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Vanishing act: What’s happening to the traditional rotating internship?

Once required of all osteopathic medical graduates, the rotating internship has become largely a last resort—but not entirely.

Q&A: Bringing DO, MD students together one podcast at a time

KCUMB-COM student launches podcast, advocacy group to foster rapport among students from Kansas City's three medical schools.

Medical students: Show your CV, personal statement who’s boss

Wondering how to tackle these all-important documents? In a recent SOMA workshop, Timothy Beals, OMS III, outlined some best practices.

Former NY governor to teach health care policy at TouroCOM

“Life is short, and I always thought the medical profession was intriguing,” says David Paterson, JD, of his new role.

When patients are behind bars: New specialty challenges physicians

Correctional physicians must learn to treat extremes of diseases and comorbidities, says NSU-COM's David Thomas, MD.

New HRSA-funded residency program has openings for DOs across the country

Budding multistate family medicine residency program is designed to train DOs who will practice in medically underserved areas.

UMDNJ-SOM’s music medicine program strikes a chord

Combine one experimental treatment with one passionate professor and two Grammy nominations; you'll get a music medicine program.

Wearable wound simulators help distinguish RVUCOM’s military track

RVUCOM is the only medical school in the country to use these surgical simulators for training, the school’s dean says.

Strike a match: Report helps students gauge themselves, rank programs

AACOM study takes some of the guesswork out of matching by showing which types of candidates match where.

TUNCOM partners with new clinic to help students learn to care for the disabled

Beginning next year, TUNCOM students will see and learn firsthand the unique needs of patients with developmental disabilities.

Students can gain clinical experience in Ecuador fighting Chagas disease

Participants in the Tropical Disease Research Program can provide care in the field, do clinical research and hone their Spanish.

How interns and residents can stay afloat while anchored to debt

As a resident, paying down debt while saving for future financial goals is no easy task. But it can be done, a money expert says.

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