studying
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Preparing for the exams is one of the most stressful times in the life of a med student, and taking advantage of the summer break can make all the difference. In this article, first-year medical student Doris Gasangwa discusses her dos and don’ts for getting the most out of summer…
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If Santa Claus Were Your Patient
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The Osmosis official Instagram profile often includes references to popular culture, from Star Wars to RuPaul’s Drag Race. Our decision to do this is based on cognitive psychology studies that have shown such references, or “anchors,” improve memory and retention. In the spirit of the holidays, we found a surprising number of Christmas references in medicine, ranging…
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The 12 Hazards of the Holidays
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The holidays are almost here: A time to eat delicious food, to relax with family and friends, to open presents, and, for many of you… to continue studying for exams. If you fall into the latter camp and are feeling slightly bitter about the distractions of the holiday season, this…
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How to Manage Diabetes During the Holidays
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Osmosis shares 8 tips to keep your blood sugar levels in check during the most tempting time of the year. Thanksgiving and the holidays are the most difficult times of year to maintain a healthy diet. If you’re living with diabetes, it can be especially challenging. How are you supposed…
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How Working as a Hospital Chaplain Informed My Clinical Practice
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Being present and connecting with patients can be difficult for any healthcare professional student. Sharada details her experiences as a hospital chaplain which has afforded her to better connect and to be present for her patients as she continues her medical career. When I told my parents that I wanted…
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The Flu Vaccine, Explained
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It’s flu season! Here’s a quick primer from Osmosis on all things related to the flu season: what influenza is and how it spreads, and why you should get vaccinated if you haven’t already. What is the flu? Influenza, or simply the flu, is caused by the influenza virus. Almost everyone has…
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Multitasking with Osmosis
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Want to know how to fit more time for studying into your busy schedule? A third year medical student shares how he was able to fit over 200 hours of extra study time into his routine! Medical school is one of the most challenging and time-consuming training programs there is:…
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How to Manage Excessive Exam Anxiety
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Stressed out about board prep? Osmosis learner Jane Zhang shares some techniques that can help you overcome your test anxiety. Osmosis is not only a medical education platform, but also a strong advocate of student wellness. As an Osmosis Medical Education Fellow and someone who has experienced exam anxiety, I’d…
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A Day in the Life of a Clinical Student
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In today’s Osmosis blog, a medical student discusses their experiences while on clinical rotations compared to their basic science courses, and how he is successfully navigating this part of his medical educational journey. As a basic science student, I had always speculated and dreamed of what it would be like…
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How to use USMLE® Question Banks Efficiently on Osmosis
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Learn how to efficiently utilize USMLE question banks, like those found on Osmosis.org, to maximize your study time and test scores. If you’re at medical school, chances are you’ve used a question bank or two in your time. And if you’re reading this, chances are my use of the…
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4 Ways You Can Start With The Heart This Thanksgiving
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If you’re living in the U.S., you’ll know that it’s almost time for Thanksgiving. Traditionally, this holiday is a time when Americans celebrate the blessings of the harvest. Nowadays, people tend to reflect more generally on their personal good fortune and, if they have the means, look for ways to…
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Mindfulness in Medicine
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Keerat, a third-year medical student, discusses how she practices meditation to help develop mindfulness and strengthen her brain as she journeys through medical school. Medical school can be overwhelming. With 8:00 AM lectures after 2:00 AM study nights, cadaver dissections with the omnipresent taste of formaldehyde, changing from white coat…
