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2023 Intern Advice

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Hello family medicine interns. It’s almost June, and July 1st will be here before you know it. You’re about to start residency in the GREATEST SPECIALTY ON EARTH. We are generalists who work in every aspect of medicine,  see everyone from “birth to…

#MedTwitter for Interns 2022 Version

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Join Twitter. And then What? I often encourage medical students and residents to join Twitter. The education you get there is amazing. But, when you first start there’s a lot of weeds. Some of them are really popular (more than ten thousand followers)…

Intern Prep Week Six

MS4 to Intern: Week Six

Our final week has near equal parts of inpatient+ICU, pediatrics and primary care, and only three tweetorials this time. As well as inspiration for our interns to be.

Intern Prep Week Five

MS4 to Intern: Week Five

Week Five dives into infectious issues, pediatrics, miscarriage care and EIGHT bonus links of reading because FOAM was busy last week.

Intern Prep Week Four

MS4 to Intern: Week Four

This week we go full FM spectrum, diving into a little bit of everything and having some long-form reads in the extra credit section.

Intern Prep Week Three

MS4 to Intern: Week Three

This week we have cancer screening, peds, OB, outpatient medicine and a sprinkling of derm and psychiatry.

Intern Prep Week Two

MS4 to Intern: Week Two

Week two covers both inpatient/outpatient medicine and delves into communication skills, too.

Intern Prep Week One

Week one starts out strong with exam skills, outpatient pediatrics, OB care and ECG basics.

An FM Intern Prep Plan

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A lot of newly Matched fourth years are going through a rough time right now. This pandemic has messed up your end-of-year rotations, cancelled long-awaited graduations and done who-knows-what with plans to move to wherever your residency is. And a lot of students…