Filmmaker Mark Hanlon followed Stanford's soon-to-graduate medical students on Match Day and provides an insider's look at what happens just before and after the envelopes are opened.
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Inside the envelopes: Stanford Medicine’s Match Day
On Match Day, 70 graduating Stanford medical students matched with residencies at a celebratory — and suspenseful — event.
Reflecting on residency, one year in
A resident in emergency medicine looks back upon all that has changed, and all that he has learned, over the last year.
Ranking residency programs: Tips for ordering your list
Evaluating residency programs can be stressful. But building a rank list helps medical students reflect on their goals and how residency can get them there.
For rehabilitation, team-based approach provides best care, Stanford resident writes
As a medical student at Harvard, Shara Yurkiewicz, MD, worked in both inpatient acute hospitals and rehabilitation hospitals. The striking differences between these two environments inspired …
It’s time to address medical education’s public perception problem
Stanford Medicine Unplugged (formerly SMS Unplugged) is a forum for students to chronicle their experiences in medical school. The student-penned entries appear on Scope once a …
“We are a team”: Advice for new residents from chief residents, in their own words
There are many things chief residents want new residents to know right out the gate, but much of that goes unsaid. So the blog Academic …
A call to action to improve balance and reduce stress in the lives of resident physicians
In November of 2010, those in Stanford's general surgery training program experienced an indescribable loss when a recently graduated surgical resident, Greg Feldman, MD, committed suicide. His death …
After work, a Stanford surgeon brings stones to life
Classrooms, research, grant writing, faculty meetings... It can be easy to forget that professors have a life outside of the classroom, perhaps with surprising hobbies …
Match Day at Stanford sizzles with successful matches & good cheer
Across the country at the exact same time — 9 AM in California — on the third Friday in March, graduating medical students assemble for …