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A recap of what I learned during our unexpected year five of being a med school wife after we did not Match our first cycle.

YEAR FIVE AS A MED SCHOOL WIFE

This post has been sitting in my drafts for quite a while waiting to be finished. It’s over a year late in being published…but better late than never! I started this post in June 2023 for reference. Enjoy. I never thought this would be a five part series. I only expected to write four of …

YEAR FOUR AS A MED SCHOOL WIFE

Reflecting on the past medical year, here are four things I learned during my fourth year as a med school wife.

National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. While medical students don't have an M.D. behind their name, they should be included in this group.

NATIONAL PHYSICIAN (AND MED STUDENT) SUICIDE AWARENESS DAY

Today is National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. While medical students don’t have an M.D. behind their name, I think they still should be included in this group. Physicians, residents, med students are super human. We as the public expect them to walk into our exam room, treat us perfectly kind, answer all our questions, and …

Cancer. "Surviving" med school took on a whole new sentiment in my third year rotations when I was diagnosed with not one, but two cancers.

A CANCER DIAGNOSIS DURING MEDICAL SCHOOL: BECOMING THE PATIENT

Cancer. People always joke about surviving medical school. With the long hours, tons of information, fatigue, and emotional up and downs – often times you feel like you’re drowning. Third year is even more notorious for this as you transition to clinical work in fields such as surgery, obygn, internal medicine, etc. “Surviving” took on …

I'm Kristi and I started The Med School Wife blog in 2015 to write about navigating both sides of med school before, during, and after. Join me!

THE GAL BEHIND THE MED SCHOOL WIFE

Since officially starting medical school last year, I figured it’s time to reintroduce myself! I’m Kristi and I started The Med School Wife blog in 2015 in hopes to not only document our journey, but to become a resource to those in a medical marriage or relationship. MEDICAL RELATIONSHIPS I mostly wanted to write about …

YEAR ONE AS A MED SCHOOL WIFE

We survived year one of medical school! Blade is officially a second year med student! He completed and rocked first year at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. WE completed and rocked first year! Here are a few things I learned during Year One as a Med School Wife. YEAR ONE RECAP Year one …

JOURNEY TO MEDICAL SCHOOL

Today I reflected on our journey to medical school because, believe it or not, a year ago today (September 22, 2017), Blade interviewed at the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. I remember the excitement in his voice when he video called me to show me the campus. He said he could see us raising our …

Priming yourself to apply for medical school should start years in advance. Here are 10 Tactics to Prepare an Impressive Medical School Application.

10 TACTICS TO PREPARE AN IMPRESSIVE MEDICAL SCHOOL APPLICATION

From the taking the MCAT to having an acceptance in hand, the application process for medical school can take roughly just over a year. However, priming yourself to apply should start years in advance. Here are 10 Tactics to Prepare an Impressive Medical School Application. This post comes just after my husband applied, interviewed, and received acceptances. …

FIVE TIPS TO HELP YOUR LOVED ONE STUDY FOR THE MCAT

Sleep. Study. Class. Study. Work. Study. Repeat. That’s about how the last six months or so go before your loved one takes the MCAT. Let’s be honest, if you and your spouse, fiancé, girlfriend, boyfriend, son, or daughter take it seriously, it is pretty much a full-time job. To better prepare you to help your loved …