Accepted Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Show Summary In this episode of Admission Straight Talk, host Linda Abraham addresses the concerns of medical school applicants who have not yet received interview invitations. She debunks the myth that not receiving an invitation by Thanksgiving means rejection and shares insights from several admissions directors.

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Accepted Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

Whether you picked the book up in a store or library, or downloaded free sample online, you probably made a pretty speedy decision about whether it would hold your interest. Admissions committee members are human. In every case, the lead begins a story that makes the reader sit up and say, “Ah!

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Actual cardiologists performed these visits, which included up-titration of meds, but, also, as Adam correctly notes, patients had MD-level assessments. Most experts held this trial up as a win for aggressive up-titration of medicines. There were no differences in death, heart failure admissions or even walking distance.

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Accepted Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

If you have been placed on a medical school’s waiting list , you can send the admissions committee a letter to reiterate your interest in the school. That said, medical schools receive many follow-up letters, so they are likely numb to generalizations, flattery, and overwritten letters. Stay concise (one page or less).

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Accepted Blog

AUGUST 28, 2024

Be sure to get feedback, either from your medical school or a medical school admissions expert. Follow your medical school’s guidelines, and submit them as early as possible so you have time to incorporate any feedback. Your application should look professional and show the maturity you have gained in the past four years.

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Accepted Blog

MAY 22, 2024

And from an admissions perspective, it’s essential that applicants from these groups consider how to best present themselves in their medical school applications. Self-identifying is the easiest way to let admissions committees know that you are part of an underrepresented ethnic or racial group, but it’s not the only way.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

She meets her existing patients and picks up a new one, Bill. He was a direct admission after an electrophysiologic (EP) study. They found a medication that made it harder to induce VT and sent him up to the medical floor for admission and monitoring with instructions to initiate that medication.

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Intercoast

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Admissions Process: The path to enrollment at InterCoast is designed to be clear and supportive. We encourage potential students to engage with our admissions team and discuss the applicants’ career goals. Bring up any tuition concerns, and if it works for you, you can take steps toward achieving your career aspirations.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Three in four nurses working in hospitals care about the success of their institution — “they show up and gown up…yet only 57% feel a sense of ownership in their hospitals, leaving leaders to expect 100% quality to be delivered by about half of the nursing workforce.”

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Accepted Blog

MAY 8, 2024

For example, maybe one of your siblings has a rare disability, or you grew up in a town with fewer than 500 inhabitants. Admissions officers believe that diversity in the classroom improves the educational experience of all the students involved. For example, perhaps you’re part of the 0.2% Deeds What have you done?

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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. Accepted’s Med School Admissions quiz can give you a quick reality check.

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Accepted Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

Its Director of Admissions, Dr. Mike Woodson, is our guest today, and he’ll tell you what it takes to get in. Show Notes Welcome to the 569th episode of Admissions Straight Talk. Accepted’s med school admissions quiz can give you a quick reality check. In 2019, he became the Director of Admissions.

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Accepted Blog

JULY 18, 2024

Do follow the application guidelines. It is ultimately up to your recommenders to craft their personal assessment of your abilities and potential. Follow the guidelines the medical schools provide regarding the number of recommendation letters required or allowed. Some schools have preferences regarding submission methods (e.g.,

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Scrubs

APRIL 20, 2023

These numbers spell opportunities, but you may end up struggling with immense work pressure. It sets you up for better career prospects. It also offers a comprehensive overview of these online courses, from admission requirements to eligibility, program features, accreditations, and placement support. Right now, there are 2.83

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Accepted Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

For this section of our Med School Admissions: What You Need to Know To Get Accepted series, I’ll provide a brief rundown of what happens after you graduate from medical school. The rest is up to you. The drawback of this is having to pick up and move two times. Let’s take a look at the different stops you’ll make along the way.

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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). Follow these steps: Step #1: Calculate your stats and be kind to yourself. Step #2: Address a decreasing trend in your GPA. We can help!

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Accepted Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

In medical school, it is often up to you to decide how best to spend your time. They are used to students showing up with a variety of med school–induced symptoms and will do their best to educate and reassure you if that is all that is needed. You might want to ask yourself the following questions: Do you see yourself in primary care?

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Relias

MAY 1, 2022

When it comes to assessing and treating pressure injuries, diabetic wounds, and venous wounds, investing in expertise up front can help protect your organization against costly wound care liability down the road. To minimize liability, the entire healthcare team can benefit from training in the following areas: Recognizing wound risk factors.

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 24, 2022

It was not long before I started picking up per diem job opportunities to explore and broaden my horizons as a nurse. I applied for a position as Neuroscience Nurse Navigator at The Valley Hospital , which allowed me to create and develop the role to support the patients during their admission and help them maintain outpatient follow-up.

