By Michael Spinner Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common problem among hospitalized patients with numerous etiologies. Common causes include: Volume depletion or renal hypoperfusion (prerenal) ATN from ischemia or nephrotoxins (intrinsic), and Urinary obstruction (postrenal). For all of these etiologies, the final common pathway is an acute […]
On what drives USMLE-Rx Hundreds, if not thousands, of students by now have provided some of their wisdom, their experiences, and what they learned the hard way about doing well on the boards. They’re passing it on to the next generations of students. On what not to do when using […]
If you flip through any current medical journal, there is bound to be something written about physician burnout. But burnout isn’t limited to physicians; residents, attendings, and even medical students suffer from physical and mental exhaustion. I heard it as early as my third year of medical school […]
The sub-internship (sub-I) is a 3-4 week period during which final-year medical students work as unpaid interns, often with a much lighter patient load but with all the responsibilities and tasks of an intern.
Would you like to join us as we work to build a healthier world through accessible, sustainable medical education? As a USMLE-Rx student ambassador, you can help your friends and classmates succeed in school and prepare for the boards with the only digital learning suite fully integrated with […]
As a part of Medscape’s Best Practices series, First Aid senior editor, Dr. Tao Le, sat down with Neil Bhavsar to discuss recommendations on how to use USMLE-Rx when preparing for the USMLE Step 1. On when to begin using USMLE-Rx “USMLE-Rx works best if you use it longitudinally […]
By Richard A. Giovane It is Sunday night, one week exactly before I will graduate residency. This entire feeling of being “done” has mixed emotions. I am free to practice medicine how I want. Gone are the days of checking out patients to attendings or doing rounds with […]
A study strategy designed to help medical students store more knowledge in their long-term memory when preparing for USMLE Step 1.
USMLE-Rx is very proud to announce the fourth grand prize winner of the Rx Challenge! Thousands of med students from around the world have entered to see why the questions from Step 1 Qmax are rated so highly when it comes to preparing for the USMLE Step 1 exam. During the Rx […]
Strategies for Using Rx Bricks with Rx360 Med students and IMGs often ask about the best way to use the tools offered by USMLE-Rx, and the answer is typically, “It depends.” Since every student starts from a different place (different strengths and weaknesses, different knowledge gaps, and different […]