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• 📢 The Most Important Aspect of a Residency Interview

  Happy Sunday! 📣 A quick reminder before we get started: For students applying for Emergency Medicine Residency, the Unified Interview Release Date is coming up on Wednesday, October 16th at 7PM Eastern time🕖. For those that may not be familiar, the Unified Interview Release Date is an agreed upon date and

• 🙅 Residency Interview Mistakes to Avoid

  Happy Fall y'all!🍁 While the temperatures are still clocking it at 100+ here in Phoenix🥵, I hope everyone else is enjoying some cooler weather🌬️. Last week during rounds, we talked about starting our residency interview off on a high note with a good elevator speech🎶. Be sure to

• 💼 The Best Way to Start a Residency Interview

  Happy Sunday friends!👋🏽 As September comes to a close, residency interviews are on the horizon🌅. Last week during Sunday Morning Rounds I shared my free list of residency interview questions, which can be accessed at any time on my resources page🆓. At the very top of that list of questions

• 🤔 What Questions Will I Get During My Residency Interview?

  Another Sunday, another newsletter!🗞️ With residency interview season looming around the corner, medical students are starting to get (understandably) stressed😰. Lately when I've been working with students and there's downtime on shift, I try to ask if they have any questions I can answer🤔. After all,

• 📝 Tips for Completing 2025 ERAS (Part 2)

  Happy Sunday friends!😸 We are already halfway through September, which is absolutely ridiculous😱. Last week during rounds, we talked about general tips for completing ERAS for the upcoming residency interview season. As a reminder, residency programs will be able to review applications starting on September 25th, so be sure you&

• 📝 Tips for Completing 2025 ERAS (Part 1)

  Hi friends, happy Sunday and happy September!🗓️ As fall approaches🍁, this marks the time of year when medical students and residency programs start to gear up for the residency interview season ahead of Match 2025. Med School Moose will of course be covering various topics throughout the interview season here

• ☠️ Every Patient You See is Dying.

  Happy Sunday!🌞 Last week during rounds, I discussed my takeaways from watching medical students complete away rotations in our department so far🧑🏼‍⚕️. One thing I started thinking about is that some medical students (and even some interns) have a tough time getting into the emergency medicine doctor mindset🤨. Being an

• 🚑 My EM Away Rotation Takeaways So Far

  Happy Sunday friends!😁 As we close out August, I thought this would be a good time to share some tips and takeaways regarding emergency medicine away rotations🥼. By now, many medical students who are applying to emergency medicine for residency have had at least 1 EM rotation🚨. Hopefully you'

• 📏 Solving Problems by Creating Distance

  Hello friends, happy Sunday!👋🏽 Here at Sunday Morning Rounds, we're all about solving problems🤨. In the past we've discussed various ways of doing this, such as using the five why's. But have you ever gotten so deep into a problem to the point where

• 🥼 Do's & Don'ts of Speaking with Medical Consultants

  Happy Sunday!🌅 This week on Sunday Morning Rounds, I want to talk about speaking with consultants🗣️. Speaking with consultants is something we have to do frequently in the hospital🏥. From Infectious Disease🦠 to Psychiatry🧠 to General Surgery🔪, medicine is a team sport, and a multi-disciplinary approach is necessary for complex

• 🆕 Med School Moose Updates

  Happy Sunday! Unfortunately I'm feeling a bit under the weather 🤧. So this week during Sunday Morning Rounds, I want to share some of the latest high yield content I've been working on for medical students and residents as well as an announcement about an upcoming event!

• 🌃 Tips for Surviving Overnight Shifts in the Hospital

  Happy Sunday!🌚 This past month, I've been working a lot of overnight shifts in the emergency department💤. I'll come right out and say it: I absolutely despise overnight shifts😡. Some people love them, but I am not one of those people. For better or worse, I&

• ⌚ Change Your Day in 5 Minutes - Part 2

  Happy Sunday! ✌🏽 Last week during rounds, we introduced the 5-Minute Rule for identifying which task in a to-do list will take about 5 minutes to complete📃. We discussed how the 5-minute rule can be a handy tool in our toolbox for not only getting one thing done, but potentially others

• ⌚ Change Your Day in 5 Minutes - Part 1

  Happy Sunday! 😎 Do you have 5 minutes to spare?⏳ I'm hoping the answer is yes, because this week for Sunday Morning Rounds we'll be talking about a quick tool to evaluate tasks that can entirely change the way we complete them🪛. When we have a list

• 📈 Leveling Up Efficiency with The Pareto Principle

  Happy Sunday! This week during rounds, let's talk about an idea that can elevate our productivity to a whole new level😲. Since this is the first newsletter of July, that means we're now more than halfway through 2024, which is ridiculous📆. But that also makes it

• 🔠 A Mnemonic to Elevate Your Productivity

  This week during rounds, I want to share a mnemonic📖. As we've alluded to for the past several weeks, these summer months are a very transformative time for many in medicine☀️. New interns are starting residency🩺. Some medical students are starting audition rotations on their road to residency�

