Welcome to the OME Gamechanger Series. The overarching goal of this series is to highlight an important aspect of medical …

A good friend once told Detrioit’s Cedric Mutebi that “our bodies see inequities before our minds do.” The words instantly …

Founded at Columbia University in the early 2000s, narrative medicine asserts that asking and responding to patient’s questions in a dignified, compassionate, and generous way requires a clinician to have not only have medical know-how, but narrative intelligence and dedicated training. 

For generations of American doctors-in-training, August has always marked a crucial apex in the greater medical school journey. For those …

Those who enter medical school are rarely in any doubt. They know that the coming years will be long ones, …

All medical students look forward to Match Day—and all medical students look forward to the time off between Match and …

Not matching into residency isn’t the end of your medical career. Here’s what to do next. After all the late-night …

Everyone has Match Day anxiety of some kind. No matter how smart we are, how good our applications, how flawlessly we interviewed, we all feel at least a little apprehension, wondering, “What if I don’t match?” This is a rational fear—but there are also plenty of positive Match statistics, as well as scientifically proven advice on how to make the best of your chances. Yes, competition for available PGY-1 slots …

We can all agree on one thing: becoming a doctor is one of the single most difficult pursuits on the planet. The mental, emotional, and physical anguish it takes to succeed in med school is something indescribable to anyone who hasn’t lived it. Not to mention that it comes at a massive financial cost—and all because you CHOSE to do it. And, although everyone is valedictorian-level intelligent, many students find …