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Practice PANCE Exams

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January 14, 2025

Key Takeaways: Grasp The Exam Fundamentals: Understand the exam’s structure, key subject areas, and the skills it...

Internal Medicine vs. Family Medicine

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January 13, 2025

Key Takeaways: Align Interests With Specialties: Understanding and aligning your core interests with potential...

What Education Is Needed to Become A Pediatrician

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January 12, 2025

Definition: A pediatrician is a medical doctor specializing in the health and well-being of infants, children,...

How Long Does It Take To Become An OB/GYN?

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January 11, 2025

Definition: An Obstetrician-Gynecologist (OB/GYN) is a medical doctor who specializes in women's reproductive health,...

How Competitive Is General Surgery Residency

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January 10, 2025

Definition: A general surgery residency is a rigorous postgraduate training program for medical doctors specializing in...

Shelf Exams

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January 9, 2025

Key Takeaways: What Are Shelf Exams?: Shelf exams are standardized assessments designed to evaluate medical students’...

OB/GYN Shelf

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January 8, 2025

Key Takeaways: Prioritize Content Retention: At OnlineMedEd, we encourage you to approach your OB/GYN shelf exam with a...

How To Study For Step 2

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January 7, 2025

Key Takeaways: Integrated Learning For Success: Utilize OnlineMedEd's comprehensive resources and PACE methodology to...

Gifts For Medical Students

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January 7, 2025

Key Takeaways: Meaningful And Supportive: Thoughtful gifts for medical students should enrich their academic experience...

What Is Active Recall?

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January 6, 2025

Key Takeaways: Enhance Memory Retention With Active Recall: Actively retrieving information from memory is crucial for...

What Is An Important Concept Of Being A Patient Advocate?

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January 5, 2025

Key Takeaways: Ensuring Patient Voices Are Heard: Patient advocates play a critical role in bridging the gap between...

Internal Medicine Shelf

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January 4, 2025

Key Takeaways: Comprehensive Resources: OnlineMedEd's integrated curriculum transforms Internal Medicine shelf exam...

How To Study For Anatomy And Physiology

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January 3, 2025

Key Takeaways: Active Learning: Incorporating active techniques and clinical correlations enhances understanding and...

When Do You Take Step 2?

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January 1, 2025

Key Takeaways: Optimal Timing: Deciding when to take Step 2 requires consideration of clinical rotations, academic...

Surgery Shelf

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December 31, 2025

Key Takeaways: Learn From The Best: Gain insights into the surgery shelf exam and learn strategies to enhance your...

Working Night Shift

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December 30, 2025

Key Takeaways: Strategic Sleep Management: Maintain a consistent sleep schedule, create an optimal sleep environment,...

OLDCARTS Acronym

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December 29, 2025

Key Takeaways: Empathetic Framework: The OLDCARTS acronym provides a structured approach to patient history taking,...

How To Choose A Medical Specialty

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December 28, 2024

Key Takeaways: Align Interests With Specialties: Understanding and aligning your core interests with potential...

USMLE Step 2 Questions

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December 27, 2024

Key Takeaways: Connect Knowledge To Practice: Embrace an integrated study approach, linking theoretical concepts with...

Plan for Success in 2025 - OnlineMedEd

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December 26, 2024

Hey there, future medical professionals! As we close the page on 2024 and gear up for a brand-new year, let’s talk...

How Long Are Clinical Rotations For Medical Students?

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December 11, 2024

Key Takeaways: Timing Of Clinical Rotations: Clinical rotations typically begin in the third year of medical school and...

Residency Interview Preparation: Your Essential Guide

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December 11, 2024

Key Takeaways: Understand The Residency Interview Process: The residency interview process spans from application...

What Are Clinical Rotations?

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November 28, 2024

Definition: Clinical rotations are hands-on training experiences for medical, nursing, or allied health students,...

Medical Education

Announcing the New ClubMedEd!

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April 9, 2024

We know the struggle is real. From the seemingly endless study sessions to the grind of clinical rotations, the road to...

Medical Education

Announcing OnlineMedEd’s 3rd Annual Scholarship for Future Black Physicians

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May 5, 2023

We are committed to making an impact on the world of medicine.

General

OnlineMedEd’s Scholarship for Future Black Physicians Returns

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May 18, 2022

In 2020, OnlineMedEd launched its Scholarship for Future Black Physicians. Worth $12,000, the scholarship is a...

Featured

Meet Dr. Jeremy Polman

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November 15, 2021

For more than 71,000 registered OnlineMedEd users studying to be DOs, osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) comes...

Featured

How OnlineMedEd Changed Its Approach to OMM

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October 25, 2021

Through the learning of osteopathic manipulative medicine, DO students have been attempting to understand how to get...

General

High Five: The Best of The Rotation in 2020

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December 29, 2021

Life as a med student is not an easy one. The workload is unrelenting, with hours required to pack it all in always...

Student Focus

Special Preview: Three Chapters from ‘Diary of a Med Student’

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October 12, 2020

Though most students have a general idea of how their medical school journey may unfold, it is virtually impossible to...

