• Dr. Dustyn Williams, Founder and Lead Educator of OnlineMedEd

    Dr. Dustyn Williams, Founder and Lead Educator of OnlineMedEd

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    Dustyn Williams completed his undergrad at Yale and his med school at Tulane University School of Medicine. He’s a board-certified Internal Medicine hospitalist at Baton Rouge General where he is the Clerkship Director for Tulane students in the LEAD curriculum and Core Faculty for the Baton Rouge General Internal Medicine…

  • Dr. Kristine Krafts, Founder PathologyStudent.com

    Dr. Kristine Krafts, Founder PathologyStudent.com

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    Kristine Krafts, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Pathology at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine and School of Dentistry. Before deciding to teach full time, Dr. Krafts completed a pathology residency and fellowships in hematopathology and molecular pathology. One of the things you will pick up very quickly…

  • Leaders in Medical Education, Dr. John Minarcik, Creator of Medical School Pathology

    Leaders in Medical Education, Dr. John Minarcik, Creator of Medical School Pathology

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    Pathology is the foundation of medicine. If you have not met, “Super pathologist”, John R. Minarcik, MD, you are in for a treat. Dr. Minarcik is board certified in both clinical and anatomical pathology, and has over thirty years of experience, including 16 years teaching. He provides FREE medical school…

  • 5 Tips for Effective Peer-to-Peer Learning

    5 Tips for Effective Peer-to-Peer Learning

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    Over the last four years of medical school, I have realized that my knowledge comes from a mosaic of sources. These included, but were not limited to, a multitude of textbooks, lecturers from many domains of scientific research, clinicians and residents from all fields of medicine, multidisciplinary members of treatment…

  • Socio-cultural Awareness: 5 Common Cultural Treatment Practices

    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,…

  • Four Key Resources to Learn Histology

    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.

  • OB/GYN Rotation coming up? – Maximize your productivity!

    OB/GYN Rotation coming up? – Maximize your productivity!

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    Obstetrics and gynecology (‘OB/GYN’) are two subjects every student must study before he or she can graduate with a medical degree. It is the study of the female reproductive system, all the areas surrounding pregnancy and depending on the tutor may also involve some urology as well. Whilst starting my…

  • The Negative Effects of Competition Amongst Medical Students and 5 Tips to Overcome Them

    The Negative Effects of Competition Amongst Medical Students and 5 Tips to Overcome Them

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    During a typical day in the third and fourth years of medical school, students work with countless other students. For example, on any given clerkship I work with anywhere from 0 students to 6 or more. So what happens when you put multiple medical students in a setting where we…

  • To Conference, or Not to Conference? – Tips and Tricks for Medical Students

    To Conference, or Not to Conference? – Tips and Tricks for Medical Students

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    By William GuntherEdited by Myles McKittrick Medical school is not all about studying your life away (that’s only about 99% of it!). But for those of you who are looking for a guilt free way to get out of the books while being able to meet fellow medical students, learn…

  • Greys Anatomy Medical Advisor and Neurosurgeon, Dr. Allan Hamilton

    Greys Anatomy Medical Advisor and Neurosurgeon, Dr. Allan Hamilton

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    After four months of scheduling we were incredibly fortunate to get an interview with the impressive Dr. Allan Hamilton, professor of neurosurgery at the University of Arizona and medical advisor to the popular Grey’s Anatomy. He shared some unique insights on his professional career, why he values creativity in himself and…

  • The Osmosis App Map

    The Osmosis App Map

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    What I love about the app is just how simple it is. See the image? Have you clicked on it to see everything? That’s it! That’s the app. And not only is the app fairly simple, it’s very powerful. On the top in the Settings, Scoreboard, and Topics pages, you…

  • Period Poverty: The Belittling of a Basic Need

    Period Poverty: The Belittling of a Basic Need

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    Explore how period poverty affects millions globally and the vital efforts by AMWA and Generation Flow to raise awareness and promote menstrual equity.