Accepted Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Show Summary In this episode of Admissions Straight Talk , host Linda Abraham looks back at her predictions for the 2023/2024 application cycle and offers advice for current and future applicants. She reflects on her previous predictions, such as the increase in test options and waivers and the continued use of rankings in admissions.

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Accepted Blog

MAY 22, 2024

Each year, I talk to applicants who say they don’t want their ethnic or racial identity to be part of their medical school application. However, from the general perspective of the medical profession, it’s important to look at why having underrepresented groups in medicine is desirable. This is a noble principle that I respect.

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Accepted Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Show Summary The 2024-25 medical school application cycle is looming. Would you like to learn how to craft a quality application to medical school, a compelling persuasive application? Show Notes Welcome to the 567th episode of Admissions Straight Talk. And it’s a goal to get accepted to medical school, not a wish.

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Accepted Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Show Summary Would you like to hear insight based on decades of experience, both advising applicants to a variety of healthcare programs and working in admissions offices for, again, many different healthcare programs? He discusses the admissions process for healthcare programs. Do you know how to get accepted to medical school?

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Accepted Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

Getting ready to apply to medical school ? These two services – the American Medical College Application Service ( AMCAS ) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service ( AACOMAS ) – are the primary gateways for future physicians. This can be a hectic time as you try to stay on top of everything.

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Accepted Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Before he was Joshua Wienczkowski, MD, a prevention and addiction medicine specialist, he was a premed juggling coursework and extracurriculars and trying to make the right choices for his best shot at medical school. Here, he shares, with 20/20 hindsight, four things he’s glad he did (or wishes he’d done) before beginning medical school.

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Accepted Blog

MARCH 18, 2024

Each year on Match Day, thousands of medical school students and graduates discover where they will receive their specialty training. The number of matches for US graduates of international medical schools (IMGs) went down slightly, from its record high of 67.6% last year to just 67% this year. overall fill rate in this year’s match.

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Accepted Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

That’s the subject of this week’s podcast of Admissions Straight Talk , as Linda Abraham and Dr. Valerie Wherley, an Accepted consultant, dive into pre-med competencies. Dr. Wherley gives an overview of the 17 competencies identified by the AAMC as essential for success in medical school and beyond. 2:21] Thank you so much.

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Accepted Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Show Summary Dr. Linton Yee, Associate Dean for Admissions at Duke University School of Medicine joins us to discuss how applicants can earn a spot in this highly competitive program. Show Notes Welcome to the 593rd episode of Admissions Straight Talk. Are you ready to apply to your dream medical schools? Thanks for tuning in.

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Accepted Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

I’m neither a doctor nor a crystal-ball gazer, but I have spent the past 25-plus years advising hundreds of medical school applicants, some of whom were waitlisted. My encounter with these blunders has given birth to this list of “nine mistakes you don’t want to make on a medical school waitlist.” What should I do?

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 7, 2023

The Supreme Court issued a number of headline-grabbing decisions this term on topics like religious accommodation , LGBTQ protections , and consideration of race in college admissions. A handful of FCA circuit court decisions issued in 2023 are noteworthy as well. Piacentile v. Oncology, Inc. , Valley Campus Pharmacy, Inc. ,

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

soccer) club is not charging its fans admission during the current season. Since last week I wrote about medical debt in the U.S. It’s not surprising that we end up with all that medical debt. It’s not even really news, since it was announced last fall; it’s just that it wasn’t until last week that a U.S. The club is Paris FC.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Nursing School Capacity In May 2023, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) released data showing that student enrollment in entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs decreased by 1.4% In that regard, nursing education is a pipeline to the future. in 2022, the first decrease in 20 years.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We heard first-hand from one of the nurse-hacker-presenters that she herself was attacked by a patient — her experience being all-too-“normal” in 2023. This leads to a range of mental health, clinical, and economic impacts — moral distress up, job satisfaction down in the case of the employee scenario.

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Accepted Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Related Resources: The Best Medical School Letter of Recommendation Advice for 2023 Five Tips for Requesting an AACOMAS Letter of Recommendation (Evaluation) Applying to Graduate Engineering Programs: Everything You Need to Know , a free guide The post Three Don’ts When Asking for Letters of Recommendation appeared first on Accepted Admissions Blog. (..)

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Accepted Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The website of Harvard Medical School (HMS) is a treasure trove of information for applicants. Harvard Medical School 2023-2024 Secondary Application Essay Questions Harvard Secondary Essay #1 If you have already graduated, briefly summarize your activities since graduation. Is HMS right for you?