General

Four Medical Advancements From The Last Decade That Are Revolutionizing Health Care

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August 21, 2020

With the COVID-19 pandemic dominating both the global news cycle and inter-cultural zeitgeist, it is easy to forget...

COVID-19

Beyond COVID-19: Global Diseases That Could Have a Vaccine by 2030

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July 28, 2020

When English physician Edward Jenner inoculated the eight-year-old son of his gardener against smallpox in 1796, he...

Student Focus

Black Clouds: Why Med Students and New Doctors Struggle with Mental Health

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July 21, 2020

Those who enter medical school are rarely in any doubt.

Student Focus

OnlineMedEd’s Scholarship for Future Black Physicians – Details

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June 24, 2020

Last week, in the wake of global Black Lives Matter protests brought on by the killing of George Floyd, we committed to...

Residency

You Matched! What’s Next?

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March 20, 2020

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

Mental Health

Intern Bootcamp: The Cure for Resident Burnout

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March 18, 2020

Burnout is a serious problem in the medical profession, starting as early as the second year of medical school, but...

General

4 Steps to Sharpen Your Skills Before Residency

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March 17, 2020

Brush up on critical knowledge that will help you excel in the next stage of your medical journey with these four...

Residency

Navigating the SOAP program

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March 16, 2020

Waiting to hear back from the programs where you’ve applied for your residency is an incredibly stressful time as a med...

Residency

Managing Match Day Emotions

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March 13, 2020

If we could formulate an antidote for Match Day concerns, anxieties, malaises, etc., it would be this; and if you take...

Residency

What if I Don’t Match?

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March 12, 2020

Not matching into residency isn’t the end of your medical career. Here’s what to do next.

Residency

What Are My Chances of Matching?

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March 4, 2020

Everyone has Match Day anxiety of some kind. No matter how smart we are, how good our applications, how flawlessly we...

USMLE/COMLEX

An Op-Ed on the Shift to a Step 1 Pass-Fail Model

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February 18, 2020

We can all agree on one thing: becoming a doctor is one of the single most difficult pursuits on the planet. The...

Student Focus

How to Keep Yourself Healthy as a Med Student

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February 11, 2020

Your health is their health. Medical professionals spend so much time trying to keep their patients healthy that it’s...

Racial Injustice

Black History Month: Celebrating Extraordinary Contributions in Medicine

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February 3, 2020

Thank you to these groundbreaking American doctors, inventors, and scientists.

Student Focus

How to avoid “Quitting Day” and Keep Those Resolutions, Med Students

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January 9, 2020

Keeping that spark. Keeping a New Year’s resolution is a challenge for anyone. Studies show that 80% of people who make...

Student Focus

How to Cope with the Death of Your First Patient

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December 16, 2019

Death isn’t something med students like to think of, but the truth is that it comes with the job.

Student Focus

Burnout in Medicine: How Can We Nurture Ourselves While Caring for Patients?

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October 25, 2019

For healthcare professionals across all levels, work is more than a career—it’s a calling. But even turning your...

Student Focus

Clinical Rotations Survival Guide

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August 28, 2019

Clinical rotations can be an exciting time for medical students, but they can also be among the most stressful...

Student Focus

5 Steps to Avoid Cramming

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October 15, 2018

1. Set aside time to study for a little bit each day This is probably the most important tip on this list. Time...

Student Focus

So you took the USMLE Step 2 and failed . . . now what?

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February 20, 2018

Finding out you’ve failed Step 2 CK is a downer, to say the very least. There’s no easy way to put it. You probably...

Student Focus

How to Have a Life in Medical School

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February 13, 2018

So you got accepted into medical school. You’re smart and hard-working, of course. Until med school, you always found...

Student Focus

Crushing Your Clinical Rotations

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February 8, 2018

So you’ve taken and passed your Step 1 boards. Now what? Not only do you get to start studying for Step 2, say goodbye...

Student Focus

Tips for Using Flashcards

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January 30, 2018

There’s something quite wonderful about getting through a heavy pile of flashcards—it’s almost as if you’ve just...

Student Focus

Holding Yourself Accountable While You Study

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January 17, 2018

Studying for the USMLE is a lot like getting ready to run a marathon. Not only is pacing essential to build endurance,...

Student Focus

Determining the Right Study Resources For You

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January 12, 2018

Finding the perfect resources that best prepare you for the USMLE Step 2 and 3 can be challenging. There are endless...

Student Focus

The Lowdown on Mental Health in Medical School

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January 3, 2018

Mental health in medical school is no joke, and the truth of this becomes all the more apparent once you begin your...

Student Focus

How to Kill Your Shelf Exams

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December 14, 2017

Picture this: you just got home from a long day at the hospital, take off your scrubs, microwave some dinner, and...

Student Focus

Six Ways to Combat Test Anxiety

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December 7, 2017

“Test, exam, board, step”—these words tend to make a medical student’s hands get clammy, mouth get dry, heart beat...

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