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 …
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Learning how to learn medicine
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 …
NIH tries to reduce the gray in the grant pool
This 45-second animation vividly illustrates the funding crisis that young scientists face as they work to launch their research careers: For the last three decades, …
Integrating digital literacy into medical education
Bertalan Mesko, MD, PhD, has cracked the code on convincing medical students that digital literacy skills are equally as important as clinical knowledge. Seats in …
Applying athletic and musical coaching techniques to surgical training
Performing in a harmonious group is a key characteristic in the success of athletes, musicians and surgeons. With this in mind, physicians at the University …
An Rx for physician burnout
Burnout, which is characterized by emotional exhaustion, a sense of depersonalization and a lack of a sense of personal accomplishment, is on the rise among …
Using “spaced repetition” and other learning strategies to better retain medical school knowledge
Many have described the medical school experience as "drinking from a firehose" of knowledge. Over on the Wing of Zock, radiology resident Peter Wei, MD, …
Stanford Medicine’s white coat and stethoscope ceremony, in pictures
Friday was a big day for Stanford's 90 new medical students, who - as my colleague Tracie White once eloquently put it - took their …
Exploring the benefits of pursuing anthropology and medicine
As a PhD student in medical anthropology, and having come from a very "medical family," pursuing an MD has been a kind of shadow-dream of mine. …
Passing the boards: Reassessing “Step 1 madness”
Charles Prober, MD, senior associate dean of medical education at Stanford, has long been concerned about the misuse of Step 1. The national standardized test, …
Rethinking middle and high-school success: strategies for creating healthier students
My daughters are still years away from college or even high school, but I’m not looking forward to the high-pressure arena that they look to be …
Stanford Medical Youth Science Program for underrepresented students expands and deepens
The Stanford Medical Youth Science Program (SMYSP) is a 5-week summer residential program for rising high school juniors and seniors interested in science and medicine. The students, …
A how-to guide on “galvanizing medical students” to administer flu vaccines
Stanford's Flu Crew, an initiative that gets medical students out into the campus and greater community administering flu vaccines, recently published a paper validating the importance of …
Online curriculum helps students and public learn about influenza
Stanford's Flu Crew, which administers flu vaccines in and around the Stanford community, has had many successes over the last few years, which we'll highlight in a post …
A behind the scenes look at the Stanford-ABC News Fellowship in Media and Global Health
Since arriving at Stanford, third-year medical student Michael Nedelman has pursued his passion for film by producing a number of documentaries, including projects about LGBT …
How two women from different worlds are changing the face of surgery
"I hope you're not serious about doing something in medicine." These words are all too familiar to Annete Bongiwe Moyo, a senior medical student at …