International Medical Aid

An oncologist is a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating cancer. That single sentence, though accurate, barely scratches the surface. What is an oncologist in practice? The answer depends on which of the three major branches you are talking about: medical oncology, surgical oncology, or radiation oncology. Each one requires a different residency and fellowship ...

High school students considering international health programs face a question that most preparatory checklists skip over: how do you show up in someone else’s community, someone else’s clinic, and someone else’s country without overstepping? That question sits at the center of cultural humility, and it is one of the most important things a young person can work on before, du...

An emergency medicine doctor is a physician who specializes in the rapid assessment, stabilization, and initial management of acute injuries and illnesses. If you show up to an emergency department with chest pain, a broken bone, a severe allergic reaction, or symptoms you can’t explain, the EM physician is the one running the evaluation, making time-sensitive decisions, and ...

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists earn more than any other type of advanced practice registered nurse in the United States. The most recent federal data puts the CRNA salary at a median of approximately $203,090 per year, and that number has been trending upward for years. For pre-nursing students weighing career paths and current nursing students already eyeing graduat...

Every year, thousands of U.S. pre-med students who don’t get into a domestic MD or DO program turn to a Caribbean medical school as their backup plan. The pitch is appealing: rolling admissions, lower GPA and MCAT thresholds, an MD degree, and a path back to U.S. residency training. But the full picture is more complicated than any admissions brochure will tell you. Heading i...