I was among the many visiting students and student researchers to attend an academic fair held at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. The fair hosted lectures about medical school and graduate school admissions such as: “Getting into Medical School” and “MD/PhD: Is it Right for Me?” There were also over 100 different [...]

This is the second installment to a small series of posts about shadowing physicians. The first, “How to Shadow a Physician” is a general guide with tips regarding shadowing. This post is dedicated to attire and the importance of professionalism while shadowing a physician. Many people are restricted in what they can wear whether personal [...]