<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[sheMD]]></title><description><![CDATA[sheMD]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 02:16:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.shemd.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Four Most Important Tips for New Medical Students]]></title><description><![CDATA[1. HOBBIES: TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF FIRST 2. SUPPORT SYSTEM: DEPENDING ON FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND YOUR EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT 3. SCHEDULE 4. CONFIDENCE MINDSET: OVERCOMING ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING Medical school can be challenging for many students. The pressure to learn numerous courses quickly while pursuing extracurricular activities, maintaining hobbies, and building friendships can be overwhelming. Here are some of my most important lessons/tips for incoming or current medical students. HOBBIES...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/the-four-most-important-tips-for-new-medical-students</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64a9709b6eb8d4fb2bf8f0be</guid><category><![CDATA[Med School]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_5820fddce52a4d8f850784fbccd54917~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Sandra Kamel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SheMD Journal Club: Advancing Women Physicians in Academic Medicine: A Scoping Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why is this article important?

We’ve spent years studying gender differences in evaluations, feedback, and operative experience. But in Emergency Medicine—where procedural competence is core to training—we’ve had surprisingly little data on something fundamental:



Do men and women residents actually get the same procedural experience?

Because in EM, opportunity = experience = competence = confidence.]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/advancing-women-physicians-in-academic-medicine-a-scoping-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a565ec25c0b44b4bb70eae6</guid><category><![CDATA[Journal Club]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:13:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_072f39aaf8914dfaa30071a31bfc4307~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Lexie Mannix</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driving Your Career Like a Girl]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every woman in medicine can relate to being in a role once thought of as only for and occupied by men.  In motorsports, females are few and far between, but that is changing every day as more women get involved in the field. Overall, women account for about 4% of racing drivers, but they also represent other areas within the field of motorsports–team principals, engineers, pit crew members, and safety and medical staff.]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/driving-your-career-like-a-girl</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a527bfc5c421b82021d3039</guid><category><![CDATA[Work-Life Integration]]></category><category><![CDATA[How We Rise]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:24:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_837407f308ab447dad0ab7e855c5b9d4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Morgan Sweere</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts for New Interns]]></title><description><![CDATA[I really can’t believe my first year of residency is over! This year has gone by so fast. The saying I first heard in medical school, “the days are long but the years are short”, continues to be extremely true. Being a doctor is such an amazing, crazy, weird job. I honestly still feel like it hasn’t sunk in that I get to do this for the rest of my life.  Even though I am excited to be a senior resident (in most specialties this refers to a resident that is in their second year of residency or...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/thoughts-for-new-interns</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64a1ebc466abf509d3e20778</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:37:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_7770e04c00534dbfa6d81a93f318ee11~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Monica Campa</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 5 Things You Should Learn During Residency]]></title><description><![CDATA[During medical school and residency, we focus on learning all the medical knowledge we need to become adept and proficient physicians.  So many of us push through to the end of residency, to achieving that proficiency, while sacrificing our self-care.  And then we aren't prepared for what comes NEXT. We are not prepared mentally and/or physically for #attendinglife.  Dr. Kristin Yates joins us on the blog today to discuss the habits we should learn during residency in order to care for...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/the-5-things-you-should-learn-during-residency</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d4e833a51146a0017ef3e9a</guid><category><![CDATA[Work-Life Integration]]></category><category><![CDATA[How We Rise]]></category><category><![CDATA[Residency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Med School]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:05:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_9926cd62690f481f9147354cae38fd11~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_735,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Kristin Yates</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflections on Intern Year: Tips for Incoming Interns. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m going to be blunt. Intern year was hard. There were days this past year when I left work after a hard shift and found myself unexpectedly in a variety of positions — tearful on the stair climber at the gym or exhausted eating leftovers over my kitchen sink. Sometimes you don’t even know why you feel this way. Patient acuity, the draining hours, sometimes it all adds up. All of the stressors of medical school compound with increased responsibility, even more hours, and boom, you have...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/reflections-on-intern-year-tips-for-incoming-interns</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60c8ba6c4952f8001520168a</guid><category><![CDATA[Residency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Med School]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_e8f2714e1f564446a691826ac77fa5ac~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Elizabeth Rempfer</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surviving Intern Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello everyone! I am Dr. Natasha Bhalla, a first year (almost second year!) surgical intern going into Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery . All across the country, interns will be beginning their residency around this time. Here are some tips on what to expect and perhaps even how to survive your first year. 1. Expect it to be difficult. When I look at the responsibility that a fourth year medical student versus an intern is given, I realize the vast, vast difference. A medical student is seen as...