• 💜 Why We Should Love Stress

  Happy Sunday! As I was thinking about what to write this week for Sunday Morning Rounds, a thought popped into my head. I talk about stress a lot.😅 Whether it's navigating medical school🩺, applying for residency📝, or actually starting a career as a physician🏥, whenever I'm

• 📈 How to Excel on Audition Rotations

  Over the past few weeks, we've been talking about the upcoming transition of medical students starting their residency🩺. That's not the only big change this time of year though. For newly minted fourth-year medical students, these summer months are the time when many start sub-internships on

• 🏁 5 Essential Tips for Month One of Residency

  Happy Sunday!🌞 Last week during rounds, we covered my pre-residency checklist and talked about all the self-care and adulting tasks to check off before starting residency✅. But what about when residency actually starts...what can we do to put ourselves in the best position to succeed?🤔 I'm so

• 🟢 The Best Way to Start Residency

  Happy Sunday! We are less than 1 month away from July 1st, aka the day new interns finally start residency🏥. If you want to make sure you're starting residency at your best, keep reading👀. It's no secret that residency is hard. If it were easy everyone

• 📝 A New Kind of Productivity List

  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…I love lists💚. There’s something about writing out tasks in my favorite planner and checking them off one-by-one that makes me feel like I'm winning the day🥇. Recently I was reading Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver

• 💔 Medicine Doesn't Love You

  The other day I was walking around town listening to a podcast🚶🏽‍♂️when I heard something that kind of messed with my head😵‍💫. "The work won't love you back." The podcast was A Slight Change of Plans by cognitive scientist Dr. Maya Shankar, and she was

• 🌞 A Better Day with Time Blocking

  This week during Sunday Morning Rounds, I have an assignment for you📝. I want you to think about a project you've been wanting to start but have been putting off for a while🤔. Perhaps it's reading that book that's been sitting on your coffee

• 🐝 USMLE Step 2 Buzzwords is Here!

  Great news this week on rounds: I've recently dropped a new video series on my YouTube channel: USMLE Step 2 CK Buzzwords! You can watch the video below⬇️ or by clicking here. Keep reading to find out how and why this new series came to bee...pun intended�

• 🐒 The Monkey Mind & The Monk Mind

  I was watching a video recently when I came across an interesting parable I had never heard before📖. The video was an interview discussing how to overcome uncertainty, and at one point the interviewer made a comparison between the monkey mind and the monk mind. The monkey mind can be

• 🍅 Balanced Studying with The Pomodoro Technique

  Raise your hand if this is you: You've been studying for several hours straight, and after a while you find yourself feeling exhausted and burnt out✋🏻. Or how about the opposite scenario: You've just started studying and decide to take a quick break, only to find

• 7️⃣ Seven Tips For USMLE Step 1 Success

  Dedicated USMLE study time is coming! Do you have the tools to succeed?🔨 As the school year nears its end, second-year medical students are gearing up to take the USMLE Step 1📝. I've already created hours of content like my USMLE Step 1 High Yield Images and USMLE

• 📰 Refreshed Newsletter Format!

  If you're subscribed to the Sunday Morning Rounds Newsletter, you may have noticed a new format over the past couple weeks🆕. And if you're not subscribed, head to the bottom of this page because you're missing out!⬇️ This refreshed and cleaner newsletter will help

• 🏗️ Building Productivity with Habit Stacking

  This week during rounds, I want to discuss a powerful hack that can help us be more productive and create healthier habits🍎. I recently did a quarterly review of goals I set at the beginning of the year📝 and it got me thinking about how difficult it can be to

• ❌ Doing This One Thing Might Ruin Your Medical Education

  Happy Sunday!🌞 This week during rounds, I wanted to share some important advice for all the recently matched medical students. If you're currently doing clinical rotations or are starting rotations soon, keep reading because this is important for you also!👀 Matching into residency is an incredible feeling and

• 🏪 Amazon Shop Has Been Updated!

  Great news! The Med School Moose Amazon Shop has been updated with some exciting new products🆕! As a reminder, my Amazon Shop contains tailored products to help medical students and residents be successful💪. Whether you're studying for boards, starting to prepare for residency, or simply looking for a

• ✉️ Dear Unmatched Residency Applicant

  ✏️This article was originally published in Doximity Op-Med in 2019. It has been reformatted and updated for the website! Match Week is an incredible time for fourth-year medical students. Logging on to NRMP to see that you have matched. Sharing the good news with family and friends. Opening that envelope

• 💨 Master Your Breathing to Master Your Stress

  For anyone who has worked in a hospital or healthcare setting, stress is an old friend😅. Whether it's a sick patient rolling through the doors or a waiting room full of patients yet to be seen, stress usually isn't too hard to find in the medical

• 💫 I Learned an Important Lesson on Match Day

  Congratulations to everyone who had a successful match! I hope the celebration was enjoyable and that you were happy with the result😁. As Match Week 2024 comes to a close, I wanted to share my personal Match Day experience and an important lesson I learned that I've kept

• 😶 Match Week 2024: What if I Don't Match?

