Nov. Resident On Call: Dr. Elizabeth Berdan
Elizabeth Berdan, MD, is a graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin. She is a PGY-8 in General Surgery at the University of Minnesota. She took 3 years as a […]
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Affordable Care Act: Accessing Affordable Health Insurance
AMWA fully supports empowering women through affordable health coverage and hopes that women are able to take control of their health through the affordable Health Insurance Marketplace. Keep reading for […]
AMWA Resident Mentorship Survey
ATTENTION RESIDENTS! The mentorship committee is planning a series of webinars for residents to learn from the wisdom that our members have gained throughout their careers and assist you in […]
July 2014 Resident On Call
July’s resident on call, Anna Lee MD, MPH, is a graduate of Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, GA and Emory Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, GA. […]
“Suicide Med” is a Must Read
When I first sat down to read “Suicide Med,” written by Dr. Freida McFadden, I was expecting a novel giving a real-life description of the stresses of both medical school […]
Rounding at the Bedside
I remember as a third year student feeling pretty disappointed when I discovered that some attending physicians chose to hold table rounds, or hallway rounds in a very public setting. […]
June 2014 Resident on Call Q&A
June’s Resident On Call, Parin Patel, recently graduated from Drexel University College of Medicine and is currently an OB/GYN intern at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. […]
First Week of Residency
I was expecting the worst for my start of residency this past week. I started on Labor & Delivery (L&D) Nights at a hospital that’s much busier than where I […]
Planning For the Rest of Your Life: The Impatience of a Third Year Medical Student
Blog Post by Elora Apantaku, a medical student at Chicago Medical School It happened when I was being active in the milieu, playing bananagrams with a handful of occupants admitted […]
Out of Bounds
Blog Post by Elora Apantaku, a medical student at Chicago Medical School I’ve never been a huge fan of babies. Toddlers are cute and “children are our future” but neonates […]