Reference & Education

Successful Transition From USMLE Step 1 to Residency

By Gerald Faye Johnson · 14 years ago

Change happens – there's nothing you can do to stop it or slow it down. Once you have successfully aced your MCAT and surpassed medical school interviews, it is most likely that you will get ...

7 Ways to Maximize Your USMLE Review

By Gerald Faye Johnson · 14 years ago

The USMLE review is an essential part in your preparation for the actual USMLE. Most of the contents that will be discussed in the review have been taken up in your earlier years of basic ...

How Medical Students Can Build Self-Confidence by Affirmative Statements

By Gerald Faye Johnson · 14 years ago

There are two powerful techniques in building self-confidence: creating affirmative statements and building a ring of confidence. A medical student needs opportunities for self-growth and most self-growth efforts starts with building the self-confidence. By the ...

Making Lokta Paper

By Sylvia Smelcer · 13 years ago

The origin of lokta paper dates back a minimum of 800 years ago. Lokta paper is made from the bark of Daphne shrubs in Nepal. Daphne shrubs grow at high altitudes ranging from 6500 to ...

Effective Listening for USMLE Review - 5 Pitfalls to Avoid

By Gerald Faye Johnson · 14 years ago

As a medical student preparing for the USMLE, you will be very familiar with listening listening to lectures and accompanied by slide in the classroom. But even as you listen, there are personal characteristics of ...

Body Language and the Successful Medical Residency Interview

By Gerald Faye Johnson · 14 years ago

Being well-versed in the medical field, you know that you cannot rely solely on a patient's history to make the diagnosis. You carry on with physical assessment and related medical laboratories to confirm your diagnosis. ...

Dos and Don'ts of Medical School and Residency Interviews

By Gerald Faye Johnson · 14 years ago

Notice that when you go to malls, your eyes are attracted by things that move. Display windows, often show moving object to get the attention of passers-by. In like manner, you also get interested when ...

4 Tips for a Great Medical Student Interview

By Gerald Faye Johnson · 14 years ago

Interviews are vital hurdles in a medical student's life. Your encounter with interviewers, usually panel interviews does not end during upon being accepted to medical school, but continues even after your USMLE Step one, as ...

Augment USMLE Review with the 3 Brain Boosting Compounds

By Gerald Faye Johnson · 14 years ago

Did you know that food also plays an important role in helping you achieve success in your USMLE review? The adage:"You are what you eat" still holds true. What you take in also helps to ...

9 Practical Strategies for Maximizing USMLE Review

By Gerald Faye Johnson · 14 years ago

A number of textbooks offer both introduction and overview to each chapter and a summary of the material that has been covered. Researchers have found that of two groups of students who read only the ...

The Philip & Tacey Heritage

By Charlotte Rivington · 13 years ago

The Philip & Tacey heritage began in 1826 when John Tacey secured the appointment as Headmaster at the British School in City Road, London. He soon became a well-known figure in the community and his ...

Why to join the military ?

By Adlar Braun · 13 years ago

While civilian boot camps seem to be springing up all over the place, they are nothing compared to military boot camps. Those who join the military have such a hard time that about forty percent ...

The need for punctuality in military training

By Adlar Braun · 13 years ago

Army training is very rough and tough, so before you sign up, you must consider this. It is not going to be easy doing all the drills. The sergeants and instructors will yell at you ...

Guide to Choosing Health Courses

By Carla Jack · 13 years ago

Health courses open doors to exciting and rewarding careers in healthcare. Healthcare practitioners have the opportunity to contribute positively to people, families and communities. Healthcare professionals work independently or as part of a multidisciplinary team ...