  Happy Saturday! Today is March 9th, which means we are just 2 days away from the start of Match Week 2024!👀 I decided to send this edition of Sunday Morning Rounds out one day early🌅 so that the helpful information here can circulate more. Last week during rounds, we talked

• 🔗 Preparing for Match Day 2024

  Match Day 2024 is less than three weeks away!😱 Finally, after months of applying, traveling, and interviewing, the moment every medical student dreams of is just on the horizon🌅. This is a time filled with excitement and anticipation!...but let's face it, as a medical student who has

• 🌄 What Japan Teaches Us About Efficiency

  Greetings from Japan! I am currently in Tokyo as part of a 10-day trip exploring Japan. This is my first time visiting, so my days here have been filled with wonder and excitement🤩. One thing I've realized walking through the streets of Tokyo and learning about the culture

• 🥇 Create Your Best Residency Rank List

  🔔An important reminder this week for Sunday Morning Rounds: The rank order list certification deadline for the 2024 Main Residency Match is on Wednesday, February 28th at 9:00 PM EST📆. Before you certify your list, watch my Tips for Creating Your Residency Rank List to make sure you have

• 🧱 Enhance Your Life with Habit Stacking

  Happy Sunday! This week for Sunday Morning Rounds, I want you to think about your habits🤔. Since it's still early into 2024, is there a new habit you included in your New Year's resolutions?🎆 Reading more📙? Getting more exercise💪🏻? Reconnecting with an old friend🫂? As noble

• 🩺 What Makes A Good Resident?

  Lately during my last few shifts heading into the emergency department, I've been feeling a bit down☹️. Let's face it, the overcrowded department, issues with staffing, and slowly increasing cases of Covid-19 and Influenza would frustrate anyone, and I'm certainly no exception😫. Although my

• 📸 How to Capture Every Moment of Inspiration

  Happy Sunday! Today during rounds, I'd like to make a bet with you🃏. I'll bet that in the past week, you've had a good idea or thought pop into your head that you really wanted to remember. But a few days or even a

• 🏫 Learn Anything with The Feynman Technique

  Learning something new and getting it to stick can be difficult🧠. You can re-read the same line over and over again, rewatch part of a lecture at 0.5x speed, but the next day you've already forgotten the information🤦🏼‍♀️. Surely there must be a better way! One proven

• 🤔 Conquering Your Problems with 5 Whys

  Have you ever had a problem you couldn't solve❓ I'm not talking about a schooltime math problem (we've all had those➗), but rather a real-world problem with real-world consequences. This can be incredibly frustrating.😡 You've identified the problem blocking your path and

• 🔭 Med School Moose 2024 Outlook

  Happy 2024!🎆 I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable start to the New Year. As 2024 gets rolling, I wanted to share some plans for the future of Med School Moose. 2023 was a huge year for Med School Moose. We began building up some YouTube Shorts, created the

• 📆 Reflecting on 2023, Preparing for 2024

  Merry Christmas Eve!🎄 I hope everyone has found time for rest, relaxation, and spending time with the people that are important to you💙. It is hard to believe that 2023 is almost over and 2024 is right around the corner! Lately I’ve been reflecting on the past year while

• 📊 Maximizing Productivity with Diminishing Returns

  I am writing this edition of Sunday Morning Rounds on a flight from Phoenix to South Florida as I go to visit my family for the holidays✈️. This flight is 4+ hours! Usually, I use this time to relax, listen to podcasts, or binge Netflix🍿. This time though, I decided

• 🎄 Enjoying the Holidays in Medical School and Residency

  Happy Sunday! This past week, I've really been getting into the holiday spirit❄️. Even as I'm writing this, I have my Balsam & Cedar scented candle lit and a lovely Christmas background on my second monitor. I love watching a city transform for the winter holidays.

• 📃 Resources for Residency Interview Season

  For the past several weeks, the Sunday Morning Rounds newsletter has taken a deep dive into the residency interview season🤿. We've covered everything from tips for nailing your residency interview🔨, to red flags you should know about in a residency program🚩, to what you should be doing after

• ☑️ Important Things to Do After Your Residency Interview

  Happy Sunday! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday spending time with loved ones👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, eating delicious food🍗, watching football🏈, and snagging some great Black Friday Deals🛍️...I know I did! As we begin wrapping up tips and advice for the 2024 residency interview season, one area I wanted to

• 🗣️ Answering Your Residency Interview Questions

  Happy Sunday! As we continue along our journey discussing helpful tips and advice for residency interviews, I have a new video to share🆕. In this video I answer some of your questions regarding the residency interview season😄! Thank you so much to everyone who reached out. There were some great