Applying to residency is confusing. Each specialty has different lengths of training, prerequisites, and deadlines that can be hard to keep track of. On top of that, there are different types of residencies to apply to: categorical, advanced, preliminary, and transitional. Huh? What do those mean? Categorical residency is the type of residency that great majority of people […]
Tips for Presenting on Rounds
There you are: it’s your first day of rounds on internal medicine, and the attending turns to you to ask about your patient. You’ve rehearsed what you’re going to say countless times, and yet you’re still diaphoretic, tremulous, and tachycardic. How can you succeed and deliver a cohesive and succinct presentation that will earn you […]
The Early Match Specialties
This coming fall, all senior medical students will log onto the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and begin their registrations for the residency match. Or will they? There are actually a number of “early match specialties” separate from the main NRMP match, in which hundreds of students will apply earlier than everyone else. These early match […]
