Professional Development

AMSA’s response to USMLE scoring change recommendations

The Invitational Conference on USMLE Scoring (InCUS) recently allowed public statements from medical students in regards to the potential USMLE Step 1 score change. The USMLE Step 1 was originally a pass/fail exam. However, this changed due to increased emphasis on the test to select residency candidates. Step scores have a huge influence on match...

From Studying for the USMLE to teaching it at UCLA: an IMG tells his story.

Interview prepared by Mustafa Almukhtar, AMSA 2019-2020 Professional Development Coordinator,  and hosted by Ahmed Suhail, AMSA member. Article by Haya Al Any, AMSA 2019-2020 Professional Development Chair.   Dr. Mustafa Albustani finished his medical education in Baghdad, Iraq. After getting his diploma from one of the top-notch medical schools in the area, he completed a...

Internet ID 101

By PreMed StAR The internet can break or make you these days. Time and time again, premedical students make the costly mistake of failing to establish a positive internet identity. According to Pew Research, 70% of Americans now use social media. Facebook, which tends to be one of the more intimate and revealing of the...

Knowing Your Personality Traits Can Help You Succeed In Medicine

By Kelsey Lyon, OMS II During my first week of medical school we were administered the results of the Myers-Briggs personality survey that we were asked to take online prior to starting school. Upon receiving our results we then had a session on what our four letter results meant and how we can use them...