As a medical student, you devote your days to learning more about clinical care, medical research and health policy. But for those times when you need a break from the serious side of your medical training, you can visit the “Almost” Doctor’s Channel for lighthearted thoughts from your peers about the other side of being a medical student, such as 16 tips for being cool at med school parties and nine questions about residency.
A combination of thoughtful analyses and funny insights, the “Almost” Doctor’s Channel offers videos, comics and other study break fodder especially for medical students, often written by their peers. The site partners with thought leaders, practicing physicians, writers, comedians and humanitarians to curate content. Anyone can submit an article for review to the site’s editing team.
Recent posts range the gamut of medical student life, including:
• 12 tips for residency applications and interviews
• Practicing surgery on the go
• Top 22 study jams for your next exam
The “Almost” Scholarships offer further incentive for users to generate their own content. Techie types can submit stories to receive an iTunes gift card, foodies can win a shipment of frozen steaks and political junkies can receive their favorite season of “The West Wing.”
To stay up to date on the latest news impacting the medical community, issues affecting your future in medicine and ways students can get involved in organized medicine, count on AMA Wire™. Recent news of note for students includes:
• As Match Day approaches, a look at GME bottleneck
• “We think this is the tipping point”—A year of accelerating change in medical education
• “A lot less of House, MD, and more of Car Talk”: A peek at medicine’s future
• Changes in med ed will make students integral to health system solutions
