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Making Your Case: Medical Residency Application Tips
Newly matched Michigan Medical School M4s share residency application tips, including strategies for securing matches and advice for writing your personal statement.
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10 Lessons from the Second Year of Medical School
After making it through the first year, one U-M medical student discovered that the learning process is far from finished. Here, she shares more nuggets of wisdom.
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New Doctors' Intense, Changing Schedules Take a Toll, Study Shows
As a pilot study illustrates the effect of the medical intern year, researchers are seeking more graduating medical students to help add to the data.
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How Medical Schools Can Better Support Students with Disabilities
A new report taps into national research, interviews with learners and examples of positive action by some schools to help inform suggested changes.
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10 Things the First Year of Medical School Taught Me
The first year of medical school is a marathon, not a sprint. Based on her experience, a U-M student offers incoming M1s a road map for success.
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High Schoolers Can Shift Peers' Attitudes About Depression, Study Shows
A student-led depression education program boosts other students' knowledge and awareness, a new study shows. Now, the resources are available to all online.
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Representation Is Crucial. So Retention of Pre-Med Students of Color Is Imperative
Ensuring that undergraduate students of color who are interested in medicine stay on the path is essential to improving minority representation in medicine.
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One Medical Student’s Mission to Erase the Stigma of Depression
No doctor in training should be penalized for addressing his or her mental health, one U-M student says. How she and her school are working to change attitudes.
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K12 Program Connects Junior Research Faculty with Big Opportunities
An NIH-funded career development program for clinician scientists focused on research in emergency critical care is accepting applications to join.
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From a Freshman Year ‘F’ to a Third-Year Med Student
One student’s story — as the first in his family to attend college — highlights the importance of retaining motivated students of color interested in medicine.
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General Internal Medicine: A Path That Leads to Many More
They’re helping create the future of medicine through research, clinical care, education and public policy. What do they have in common? A start as general internists.
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Doctors Who Specialize in Not Specializing: Key to Medicine's Future
General internal medicine physicians are prime drivers of high-quality clinical care, education, research and innovation — which is why U-M faculty say more students should consider the path.
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Balancing Parenting, My Marriage and Medical School
As a nontraditional medical student with a family, juggling all the responsibility can be tricky. A second-year student at U-M shares what he’s learned so far.
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What It Takes to Become a Genetic Counselor
Advances and public interest in genetic testing have surged, leading to increased demand for genetic counselors. Learn how U-M’s robust training program reviews applicants.
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Advice for First-Year Medical Students: 5 Takeaways from Michigan M2s
How do you survive your first year of medical school? Having the right strategies and mindset can help. Here, second-year students offer tips for those just starting out.