Edward Chang

Edward Chang is the Co-founder and Director of Operations of ProspectiveDoctor.com. He graduated from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is currently a urology resident at the University of Washington. He also attended UCLA as an undergraduate, graduating with a major in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology. If you are interested in contributing to ProspectiveDoctor.com, please contact him at edwardchang@prospectivedoctor.com. Follow him on Twitter @EdwardChangMD and Prospective Doctor @ProspectiveDr.

Articles

Edward Chang
6,683

Difference Between MD and DO

The main difference between MD and DO physicians lies in their fundamental philosophy. DOs emphasize preventative and holistic medicine based on these tenets: 1. The body is a unit, and the person represents a combination of body, mind and spirit.…
Read More »
Alternative Paths

Edward Chang
5,483

What Is Osteopathic Medicine?

If you are interested in becoming a doctor, you might have heard of a DO (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) degree. This article discusses what exactly osteopathic medicine is including its history and status today. There are two main forms of…
Read More »
Articles

Edward Chang
72,385

How To Write An Undergraduate CV

A curriculum vitae (CV) is considered a comprehensive replacement for a resume in academic and medical careers. Therefore, if you are a college student and you are interested in academia or medicine, you need to know how to write an…
Read More »
Articles

Edward Chang
3,393

Common Interview Mistakes

Here is a list of common interview mistakes that medical school applicants make: 1. Not preparing beforehand 2. Dressing inappropriately 3. Arriving late 4. Inability to properly answer why you want to become a doctor 5. Rambling on when answering…
Read More »
Articles

Edward Chang
79,929

Example Letter of Intent

*All the specific names in this letter are fictional. Please do not copy this letter. This is only an example letter of intent intended to guide medical school applicants on how to write their own letters. ||Learn how to write…
Read More »
Applying to Medical School

Edward Chang
50,693

How To Write a Letter of Intent

If you want to inform a certain medical school that they are your top choice, you must write (now usually through email) them a letter of intent. The letter of intent is important because medical schools want to accept applicants…
Read More »
Extracurriculars

Edward Chang
10,818

Why Should I Volunteer?

“Why should I volunteer? I heard all you do is clean rooms, shuttle papers, greet patients and/or hand out food. You can’t really gain any significant clinical experience. I will most likely do it but only because it is an…
Read More »
Applying to Medical School

Edward Chang
111,784

Reasons to Be a Doctor

When you apply to medical school, you have to coherently and effectively answer the question “why do you want to become a doctor?” in your personal statement. Then, in every interview thereafter, you need to answer the question once again,…
Read More »
Medical School - Clinical

Edward Chang
102,560

Personality and Medical Specialty – What is the Connection?

In the early 1900’s, Carl Jung theorized that there are four primary psychological functions by which we experience the world: sensation, intuition, feeling, and thinking. His wife and daughter, Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers, expanded this theory to…
Read More »
Applying to Medical School

Edward Chang
7,356

A Year Off Before Medical School

Getting into medical school is already difficult and only getting harder. The traditional applicant will apply after their third year of college. If the applicant is accepted, they will matriculate the fall of the year they graduate. Many applicants do…
Read More »