Medical students’ biggest money questions
We address the most common questions and concerns we hear from medical students about their finances, and discuss how to avoid the biggest financial mistakes med students make.
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Pre-Med
Resources for pre-med students applying to medical school this year, next year, or just curious about what it will take to apply someday.
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6 tax deductions and credits for medical students
From tuition to moving expenses, here are some tax deductions and credits that a medical student might qualify for when filing their income tax return.
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Advice for pre-med students: How to navigate COVID-19 uncertainty
Discover how a recent med school grad learned the surprising value of learning to deal with uncertainty and adapt to unpredictability.
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How Are You Going to Pay for Med School?
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COVID-19: Med student delivery services feed those in need
How med students in Ontario are putting food on the table for the most vulnerable populations.
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An emergency physician’s view of COVID-19
How one ER doctor has navigated the big shifts and tiny changes prompted by the pandemic, and how it has made her optimistic for the future...
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Connected to opportunity
As the global pandemic leaves us disconnected from each other, one student reflects on the connections that have helped him build his career.
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My unexpected path into med school
How one med student’s journey proves that there’s no such thing as a traditional med school applicant.
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COVID-19 UPDATE: First-year Western students bringing PPE to those in need
In mid-March, during the first weeks of what would turn out to be a prolonged global shutdown, news about a severe shortage of PPE among healthcare staff emerged.
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Allen Champagne is changing the game
The former NCAA football athlete and current Queen’s med student has turned his love for sport into a national health initiative that works to reduce sport-related head injuries.
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COVID-19 UPDATE: Alberta contact tracing initiative turns heads around the world
Franco Rizzuti was preparing for the COVID outbreak long before most others. As a public health and preventive medicine resident, he was working on a response plan...
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For the ones we love
Mélanie-Rose Frappier, a 2nd year medical student at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine has been receiving a lot of positive feedback from people within her community and beyond after she wrote..
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COVID-19 UPDATE: UBC students step up to combat the pandemic
It was a Saturday afternoon in the middle of March when the Faculty of Medicine at UBC informed its med students that they were being pulled from their clinical duties...
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COVID-19 UPDATE: Northern Ontario students addressing the unique need of their region
Unlike other parts of the country where medical students were running PPE drives, NOSM students had not yet started a northern Ontario-wide drive yet and wanted to coordinate existing community effort
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COVID-19 UPDATE: How med students in Toronto have filled the PPE gap
One initiative, started by a group of med students in Toronto, has found a simple but effective way to help health care practitioners stay protected—and their program has begun to evolve...
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COVID-19 UPDATE: Western students’ offer to help goes viral in the best possible way
In the last several months, the term “going viral” has taken back its original meaning. But that doesn’t mean the pandemic hasn’t stopped social media posts from spreading quickly...
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COVID-19 UPDATE: A guide to financial support for students
Together with the Canadian Federation of Medical Students, we’ve compiled and summarized some of the most important financial information you need to be aware of during this exceptional time.
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COVID-19 UPDATE: McGill students provide support to frontline workers
In the chaotic first days of the pandemic, only one thing seemed certain: healthcare workers were about to take on a huge burden...
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COVID-19 weekly update 04/02: med students making a difference
As the situation with COVID-19 continues to evolve, both at home and abroad, only one thing is certain: this global pandemic is very quickly changing the way we go about our daily lives.
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Our 10 most popular posts of 2019
From artificial intelligence, to climate change, to burrito-based economic models, we covered everything that mattered at the end of the decade.
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A med student's guide to (not) procrastinating
Procrastination is a med student's worst enemy, but we have 5 things to consider when you're thinking of putting off that important work for just a little bit longer.
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