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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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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…
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Clinical Encounters
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A medical student shares her best tips for keeping perspective and connecting with patients while out on clinical clerkship. “Hi, my name is Sarina and I’m a medical student.” Medical trainees are all too familiar with this sentence, repeating it dozens and dozens of times in a day. We use…
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Medical Terminology Flashcards on Osmosis: What you need to know
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Medical terminology flashcards have become one of the most vital tools in a medical student’s bag. Read how a second year medical student uses them to learn information quickly and retain it for the long-term to succeed in medical school. There are many things that make Osmosis an amazing resource…
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Shadowing Etiquette for PA Students
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Discover practical advice from The Posh PA on finding PA shadowing opportunities and essential etiquette to make a great impression and build your network.
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Osmosis Top 5 Videos: Dr. Rishi Desai
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The Osmosis Product team has been hard at work making Playlists an even better experience for Osmosis learners. By popular demand, you can now subscribe to Playlists on the platform: just click the Follow button on a playlist and it will be added to the My Playlists menu on the left. Osmosis’s Chief Medical…
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His Hallucinations: A Clinical Experience
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Osmosis colleague and junior doctor, Armando, reflects on clinical experience during medical school. The burden of mental health is often overlooked. One in five Australians will suffer from a mental health illness each year. This includes anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and also a variety of eating disorders. An often understated…
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Celebrating Women in Medicine Month
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It’s Women in Medicine Month, a time to celebrate the incredible, inspiring work performed by women working in the health professions around the world. There are so many innovative and inspiring women working in the medical field, and it hasn’t been an easy road. Shout-out to all the women who…
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Establishing Balance in Medical School
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Second-year medical school student Percy Takyi discusses the importance of finding balance, from making time to working out to maintaining his friendships, all while being a medical school student. While medical school is comprised of many difficult topics, perhaps its most difficult aspect is learning how to deal with the…
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How to Osmose Through PA School
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A physician assistant shares their perspective and tips on using Osmosis while attending PA school with two goals in mind. Physician assistant (PA) students and medical students are more similar than they are different. Both are expected to have a solid understanding of a wide range of complex topics…
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Neurophobia, Let’s Talk About It
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Neurology has a reputation as one of the toughest medical specialties to master, but what does it mean to fear it? Four weeks into our twelve-week long neurology module, I had an unsettling realization, “I think my brain hates itself.” I had developed an intense distaste for learning neurology. There…
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What’s a Mind Map?
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Dr. Yifan Xiao, manager of the script writing team at Osmosis, explains how mind maps work. He also details the benefits of drawing schemas for difficult medical topics and turning them into memory palaces. Imagine you’re trying to learn pharmacology but there’s just so many unfamiliar drug names and side…
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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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5 Ways to Get Your Health Back on Track
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Osmosis Health Coach, Ishan Dahal, shares some insights on maintaining your health and well being with 5 simple tips that you can implement today. Ishan Dahal is our Osmosis Health Coach and founder of Himalayan Health, a company dedicated to enhancing the health and well-being of individuals and companies. Ishan believes…
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Studying for Step 2 and Making the Transition to Clinicals
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Studying for USMLE Step 2 or COMLEX Level 2 is similar, but can be fairly different than studying for USMLE Step 1 or COMLEX Level. Both require countless dedication and self-discipline. However, with Step 2/Level 2, those days of being able to sit in the library all day are reserved…
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Our Sedentary Situation
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For many of us, the pandemic forced us into making our homes our work/study space as well, resulting in having far fewer options for exercise and movement. Medical student Daniel reminds us that it’s up to us to set time to exercise throughout the day for our health’s sake! If…
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Overcoming Failure in Medical School
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A medical student bravely shares her experiences struggling with—and ultimately overcoming—the intense test anxiety that caused her to fail her first year of medical school. I failed my first year of medical school. I survived, don’t worry! As someone who had pretty much never failed anything else in my life…
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Breathing Practices to Calm the Mind Before a Test
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Osmosis team member, Hillary Acer, and Yoga Instructor shares breathing techniques to help relieve stress. At some point in medical school, you might have found yourself feeling a little bit stressed out. Maybe that stress even presented itself in a physiological sensation in the body—like tightness in the chest, sweaty palms, or…
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The Clinical Experience That Shaped Me
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Clinical experiences can shape the way clinicians think, feel, and their approach to providing care. A med student shares an important experience as she learns to become the best doctor she can be. As a 7 year old learning about how my grandpa gave himself insulin injections everyday, I wanted…
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How to Stick to a Strict Study Schedule in Medical School Using Osmosis
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Get tips on how to stick to a strict study habit to be successful in medical school and the boards. The pressure of the reckless flow of water from the water hose gushed down my throat for hours upon hours without a slight moment to catch my breath, and then,…
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Learning How to Use Spaced Repetition in Medical School
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Learn how spaced-repetition flashcards helped a medical student improve memorization and application of medical facts, leading to higher exam scores and clinical confidence.
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How To Choose Your Medical Specialty
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Find out how a 4th-year med student approaches choosing a medical specialty by balancing USMLE scores, personal strengths, and career goals for residency success.
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How I Studied for the Shelf Exams and Survived Clinical Year
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Clinical year can feel overwhelming, but effective studying doesn’t require perfection. Discover practical, high-yield strategies for shelf exams, clerkships, and balancing medical school with life outside the hospital.
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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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How to Manage Relationships While in Med School
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As if medical school wasn’t difficult enough on its own, maintaining a stable, healthy relationship during medical school sometimes seems impossible. But if you can work through the obstacles and learn how to manage a relationship, it can actually become a huge advantage, and a source of much-needed support through all…
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Become a Master Clinician and Ace USMLE Step 2 with Osmosis
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Osmosis has been working hard to develop clinical content for those studying for USMLE® Step 2 or currently in clinical rotations at hospitals so you can develop the skills you need to become a master clinician. Here are several helpful resources from Osmosis: Learn to think clinically with the Osmosis…
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7 of the Best Valentines Day Gifts for Medical and Health Students
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Medical and health students lead very stressful lives. As their loved ones, we want to cheer them on and support them. Maybe you are hoping to brighten the day of one of your fellow classmates. This Valentine’s Day, show them some love with a few gifts that could help make…
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How to Succeed Using the New Osmosis Study Schedule
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Managing medical school can feel overwhelming, especially with countless study resources available. Discover how the updated Osmosis Study Schedule tool helps you build personalized, flexible plans that keep studying focused and manageable.
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How Med Students Use the Osmosis Study Schedule for USMLE Step 1 and COMLEX-USA Level 1
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Many medical students are using the Osmosis Study Schedule to stay organized and make their studying more efficient for their classes and the USMLE® Step 1 or COMLEX-USA® Level 1. Get started and create your customized study schedule today. The students featured in this video include: USMLE® is a joint…
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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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5 Strategies to Acing the USMLE Step 1 and COMLEX-USA Level 1
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As you probably know, USMLE®️ Step 1 and COMLEX-USA®️ Level 1 assesses whether you can apply scientific basics to the practice of medicine. Osmosis is here to help you prepare for and ace the Step 1 and Level 1. Strategy 1: Plan Ahead 6 months to 24 months before test day So, you know…
