Med student’s lives are much like everyone else’s. Except for the constant critique and testing.
Morgan (M3), Eric (M3), Aline (MSTP), and Abby (graduate!) discuss their experiences being evaluated in medical school.
Abby offers her big tips for new MDs to get the best deal on internet service (apply for Medicaid and wait for them to give you candy).
A doc goes to jail for his COVID cure kits.
We practice giving sincere compliments to each other while trying to make the other person laugh.
Can the co-hosts reassure a freaked out Redditor who abuses Imodium?
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How medical students learn to start off patient interactions on the right foot
Short Coat Listener Josh wrote in to share some hacks he uses to get grumpy patients on his side the moment he walks into the exam room.
Co-hosts Jessica, Aline, Hannah, and Riley share their own techniques on managing those first few seconds of the patient visit.
Plus, many tangents along those lines, such as when not to use ‘quips’ and humor with patients and bosses.
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As the end of their first year in medical school approaches, M1s summarize their experience
Dave asks his co-hosts to discuss the ups and downs of their first year, which some will argue is the hardest.
What were their social lives like? How much leisure time do they get? What about sleep?
Dave loves a good case study, so he subjects the crew to some to see if they can guess the patients’ conditions.
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If you don’t like what you’re learning, look even closer.
TL;DR
Dave asks his co-hosts to think about the role of discomfort in learning. It’s a signal that you need to pay very close attention, both to the topic and to why you feel that way.
Listener Michelina, an undergrad mom with a full-time job, asks if her COVID-affected grades mean she should extend her time in college to seek a toxicology degree or just stick with biology.
The discussion on working during medical school continues, as Michelina wonders if she can work full time while she balances motherhood and med school.
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Should you do a combined MD/PhD, an Medical Scientist Training Program, or get them one-at-a-time?
TL;DR
There are at least three ways an aspiring MD/PhD can add those last three letter to their name, but why choose one way over another?
To celebrate our CCOM Art Show, the crew makes some art for Dave to admire (See them for yourselves on our Instagram.
The co-hosts answer Dave’s probing questions as he tries to get to know them even better.
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Abbey Hardy-Fairbanks is an OB/Gyn who often works with expectant moms who use drugs.
Future resident MDs: this episode features some of the many things she’s learned about meeting patients where they are, practicing medicine without judgement, and understanding what she and her clients can and cannot accomplish in the moment.
Approaching patients with an open heart from the first moment, even when their lives are outside society’s mainstream or approval, can mean the difference between losing them for good and them coming back to see anyone for more help.
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Schools want to know that you’ve looked at other careers, otherwise they won’t take a chance on you.
TL;DR
Listener Preston is weighing PharmD or MD school. How can he choose, and how his process of choosing make schools feel better about him?
Brylee didn’t get into med school this time around, is facing a tight turnaround for the next application season, and she hasn’t even got a compelling gap year job lined up yet. Is she risking another rejection by rushing things?
M4 Mackenzie Walhof and M1s Happy Kumar, Matt Engelken, and Jacob Hansen try to convey their passion for random, made-up gap year. Can they convince a skeptical interviewer?
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