April 25th marks the first post released on Future M.D. - The Medblog and to celebrate the blog’s first anniversary I want to giveaway a $50 gift card for Amazon.com. The giveaway is for anyone applying to any MD/DO medical school or currently enrolled in any MD/DO medical school. Please read the following information carefully (here) and I wish you the best of luck!

NYCHOS working in his studio and preparing for a soloshow in Turin, Italy. (photo via Street Anatomy)

I am not one to give advice. I guess I just prefer to share a story and you take it with a grain of salt? I can tell you what makes applying to medical school easier:

  • Work hard from the very start. It does not matter when you decide to pursue medicine. Work towards your goals from the moment you know what it is that you want. 
  • Dedicate some part of yourself to something special and learn what “selfless work” means.
  • Take the time to self-reflect, often. It gives you the chance to figure out the extent of your ambition, challenges, habits, and inspiration. 
  • Ask for help. If you are ever confused and in need of guidance, look to those who are knowledgeable and can help you help yourself.

Aside from that, the speciality I am interested in is orthopaedic surgery. 

Rare Medical Stock Photo: someone wearing googles AND gloves in a lab.

“Talent is a pursued interest. In other words, anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do.” - Bob Ross

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Cattiness in the Workplace Sets Women Back 100+ Years

Sexism between women, in general, manifests itself as competition and jealousy. Women feel quite negative and hostile about other women, successful women in particular. Women in medicine can be particularly hostile towards one another because of the various degrees of “success” that exists in the workplace. That success could be academic, socioeconomic, or physical. The list is endless but it is no reason to be bitter. (Read More…)

Just went through the recent posts and provided links to the stores where the great anatomy/medicine themed items can be purchased!

I really appreciate the artists who take the time to indulge my passion and nerdisms.

Hippocratic Oath printed in the shape of the Caduceus Staff. It was created by Amanda Xi and it is just amazing! (Buy this piece or other prints here!)

“Harvard Medicine—just kidding.” If I was sassy and annoying enough I would buy this for a relative who actually wanted to go there. (Buy the shirt here!)

biomedicalephemera:

Top: Screening adult men for tuberculosis with radiography
Bottom: The chest of the man being screened above, clear of tuberculosis or other abscesses.

Radiography and the ‘X’ Rays in Practice and in Theory. S. R. Bottone, 1898.

Tell me this isn’t awesome…