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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 …
Research in medical school: The need to align incentives with value (part 3)
SMS (“Stanford Medical School”) Unplugged is a forum for students to chronicle their experiences in medical school. The student-penned entries appear on Scope once a …
Stanford Medicine grads urged to break out of comfort zone, use science to improve human health
On Saturday, 195 graduates of the School of Medicine sat under a large white tent on the Alumni Green pondering the next chapter in their …
Coming up: A big day for Stanford Medicine’s Class of 2015
Tomorrow, Stanford Medicine's graduating class will walk away from campus with a new title: Doctor! The speaker for the medical school commencement will be Lucy Shapiro, …
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 …