Social media platforms make it easier to connect with people who have similar interests. This makes it possible to quickly share or find helpful information. The image-sharing channel Instagram is one of these popular options.

If you know anything about this social media, I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “Instagram influencer.” These are people who have an established audience based on the type of content they post. They have large followings because of how they connect and engage with users.

Medical students are one group that makes up these Instagram influencers. Some appeal to their peers by sharing helpful tips for getting through school.

An interesting finding was that many of these medical student Instagram influencers are women. Part of this is due to the demographic using Instagram. A Pew Research report found that 43% of adult women were using the platform compared to 31% of adult men.

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Another reason for this is that, for the first time, a majority of US medical students are women. Women make up 50.5% of these current students.

Now, I know that this isn’t a significant majority. But this, combined with more women on Instagram, helps explain why more women are medical student influencers.

You’ll notice that a lot of these examples are women. But these are only a handful of students that are sharing helpful content about school. Some influencers have more followers or get more engagement depending on the kind of content they post.

Users might follow one student because they specifically want to see medical content. Or they might follow another if they prefer to see a balance of school and personal life. The type of hashtags they use could also boost their engagement and make it easier for other students to find their content.

Here is our list of highly engaging medical student Instagram influencers. All these accounts look different because each user has developed an effective way to appeal to their audience. We’ve also included 20 additional accounts that are increasing in followers as they continue posting more helpful tips.

Anh (@medicalmyanne)

Anh started her Instagram page (@medicalmyanne) soon after her undergraduate and was beginning her first year of medical school. Since 2016, users have followed her journey from her the time she graduated undergrad, to her match day, and everything in between.

In her first post, she said that she would be sharing her medical experience including tips and tricks. But she also noted that she would share things that make her day brighter.

Behind her journey in medicine, Anh has a love for marketing and it shows through her content creation. She even acknowledged in one post that if it hadn’t been for medical school, she would’ve gone into a marketing career.

Her posts always include different content from relatable memes, self-care tips, and her life updates and advice.

Users can shop Anh’s favorite essentials, including self-care, that help her through her journey. She discusses more of her favorite products in her blog as well.

Adam Goodcoff (@seethemedlife)

Adam uses his account (@seethemedlife) for lifestyle and medical content. When it comes to his health posts, he’s educating his peers on knowledge he already has. He uses longer captions to fully answer questions and elaborate on health topics.

Since Instagram is a visual platform, he doesn’t stick to only image posts with informative captions. Instead, he also gives demonstrations with different medical tools to help teach.

Claudia (@claudiaegreen)

Claudia’s account (@claudiaegreen) looks more like what you would expect from an “influencer”. She started her page before she was in graduate school because she took three gap years after undergraduate. She’s also gained an audience on different platforms, particularly TikTok.

But she’s in her second year of medical school at the time of writing, sharing her advice along the way. Some of these tips come from mistakes she made so that others can learn from her experience.

Claudia posts different parts of her life, too. This includes her travel experiences, showing that students can still balance a personal life with school. She often mentions how important it is to take breaks to avoid burnout.

The story highlights on her page make it easier for followers to find what they need. This includes a study schedule, study tips, pre-med advice, and general information about the daily life of a student.

One of her highlights also focuses on fitness. During her gap years, Claudia became a certified yoga teacher. Because of her background in yoga, she includes some of her exercise videos in her stories. She says that this outlet helped teach her focus and discipline well before she needed it for medical school.

Gabriella, DO (@gabvasile)

Gabriella also combines her personal life and school life on her page (@gabvasile) to show a balance between the two. When she posts about her daily life, she also incorporates her medical experience and advice.

Her story highlights also show this balance. Gabriella posts common topics like style, home, pets, travel, and beauty. And she also features dermatology quizzes, experience, question-and-answers, and medicine.

Gabriella’s blog page linked within her account bio focuses mainly on her experience in medicine. But she also includes travel, food, fashion, lifestyle, and beauty. This reminds her followers that it’s possible and important to practice self-care while pursuing a challenging career.

Joel (@joelcollinsii)

Joel’s page (@joelcollinsii) consists of relatable medical memes and videos. His posts are mostly light-hearted to grab attention, but some of them have more serious captions.

He also posts IGTV videos of interviews with various doctors. These engage and inform followers on a variety of topics.

A Med Student’s Journey

This account (@a.medstudents.journey) is specifically dedicated to medical school tips. Scrolling through the page, most images look the same as they show study spaces. But each post includes different information about school, studying, and other helpful advice.

This user has an active YouTube page with learning sessions and free downloadable guides to help students. This Instagram influencer also includes discount codes for study and organizational tools.

Because this page only focuses on school-related information, users don’t need to hunt through other content to find helpful tips.

#LifeofaMedStudent

This page (@lifeofamedstudent)is a compilation of educational material for other students. Any medical student can contribute to the page with a guest post submitted through this account’s blog page. The goal is to amplify the experiences of those in training.

Some posts feature helpful discounts, humor, and content from the blog posts. Followers access more information about each topic by visiting the blog itself.

Brooklynne (@beetsbybrooke)

Even though her account makes it look like she’s a food blogger, Brooklynne (@beetsybybrooke) is a future doctor. She focuses on plant-based eating and shares health tips as they relate to food. A lot of her advice is about why you should eat certain foods and the facts about why they improve health.

While she shares medical school experiences, she mainly spreads awareness for nutrition habits. In one post, she says that the gut microbiome has always been one of her favorite medicine and nutrition topics. This fuels her love for combining medicine and healthy eating.

Shanon (@shanonology)

Shanon (@shanonology) is a student sharing her pre-med, study, and life tips. Her bio states that her page is the “real glimpse into medical school.”

She combines different content tactics to keep users engaged. Each story highlight related to school uses a similar image to keep them organized. She also uses Instagram reels and IGTV to show snippets of tips or explain them in-depth.

Scrolling through the page, you’ll mostly notice her many pictures wearing her scrubs or displaying her study areas. Even when she breaks up this content with images of her personal life, she keeps it medical-related with the captions.

Alhussain (@me_in_med)

Alhussain (@me_in_med)tries to motivate his peers through their school. Many of his posts include long captions that help uplift those who struggle and give advice for having a positive outlook.

One of his story highlights is “#ThroughFailure”. Here, he shares other students’ posts who tagged him which explain their struggles and how they learned from them.

Conclusion

As strange as it sounds, social media can help make medical school easier. It’s a convenient way to connect with others in the field and get their tips. It’s no secret that becoming a doctor is hard.

But medical student Instagram influencers try to ease that struggle for their peers. As they find helpful tricks, they want to share them so that others can benefit, too. These influencers have shown that they can help by sharing only medical content or also including posts from their daily life.

As the medical field and social media use continue to grow, we will only see more of these influencers. Even though social media has its cons, it’s an easy way for students to find help from those who have similar experiences.