My thoughts on the current wellness buzz in medical education.

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 years of medical scho...

The title pretty much captures my fondness for test anxiety. Unfortunately, this has been something I have struggled with intermittently, being more cripplin...

MCW has a kickass program where its students can be paired with premed undergrads. I jumped at this opportunity given my passion for mentorship (after all, t...

Failure is a very taboo subject for some reason. If you talk too much about your personal shortcomings to others it is often perceived negatively. Even think...

I recently started my foray into a series of premed extracurricular topics. This began with how to get involved in medicine. That article centered around pas...

Even the biggest, baddest doctor started as a pion. So, how will you get your start? Your initial foray into medicine serves two important purposes. First, i...

Alright, so last week I bashed what currently exists with respect to tackling First Aid, as well as hinted at my methodology of choice. However, I didn’t rea...

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, my private school is ...

One of the most prized skills of a medical student, honed by endless hours of lecture, is reducing a seemingly never ending presentation and/or outline provi...

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 finding my perfect ...

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 balking and rolling yo...

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 of things, but gene...

College and medical school are expensive, especially private institutions. Obviously, your first priority is school and building your resume, and then I woul...

Welcome back to Bryan’s Black Bag everyone! This piece focuses on the extracurricular portion of the AMCAS application, as well as secondary applications. Do...

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. You say, “Tell me mor...

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 fought through that...

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 you face when doing an...

So you made it to the final paragraph, the concluding paragraph. Congratulations! Believe it or not, this is actually the easiest to write. That is because y...

Congratulations! You have just finished your first year of medical school! What a grind, huh? The physical and emotional energy that went into the last year ...