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/surviving-intern-year</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ef7c2ee704265001713c86b</guid><category><![CDATA[Residency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Welcome to Intern Year]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:00:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_681fa2a4ca9b49dfaacfe6810144cadc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Natasha Bhalla</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to Intern Year: Five Tips for the New Intern
]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's that time of the year.  July 1st is almost here and hospitals around the country will welcome in their new interns.  To those starting on the wards as interns, this series is for YOU!   We're sharing advice from SheMD authors on how to not only SURVIVE but THRIVE during your intern year.  Wishing you all the best next week.  You CAN do this!  January 1st may be the start of the New Year, but for everyone in the medical field we all know that the year really begins on July 1st. This is...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/five-tips-for-the-new-intern</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d115689e24e90055de3ae87</guid><category><![CDATA[Residency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Med School]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:45:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_421f46906f0f439aaa59a656bf0ab32a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_735,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Laura Irastorza </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I Wish I Knew Before Residency]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wish I really knew how hard it would be. “It” being these 4 years of my clinical training called residency. Throughout residency everything has been tried including my patience, sanity, mind and marriage. When we are in medical school we are so concerned with graduating and getting to the next step, not realizing that this next step is unlike anything we have ever experienced. You thought medical school was hard but residency brings a whole new meaning to the word hard. You start to doubt...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/what-i-wish-i-knew-before-residency</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c460b15e676ca001be2fc7e</guid><category><![CDATA[Med School]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pre-Med]]></category><category><![CDATA[Residency]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_2fdd4ca1a4f742bd844a4bdfe872c990~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Nicole Sparks</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tips for Thriving During Intern Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Currently, I am a neurology resident and neuroscientist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. As a neurology resident, I conducted my intern year rotating within internal medicine.  In less than 2 weeks, I will be a PGY-2 neurology resident. As I reflect over my experience, it has been a year of tremendous excitement and extreme difficulty. I have grown into becoming a more independent physician-scientist.  For those transitioning from  medical student to physician, here my words of wisdom to help...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/tips-for-thriving-during-intern-year</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ef7a88eb24f4800176389ee</guid><category><![CDATA[Welcome to Intern Year]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 12:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b0e4f6_7c69b8efc62542a1b97244d4e07592f3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Eseosa Ighodaro, MD, PhD</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to Intern Year: Tips for Success]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's that time of the year.  July 1st is almost here and hospitals around the country will welcome in their new interns.  To those starting on the wards as interns, this series is for YOU!   We're sharing advice from SheMD authors on how to not only SURVIVE but THRIVE during your intern year.  Wishing you all the best next week.  You CAN do this! The new academic year is upon us, and with it comes brand new interns like you! For me it was a little bit of excitement… and a lot of fear. Taking...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/welcome-to-intern-year-tips-for-success</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5cfbb8b7fc953d00154a16aa</guid><category><![CDATA[Med School]]></category><category><![CDATA[Residency]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 11:32:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_0ec3f2a62fcf4b4d9fd937430cdd2ed6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_735,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Yasha Parikh</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clerkship Series: 10 Tips to Succeed in a Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship Model]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by SheMD Editors Prema Vyas and Claire Duican What is a Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) Model? Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) model is centered around continuity. Students are paired with the same clinician over a long period of time in order to help build continuous relationships between the student, clinician, and patients. In the traditional clerkship model, medical students may spend 4 weeks in each clerkship before transitioning to their next site. In the LIC...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/clerkship-series-10-tips-to-succeed-in-a-longitudinal-integrated-clerkship-model</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64a44ddbf76fcf097a295e10</guid><category><![CDATA[Clerkship Series]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 07:40:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_46fcea51d4574500a385d881c9ccbc82~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Claire Duican</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You’re Allowed to Take Up Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are many moments in emergency medicine where it is easy to make yourself smaller.

