Interested in Primary Care? Consider These Rewarding Specialties
Medical students often construe general medicine as a tedious, unchallenging and a quaint field. Many medical students steer clear of this specialty in favor of more intriguing facets of medicine. In fact in the United States alone, primary care is one of the most demanding career options. Primary care providers make up the top 6% […]
7 Factors to Consider Before Finding the Right Post Baccalaureate Program
Not everyone who dreams about donning scrubs and putting a smile on the patients’ faces follows the traditional path to a medical college. For students who opt for medicine later in their schools or even after graduation as a career change, it is impossible to secure a seat in a medical school without enrolling in […]
Here’s Why You Should Choose a Medical Specialty in Hematology
You apply for admission at a Caribbean medical school and are lucky enough to be called in for an interview. During the interview, you brace yourself for the familiar strains of an age-old question. “What medical specialty are you thinking of pursuing?” And this question goes well into the year of earning the MD. Believe it or […]
Choosing a Career in Psychiatry – Here’s What This Diverse Discipline has in Store for You
Career in psychiatry holds great attraction for students the world over and is an ever challenging and exciting façade of medicine. It lets you apply your acquired medical knowledge to diagnose, treat and prevent a host of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders. Being a psychiatrist, you are responsible for assessing both the mental and physical […]
6 Ways to Make Studying Pharmacology Less Intimidating
It is a widely accepted notion among students that studying pharmacology is the most boring and terrifying subject that one comes across in a medical school in the Caribbean. Students are supposed to know about each drug, mechanism of action, indication, routes of administration, elimination, excretion, contraindications, drug interactions and a lot more. Recognizing each drug […]
Starting Medical School at 30 – Things You Should Consider as an Older Applicant
Age should not be an issue when it comes to applying to a top Caribbean medical school. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the average age of students applying to medical schools is 24 years. However, we have increasingly been witnessing late bloomers aspiring to glean admissions in a medical school. In fact, a […]