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Rankings. As of 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranks Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine #11 (tie) on their "Best Medical Schools: Research" list. MCASOM is the most selective medical school in the United States, with the lowest acceptance rate (2.1%) among schools submitting data for the 2017-2018 application cycle.
Diabetogenic. Renza Scibilia’s blog is about real life with type 1 diabetes. And while diabetes isn’t the center of her life — that’s a space reserved for her husband, daughter, and coffee ...
The American Medical Student Association ( AMSA ), founded in 1950 and based in Washington, D.C., is an independent association of physicians -in-training in the United States. AMSA is a student-governed national organization. They have a membership of 68,000 medical students, premedical students, interns, medical residents and practicing ...
Medical school in the United States is a graduate program with the purpose of educating physicians in the undifferentiated field of medicine. Such schools provide a major part of the medical education in the United States. Most medical schools in the US confer upon graduates a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree, while some confer a Doctor of ...
A growing number of medical schools are intent on reducing the racial disparities by raising awareness of the social determinants of health: issues such as lack of transportation, food insecurity ...
Stress is defined as an imbalance between environmental conditions necessary for survival and the ability of individuals to adapt to those conditions. Stress in medical students has been recognized for a long time. Many studies have explored the causes, consequences and solutions. There are three issues considered to be the most relevant, in ...
True Stories: Living with HIV. There are more than 1.2 million people in the United States living with HIV. While the rate of new HIV diagnoses has been falling steadily over the last decade, it ...
Medical school and breast cancer. Now a third-year medical student, Ellis didn’t want cancer to slow her progress in school. She scheduled her mastectomy and treatment around her board examinations.