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Practice Index

AUGUST 22, 2024

In our small survey, the next most-popular action was halting the rationing of referrals, investigations and admissions, and pausing the sign-up to new data-sharing agreements or local system data-sharing platforms. However, this may change as nearly half indicated they were considering this as an option to ramp up action.

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Accepted Blog

JULY 2, 2024

Show Summary In this episode of Admissions Straight Talk , host Linda Abraham interviews Yael Bruk, a recent graduate from Binghamton University who was accepted to multiple medical schools. Show Notes Thanks for joining me for this, the 583rd episode of Admissions Straight Talk. Yael, welcome to Admissions Straight Talk. [1:57]

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The Healthcare Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Some solutions are cropping up to pave the way. But one-size-fits-all solutions centered on medication as a silver bullet to obesity are only setting up patients and payers for failure. Similarly, those whose sole promise is to deprescribe, don’t follow the evidence. They’re itching for an easy off-ramp.

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EvidenceCare

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

CMS Policy Changes to Reduce Costs Financial pressures are rising as CMS implements the updated Version 28 Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) model , which introduces changes aimed at limiting types of codes that are most used for up-coding or over-coding to help rein in spending. We call them CMS 4201 violations.

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Accepted Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

This behavior can show up in emails and calls, and even in the form of unscheduled drop-in visits to the adcom’s offices. Not following instructions As a waitlisted applicant, you’re still a contender. Follow the adcom’s directions precisely. Admissions directors want waitlisted applicants to show passion, not obsession.

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Accepted Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

For that reason, as you look at your essay again, try your best to root out generic writing that lacks color and details , such as the following example: “Although I have been responsible for a lot of exciting projects, I want to move into management, which might not happen on my current path.” What kind of projects? Ditch the passive voice.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 16, 2024

The idea was that the software would examine patients’ medical records – the entire medical record: clinical notes; labs; radiology; and their admission histories – and learn to stratify people in terms of their risk for readmission. I admit that I do not follow the Medical AI literature closely.

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Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Even though my practice is made up of about 750, overwhelmingly older people, mostly with chronic medical conditions, I only attend to the death of a patient a few times a month. There have been previous admissions after which the patient did not make it to follow-up appointments. Acceptance followed and waxed and waned.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The follow up to NLST failed to sustain the initial, spurious OS gain, the Nelson trial was null for OS or even all cancer death. Instead of this investment, schools prefer to pursue changes in admission policies that do not deal with the root issue. But lung cancer screening doesn't work, as I described in a prior post.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

She grew up in a small town in Nigeria, where career options were limited for women, and her desire to become a nurse was considered too ambitious. Growing up, I had always wanted to be a nurse. At the time, college admission was based on who you knew and how much money you had. What inspired you to become a nurse?

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 15, 2024

The medical college admission test contains many irrelevant questions that have nothing to do with being a doctor. There was a follow-up component to the biochemistry question, and it too was a logic puzzle, however, unfortunately it was incorrect. Next up… residency. I recently did some sample MCAT questions.

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Accepted Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Some programs are very clear about not wanting anything but the primary and secondary applications, and you should always follow their instructions. what’s on their admissions website) and show that you’ve done your research. Trust that the admissions office is working through the applications as fast as they can.

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Practice Index

MARCH 31, 2024

With several documents related to the contract being released on Thursday (28th April) afternoon, we've taken a look at the contract updates to give you a head start on the requirements of the contract so you're up and running quickly. CHOL002 is replaced by CHOL004 with wording as follows: CHOL004. mmol/L or lower.

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CareerStep

JULY 19, 2024

She points out the importance of a strong knowledge base and up-to-date reference materials for transcriptionists to navigate these challenges effectively. The lab section containing the unknown abbreviation was dictated as follows: BUN 99, creatinine 7.0, sodium 142, potassium 5.3, magnesium 3.0, ( ) 4.4.

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2019

McKinsey also found that consumers reporting greater use of the emergency department and inpatient hospital admissions were also more likely to report unmet social needs. Food insecurity was the most important SDoH for driving IP and ER use, followed by safety risks, housing challenges, transportation and social isolation.

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Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 15, 2024

A place where a learner can go to look up the seminal trials that established modern day cardiology practice. Here comes a key feature: patients were randomized 5-21 days after the hospital admission. Subscribe now This discussion also offers me a chance to point learners to a new effort I am doing with my friends Drs.

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Accepted Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

What does this have to do with admissions? Just this: When the adcoms ask you to write about a flaw or weakness in your essays, and you either fail to offer any or the ones you come up with sound like you are just checking a box – mentioning something vague and generic and not of much significance – you will seem like a fake in their eyes.

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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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