Tips on Surviving the Intern Blues
July 1 marked a monumental day for all first-year residents, also known as interns, across the country. All freshly minted medical graduates began the rite… Read More »Tips on Surviving the Intern Blues
A Day in the Life
Johns Hopkins Offers Training Flexibility Through Its M.D./M.B.A. Program
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has well-known dual-degree programs, the most famous of which are the M.D./M.P.H and M.D./Ph.D tracks. However, yet another… Read More »Johns Hopkins Offers Training Flexibility Through Its M.D./M.B.A. Program
Colombian Medical Graduates Learn Through Service
As medical students across America graduated this past May, receiving the prized M.D. they worked so hard to obtain, many have their minds squarely focused… Read More »Colombian Medical Graduates Learn Through Service
Expanding Their Education: Why Johns Hopkins Students Take Gap Years
With the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine class of 2016 recently graduated and getting ready to enter the workforce as newly minted interns —… Read More »Expanding Their Education: Why Johns Hopkins Students Take Gap Years
Dissertation and Defense: The Victory Lap
I used to daydream about my thesis presentation. I would be sitting at someone else’s defense, listening as they dazzled the room with science they… Read More »Dissertation and Defense: The Victory Lap
Family-Centered Rounds Encourage Patient Input in Care
Learning medicine is like studying abroad. As a third-year medical student, you cross the border from lecture hall to hospital ward and are expected to… Read More »Family-Centered Rounds Encourage Patient Input in Care
Novel Study Tools Redefine How We Learn
Medical knowledge grows like a metastatic cancer, rapidly expanding every day, uninhibited as new literature is published, novel discoveries are made and evidence is refined.… Read More »Novel Study Tools Redefine How We Learn
Research Transitions: From Wet Lab to Big Data
President Obama announced details about the Precision Medicine Initiative in his State of the Union Address in January 2015. The initiative focuses on individual variability… Read More »Research Transitions: From Wet Lab to Big Data
Baltimore Friendships Through Baltimore Sports
If you listen closely, you’ll hear the buzz begin sometime in August. With your eyes, you’ll start to see the signs in early September. As… Read More »Baltimore Friendships Through Baltimore Sports
Social Strategies for Innovations in Radiology Education
During his time at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Liwei Jiang, a graduating fourth year, found himself interacting with classmates and faculty members… Read More »Social Strategies for Innovations in Radiology Education