It can happen in a crowded trauma bay, where multiple voices compete for attention and decisions need to be made quickly. It can happen on a consult call, where you are trying to advocate for a patient while navigating interruptions or differing opinions. It can happen in meetings, where you have something meaningful to contribute but hesitate, unsure of when or how to enter the conversation.]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/you-re-allowed-to-take-up-space</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e10e39c4c584cedb04ec88</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:29:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_effcf2fa63a04bcca4a569f4bbb9daec~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Lexie Mannix</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SheMD Journal Club: IMPACT survey- IMpaired fecundity in Physicians &#38; Association with Clinical Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here at sheMD, we believe in the importance of practicing Evidence-Based Medicine. We believe the same principles apply to discussing Gender and Medical Education. Therefore, we are bringing you an entire Journal Club series! Our series will focus on foundational and new literature within the gender and medicine space.  Today, we will be discussing the article entitled, IMPACT survey: IMpaired fecundity in Physicians and Association with Clinical Time.  I was the lead author for this study...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/shemd-journal-club-impact-survey-impaired-fecundity-in-physicians-association-with-clinical-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">626996c32c75f04511f86c0a</guid><category><![CDATA[Journal Club]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_72021ae623e947ef9d045265f634fff9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Melissa Parsons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time Is Finite, And So Are We]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Time Is Finite, Dr. Jenna Taglienti writes about being a physician, a program director, a parent and then suddenly, a patient. A diagnosis that did not fit the narrative. A life that, from the outside, looked full and stable, interrupted in a way no one expects.]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/time-is-finite-and-so-are-we</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e54eb90c8d230c9e9370b8</guid><category><![CDATA[How We Rise]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:54:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_a8acd1c10369487fb351b7928337c562~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Lexie Mannix</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SheMD Journal Club: Differences in Emergency Medicine Resident Procedural Reporting by Gender in the United States]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why is this article important?

We’ve spent years studying gender differences in evaluations, feedback, and operative experience. But in Emergency Medicine—where procedural competence is core to training—we’ve had surprisingly little data on something fundamental:



Do men and women residents actually get the same procedural experience?

Because in EM, opportunity = experience = competence = confidence.]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/shemd-journal-club-differences-in-emergency-medicine-resident-procedural-reporting-by-gender-in-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e10cd926cccc5d78fc3429</guid><category><![CDATA[Journal Club]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:24:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_072f39aaf8914dfaa30071a31bfc4307~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Lexie Mannix</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SheMD Journal Club: Gender Bias in Resident Assessment in Graduate Medical Education]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here at sheMD, we believe in the importance of practicing Evidence-Based Medicine. We believe the same principles apply to discussing Gender and Medical Education. Therefore, we are bringing you an entire Journal Club series! Our series will focus on foundational and new literature within the gender and medicine space.  This post contains affiliate links. SheMD will make a commission at no extra cost to you should you click the link and make a purchase. Readour disclosure for more info....]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/shemd-journal-club-gender-bias-in-resident-assessment-in-graduate-medical-education</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64349e4b07bee0d5ceeae7b9</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_eb361cc64014484bbaf22f021c6fe1c6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Morgan Sweere</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven Tips for Sanity as a sheMD]]></title><description><![CDATA[Work life balance —it is a phrase we are hearing everywhere . It seems our entire society is overworked, tired and trying to find a way out. In reality the concept  seems nebulous.  What does it mean to be balanced? Can one really have true balance? Today Dr. Anne Slater joins us on the blog to discuss how to find balance or get back to equilibrium in your life.  Keep reading for great advice... This post contains affiliate links. SheMD will make a commission at no extra cost to you should...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/seven-tips-for-sanity-as-a-shemd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d4e77ac6eea1c001769fbc4</guid><category><![CDATA[Work-Life Integration]]></category><category><![CDATA[How We Rise]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_deec2460d72c48cf98f058e75600001c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_800,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Annie Slater</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Things Tired]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a phrase I lived by in residency. It wasn't something I read in a book or heard at a wellness lecture. It's something I figured out the hard way, somewhere between a 12-hour shift and a Tuesday, I can't fully remember.

]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/do-things-tired</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d3e8a3c53e2b8fe1246d3e</guid><category><![CDATA[Med School]]></category><category><![CDATA[Work-Life Integration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Residency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pre-Med]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:09:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_e5189654477e46c38d789e98c023843d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Jeanne Rabalais</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a No From Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[Learning to say “no” is a popular topic for conferences and blogs targeted to women in medicine.]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/it-s-a-no-from-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d3e552954483bc038828ae</guid><category><![CDATA[Work-Life Integration]]></category><category><![CDATA[How We Rise]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:57:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_f1292f8d12844ac796661bb37dbc39c5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_735,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Jennifer Caputo</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>