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55 free guides on getting into medical school, getting through it, the USMLE exams, accommodations and the residency match. No email required.

PREMEDPremedGetting into medical school: undergrad, the application, and the MCAT. FREE MEDICAL SCHOOLMedical SchoolPre-clinical years, clinical rotations, and taking a leave of absence. FREE USMLE EXAMSUSMLE ExamsStep 1, Step 2 and Step 3, and what to do when an exam does not go your way. FREE DISABILITIESDisabilitiesStudying and practising medicine with a disability, and getting accommodations. FREE RESIDENCY APPLICATIONSResidency ApplicationsPreparing the application, interview season, and the rank list. FREE PSYCHIATRYPsychiatryChoosing psychiatry, and life as a psychiatry resident. FREE

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Guides for what med ed won't teach you

Built from lived experience by a resident who has sat on both sides of the table. Priced for a student budget, readable on a phone between rotations.

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Testing Accommodations Workbook: MCAT, USMLE, COMLEX

Walk away with a complete accommodations request you can adapt to your own diagnosis. Inside: her full example application for USMLE Step 1, 2 and 3, a template for your personal statement, a template to hand your health professional for the supporting letter, the most requested DSM-5 criteria for ADHD, MDD, GAD, panic and PTSD, and workbook pages on how to disclose in applications and at school. Bonus: an anonymous personal statement from a medical student with ADHD, MDD and GAD.

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Advising with Dr. Moss, 1 hr

Leave with a plan for your own situation, not general advice. One hour on failed exams, accommodations, a possible dismissal, a leave of absence, gap years, career pivots in or out of medicine, or applying with red flags or as an IMG.

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Mock Interview with Dr. Moss

Practise the interview before it counts. A 30 minute mock plus feedback, one-to-one, with the option to have it recorded so you can watch yourself back. You get constructive feedback on your answers, body language, virtual background and overall presentation, and practice on the hard questions: academic failures, health conditions and disabilities, red flags, gap years and leaves of absence.

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Application or Personal Statement Editing

Get your application read by someone who received over 24 interviews dual-applying to psychiatry and family medicine. One pass across all 10 activities, your 3 most meaningful, publications and impactful experience, with a full analysis of content, voice and tone, custom feedback and proofreading. Turnaround is 48 to 72 hours.

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2026 ERAS & PS for Fellowship

See exactly what a successful application looks like. Her complete 2026 psychiatry fellowship submission: all 10 activities with the 3 most meaningful, updated 2026 publications, impactful experiences, geographic preference and two personal statements. Built from three years of helping applicants tell their own stories, and just as usable for a residency application as a fellowship one.

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Residency Application Workbook

Build your own ERAS application step by step. 45+ worksheet-style pages for the 2025 to 2026 cycle: finding letter writers, drafting the personal statement, deciding which activities are meaningful, working out what matters to you in a program, and a checklist for dual applying. Includes unlimited access to updates by email.

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Hi Dr. Moss, I am writing to let you know that I matched today! Thank you so much for all of your support; the mock interviews were incredibly helpful and made a significant difference in my preparation. Thank you again for everything

MD Student · Match 2026

I matched my NUMBER 1 Family Medicine Program at ****! Thank you for encouraging me through STEP1 failures & LOA

MD Student · Match 2026

I honestly didn't think it would be possible to receive accommodations without any prior history, but I was surprised to receive exactly what I needed. I really appreciate your guidance and support throughout the process and thanks for helping me navigate something that felt overwhelming!

Student message · USMLE accommodations

Hello Dr. Moss Just wanted to let you know, I cleared my step1 exam. This was my second attempt. Your videos really helped me gain confidence and strength to appear again. Thank you so much.

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I'm a patient physician as well! And one who is a USMD who failed step 1 twice figuring out my accommodations. Your story and your resources gave me so much hope through my journey. Just matched this year in my dream location

Physician · Direct message

The workbook & sample ERAS application are very informative! Dr. Moss is very approachable & helped me navigate the Match2025 application process. The checklists in the workbook & "why specialty" section were very helpful.

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SIDE A · THE PATIENT

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Her second year of medical school began with the reproduction block and ended with a diagnosis of endometriosis and infertility, after months of appointments and a laparoscopic surgery. She failed and retook two block exams, then took a leave of absence to focus on her health.

During that leave she failed Step 1 by a single point. After therapy, healing and months of study she retook it with accommodations, and fought her insurer for months to cover her egg stimulation and freezing.

Stephanie Moss as a patient, wearing a mask in a treatment chair. — Stephanie Moss, MD

SIDE B · THE DOCTOR

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Today she is a PGY-3 psychiatry chief resident for academics at Rosalind Franklin University, previously chief for medical student education and resident wellness, with a Medical Doctorate from Rush Medical College.

She co-founded the Chicago Homelessness and Health Response Group for Equity, gave her first talks on trauma-informed medicine with the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians, and turned the path she had to find alone into the map she never had.

Stephanie Moss, MD, standing with her arms crossed in scrubs embroidered with her name. — Stephanie Moss, MD · Psychiatry Resident, Chicago

“Humanizing medicine means seeing the person, not just the patient.” STEPHANIE MOSS, MD

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