Preparing for med school, it’s tough to know what qualifies as clinical experience or not. Especially for roles that aren’t hospital-based. So does hospice volunteering count as clinical experience? Hospice volunteering counts for clinical experience if the hospice organization directly allows patient care. But not if the volunteering is clerical or administrative in nature. Many …

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As part of the holy UFAPS, UWorld is a must when it comes to USMLE prep. But, as there is with most paid resources, there’s a lot of debate surrounding how best to use it. So when to start UWorld to really get the most bang for your buck? There are a couple schools of …

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Because writing isn’t a huge part of being a doctor, you might be thinking it’s pretty low on the list of activities med students do. We know you have to write essays for applications, but do you have to write essays in medical school? Some med schools, specifically the top tier ones, expect students to …

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You’re thinking about med school but you know it’s expensive. But med students do work right? You’ve seen them in teaching hospitals or clinics interacting with the public. Sometimes it’s even easy to mistake them with real doctors! So do med students get paid? Med students don’t get paid until after they’ve completed their studies. …

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