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The Wellness Facade
My thoughts on the current wellness buzz in medical education.

Bryan Miles
Sep 15, 20194 min read


Crushing Step While Maintaining Your Sanity
Intro While the last several weeks were some of the darkest of my life, I did survive them somewhat painlessly, as well as the last two...

Bryan Miles
Jun 25, 201922 min read


Test Anxiety, Ain’t She a B!@#*
The title pretty much captures my fondness for test anxiety. Unfortunately, this has been something I have struggled with intermittently,...

Bryan Miles
Apr 4, 20197 min read


Dear Premed Me
MCW has a kickass program where its students can be paired with premed undergrads. I jumped at this opportunity given my passion for...

Bryan Miles
Feb 26, 20195 min read


Failure: Go Get Some
Failure is a very taboo subject for some reason. If you talk too much about your personal shortcomings to others it is often perceived...

Bryan Miles
Jan 20, 20193 min read


To Scribe or Not to Scribe
I recently started my foray into a series of premed extracurricular topics. This began with how to get involved in medicine. That article...

Bryan Miles
Jan 4, 20194 min read


Getting Involved in Medicine
Even the biggest, baddest doctor started as a pion. So, how will you get your start? Your initial foray into medicine serves two...

Bryan Miles
Nov 17, 20185 min read


How to Study First Aid Part Two
Alright, so last week I bashed what currently exists with respect to tackling First Aid, as well as hinted at my methodology of choice....

Bryan Miles
Nov 11, 20185 min read


How to Study First Aid
If I had a dollar for every time a lecturer mentioned Step 1, I might be able to pay for tuition this semester. Actually, just kidding,...

Bryan Miles
Nov 4, 20183 min read


Is This Testable?
One of the most prized skills of a medical student, honed by endless hours of lecture, is reducing a seemingly never ending presentation...

Bryan Miles
Oct 23, 20183 min read


My Perfect Premed School
So last week, I debunked the myth of the perfect premed school. This week I thought it would be prudent to show how I actually went about...

Bryan Miles
Oct 16, 20183 min read


Who Cares Where You Went to School
Honestly, who gives a @hit where you went to undergrad. I sure don’t. The same can be said for admissions committees. You are probably...

Bryan Miles
Oct 9, 20185 min read


Is Medicine for You?
When we are young (or even old) we constantly get prodded about what we are going to do with our lives. This can revolve around a variety...

Bryan Miles
Aug 31, 20185 min read


Pre Med and Med School Side Hustles
College and medical school are expensive, especially private institutions. Obviously, your first priority is school and building your...

Bryan Miles
Aug 26, 20186 min read


Extracurriculars and Secondaries in AMCAS
Welcome back to Bryan’s Black Bag everyone! This piece focuses on the extracurricular portion of the AMCAS application, as well as...

Bryan Miles
Aug 10, 20183 min read


How to Study
When you start school, they tell you to work hard. You say to yourself, “Duh!” Then they tell you to do so efficiently and effectively....

Bryan Miles
Aug 10, 20183 min read


When to Retake the MCAT
Congrats on finishing the MCAT, that is a huge milestone, regardless of how pleased you are with your score. You studied your ass off and...

Bryan Miles
Aug 10, 20185 min read


How I Went from the 50th to the 90th Percentile on the MCAT
Just like any other premed, I dreaded the MCAT. Dreaded is not strong enough of a word to describe my angst though. Dread is something...

Bryan Miles
Jul 10, 201811 min read


How to Write a Medical School Personal Statement - Concluding Paragraph and Editing
So you made it to the final paragraph, the concluding paragraph. Congratulations! Believe it or not, this is actually the easiest to...

Bryan Miles
Jun 18, 20183 min read


What to do Between M1 and M2 Year (M1 Summer)
Congratulations! You have just finished your first year of medical school! What a grind, huh? The physical and emotional energy that went...

Bryan Miles
Jun 5, 20185 min read
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