Figure 1 Quiz of the Week A 76-year-old male presents with a progressive headache, dizziness, and confusion after falling from his bed the night before. He currently takes warfarin following a mechanical valve replacement 11 years ago, and has been recently diagnosed with depression. A CT scan reveals a subdural hematoma and the patient’s INR…

Figure 1 Quiz of the Week A 75-year-old female presents with a two-year history of a persistent cough and fatigue. The cough is occasionally productive of purulent sputum. She was treated for a community-acquired pneumonia two years earlier and underwent an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion previously, but is otherwise well. On examination, she appears…

Leader Spotlight: University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine AMSA Chapter The University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine (UNLV SoM), established in 2014, opened its doors to the Founding Charter Class on July 17, 2017. Since then, our American Medical Student Association (AMSA) chapter at UNLV SoM has come a long way:…

Figure 1 Quiz of the Week A 70-year-old male is brought to the emergency department with subacute shortness of breath and fatigue. Upon searching her father’s home, his daughter reports she found his medication — a nearly empty bottle of metoprolol, 100 mg bid. She believes her father has coronary artery disease. On examination, the…

By: Ellen Pappas “I want to be a doctor because I want to help people.” A sentence that comes out of countless medical students’ mouths looking forward to their careers as caregivers. But sometimes medical students and health care professionals forget to care about themselves, too. I have found that some of the most important…

This post was created in partnership with BetterHelp. As a BetterHelp affiliate, we may receive compensation from BetterHelp if you purchase products or services through the links provided on this page.   As if medical school is not hard enough on you, add test anxiety to that and you can have a meltdown. Although it…