Your interview is the next and hopefully final step in your journey to medical school acceptance. Are you ready for it? Before prepping for your interview, you’ll need to know what type of interview you’ll be having. There are four main types of medical school interviews that you can expect at an allopathic med school:…
Taboo No More: Depression & Burnout in the Medical Field [Episode 282]
Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Poorman, Internist at Cambridge Medical [Show Summary] There’s a lot of talk (and only that) about burnout and depression among medical students, residents, and physicians, but Dr. Elisabeth Poorman is attempting to do something about it. Listen in to today’s episode and understand a bit more about the realities of working in…
Harvard Medical School Secondary Application Essay Tips & Deadlines
HMS is looking for students who will help find new ways to approach patient care through diversity, research, and a dedication to service. In this secondary application, it will be important to include relevant leadership roles that you have held in which you were able to improve methods or outcomes. Highlight your experience working with…
Meet Harvard MD/MPH Student and Premed Podcaster Mary Tate [Episode 257]
Our guest today is soon-to-be doctor Mary Tate and current 4th year medical student at Harvard Medical School. Mary graduated from Dartmouth in 2012 and has been at HMS since 2013. She was very active at Dartmouth and continued to be a change agent at HMS. In 2017 she earned her MPH at Harvard’s Chan…
HMX – Harvard Medical School’s Online Option for Everyone [Episode 205]
I was recently contacted about a fascinating new program at Harvard Medical School called HMX Fundamentals. I wanted to learn more, and I’m delighted to have AST listeners learn more along with me since I’m talking today to Dr. Michael Parker, Harvard Medical School’s Associate Dean for Online Learning and Faculty Director of HMX. Dr….
Major Curriculum Changes At Harvard Medical School
Our tech-savvy generation has different needs, skills, and learning styles than those of previous generations. And according to a Boston Globe article, Harvard Medical School is embracing those differences, and creating a new curriculum that caters directly to these modern-day learners, as well as to an updated healthcare system. The article states that “the changes at Harvard…
U.S. News 2016 Best Medical Schools – Research & Primary Care
U.S. News released its graduate school rankings Tuesday. 130 med schools and 26 schools of osteopathic medicine (all fully accredited) were surveyed in late 2014 and early 2015. Of these schools, 116 provided adequate data for creating these rankings. Let’s take a look at the top 25 med schools in research and primary care… 2016…
Harvard’s School of Public Health Receives $350 Million Gift from Hong Kong Group
On Monday, Harvard announced the largest gift in its history, $350 million to the School of Public Health from the Morningside Foundation, a Hong Kong group run by two Hong Kong brothers, Ronnie and Gerald Chan. The school will be renamed for T. H. Chan, the brothers’ father. (Gerald Chan earned degrees from the School…
Shaping the Evolution of Humanity’s Health: Harvard Medical School Student IV
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with medical school applicants and students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top medical schools and the med school application process. And now, introducing Noor… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an…
