Being funny is a talent and so is taking a break to film/watch a parody video featuring some medical students. If you work hard, play hard and catch it all on camera so that the rest of us can laugh in the middle of a lecture. Hopkins Dynamite: JHU SOM Second Look 2011 Shit Med [...]

Pedro Campos is a hyperealist artist from Madrid who creates oil on canvas paintings in such a realistic way that his work could be mistaken for beautiful, quality photographs. After learning that the paintings were in fact paintings (via Chanelle Brown of Style Pantry) I knew that I would love to attend a Campos Exhibition [...]

I submitted my finest to the Med Handwriting Challenge hosted by Dr. Cranquis! This is what was requested: Sample HPI Text: 24-year-old female presents to the emergency room with complaints of nausea and dizziness. She has been having “severe” upset stomach and nausea every morning for the past 2 weeks. When she stands up quickly, [...]

When preparing for my MCAT, I initially went a haphazard self-study route that included reading materials from various MCAT preparation providers; Kaplan, ExamKrackers, Princeton Review, MCAT-Prep.com, etc. I would pick up one book, use it and then suddenly I would pick up another text and begin using that. The one tip that I will remember [...]

What is a future M.D.? Currently, my definition is a woman who spends more time reading and blogging about everything “medical” than she does with an analytical chemistry textbook. It is so bad! I should have my face buried in a book but this is me passing time. Future M.D. or afuturemd.com is a personal/medical [...]