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Here are the Authors’ Bios: Adrian Barnett is a professor of statistics who has worked for over 29 years in health and medical research. 2023 May;26(5):858-66. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2023 Mar;30(6):1103-13. Medical Journal of Australia. Resuscitation. 2014;85(5):587-94. [3]

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 19, 2023

The McGill team wrote this sentence in their intro: Detailing by key opinion leaders, guideline panels, and the manufacturer has even led to stockpiling of the medication as part of national pandemic responses. These same people also don’t consider medical history. They found no effect in children with asthma.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Here are the Authors’ Bios: Adrian Barnett is a professor of statistics who has worked for over 29 years in health and medical research. 2023 May;26(5):858-66. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2023 Mar;30(6):1103-13. Medical Journal of Australia. Resuscitation. 2014;85(5):587-94. [3]

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Susan Dresser, Cynthia Teel, and Jill Peltzer, in their 2023 article entitled, Frontline Nurses’ Clinical Judgment in Recognizing, Understanding, and Responding to Patient Deterioration: A Qualitative Study , noted that nurses who work at the bedside are essential in the recognition of patients’ decline and initiating contact with the SWAT RN.

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Setting Sights

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The point I am making here, is that, often, I rely on the far finer, and ironically, less obvious details, when a patient first presents with symptoms or a medical complaint – not just the very visual clues that first come to eye. But the doctor just scoffed again, and said: “Well you’re a medical student. Unaccounted for. I was rare.

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Accepted Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

medical school, MBA programs, law school). In this post, you will find information on many different types of scholarships for Latino/Latina/Latine/Hispanic students, including ones for different levels of study (e.g., undergraduate, graduate) and ones for different fields of study (e.g., Ready for more information?

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Accepted Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

The most reliable source of information about allopathic medical schools is the Medical School Admission Requirements ( MSAR ) website, offered by the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges). Review the medical schools in your state. Step #5: Begin researching schools.

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Accepted Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Sadly, the frustrating fact is that there’s no rule governing how much time a medical school has to respond to your application. However, we’ll try to answer some of the big questions on med school applicants’ minds, including: How long does a medical school have to invite an applicant to submit a secondary application? Don’t give up!

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Accepted Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Michael Ellison, Associate Dean for Admissions at Chicago Medical School at the Rosalind Franklin University. Dr. Ellison shares his insights on what makes Chicago Medical School unique, how to impress its admissions committee, and what all this information means for you as an applicant. My pleasure.

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Health Populi

JULY 4, 2022

Many patients-as-consumers turned to health online and apps to manage their health during the pandemic, first in lock-down phase and subsequently in medical-distancing mode to avoid physical contact with health care providers in brick-and-mortar settings. is seen as likely among a growing consensus of economists).

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The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

It happened to United, Humana and more, but I’ll focus on Agilon because of this lovely quote : “During 2023, agilon health experienced an increase in medical expenses attributable to higher-than-expected specialist visits, Part B drugs, outpatient surgeries, and supplemental benefits, partially offset by lower hospital medical admissions.

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Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Since COVID-19, there has been a notable decline in medical school admissions among applicants of color. Effect of Full Practice Authority on Racial Diversity To date, 27 states, 3 territories, and the District of Columbia have implemented FPA for NPs, with Utah becoming the latest state to adopt the measure in March 2023.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

A medical school applicant recently filed suit , alleging that several Texas medical schools improperly rejected him by basing their admissions decisions on race and gender. The plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief that prohibits these schools from making their admissions decisions on the basis of race or sex.

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Accepted Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

If the application season isn’t going as you’d hoped, your thoughts might be turning to alternative ways of advancing your medical education. Or you might be thinking about warm tropical breezes and the island life that awaits you at a Caribbean medical school. citizen graduates of international medical schools (also known as U.S.

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Accepted Blog

AUGUST 16, 2024

In 2023, U.S. In July 2024, Bloomberg Philanthropies made a transformative $1 billion gift to the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, aimed at reducing the financial barriers for medical students. Are there any areas of medicine or a particular medical specialty at Johns Hopkins that interests you and why? If so, please comment.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

Prior authorizations are being suspended for most outpatient services for Medicare Advantage plans, utilization reviews for inpatient admissions are being put on hold until March 31, 2024, and drug formulary exception review is suspended for Medicare Part D pharmacy benefits. military medical health agency.

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Accepted Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The PREview exam is a type of situational judgment test designed to help admissions committees assess applicants’ pre-professional competencies. Thus, used in conjunction with other quantitative measures, the PREview can help flesh out an applicant’s profile and gives admissions committees a more holistic picture of them.

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Setting Sights

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Looking back, the medical student within me now recognises that this was most likely the very tip to the downward spiral that led me to a depression – a response , rather than a symptom , to the catalogue of bad luck and neglect I had encountered. I did, in the end, return to medical school, in June 2022. So, I did.

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2023

More technology is not always the best solution In a recent healthcare provider survey , half of healthcare executives said the revenue cycle is a top priority for software investment in 2023. However, large technology investments aren’t always realistic in the near term when hospitals and health systems are struggling financially.

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2023

More technology is not always the best solution In a recent healthcare provider survey , half of healthcare executives said the revenue cycle is a top priority for software investment in 2023. However, large technology investments aren’t always realistic in the near term when hospitals and health systems are struggling financially.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 2, 2023

could save at least $13 billion a year through deploying medically-tailored meals for people enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance programs, according to the True Cost of Food , research published by the Tufts School of Nutrition Science and Policy collaborating with The Rockefeller Foundation.

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