[Content warning: this episode contains discussions of an issue that some listeners will see as political, and with which others may have tragic experience. Listener discretion is advised.]
Guns are a fact of life, so let’s deal with the problems more effectively.
The ownership of firearms is a uniquely American right, and for some, a uniquely American problem.
Gun deaths recently passed motor vehicle accidents as the most common cause of death for children (for certain demographic definitions of the word).
Jeff, Miranda, Kelsey, and Dave discuss what public health and medicine has to offer on mitigating gun violence in ways that won’t abridge the right to bear arms.
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Questions lead to experimentation, which leads to evidence, allowing for conclusions, and then–voila!–practice.
Equipoise was a new word for Dave, Mitch, Nathen and Riley. Jeff explains that it describes a state of equilibrium at which debate on a topic is no longer required, and factuality has effectively been achieved.
But in science, that state has time and again been upset by new ideas and evidence that initially seem wrong. So, who decides whether the debate is remains open, or has gone on long enough?
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Med students got jobs, and most are even happy about it.
Match week, when senior medical students select/are selected for their post-graduation jobs as junior residents, was for CCOM a success. That doesn’t mean it isn’t nerve-wracking for all involved. M1 Jeff, MD/PhD students Faith and Daniel, and M2 Jacob look at the nationwide stats and find room for optimism about their own future prospects.
And Dave asks his co-hosts provocative questions to get them to fall in love with him. It didn’t work.
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The things everyone gets wrong about medicine and medical education
Your family and friends, maybe even students themselves before they got to med school, have some weird ideas about doctors and medical school. No matter where these ideas come from–medical dramas, social media, movies–chances are you’ll find yourself explaining them or falling for them.
M4s Mason and Talia, and M1s Jeff and Trent discuss the myths and misunderstandings they’ve heard about their world.
Also, stories of medical students embarrassing themselves. It’s part of learning, but also cringe.
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How medical students keep from going nuts while programs and schools decide they’re worthy
This is the season of uncertainty, as both pre-meds and med ask themselves, “will they let me in?”
It’s out of their hands, but M4 Mason, M3 Ananya Munjal, and M1s Jeff and Faith have some experience to draw upon to keep you from going nuts.
Also, we discuss the revolt underway as medical schools around the country back away from the US News and World Reports rankings.
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How straightforward is any discussion about genetic engineering?
M1 Jeff talks with M3 Ananya, MD/PhD student Riley, and M3 AJ about the nuances of genetic engineering, a scientific pursuit that not everyone agrees should happen.
Despite that view, it seems likely that genetic engineering has been, is, and will be an increasingly available tool in medicine’s arsenal as our understanding of genetics increases.
But first, we answer Listener Helina’s question: what should she be thinking about when picking medical school electives?
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Decisions made at the end of life are among the most complicated.
M1 Jeff, M3 Ananya, and MD/PhD students Riley and Miranda discuss what they’re taught about the ethics surrounding the end of life.
What are the physician’s responsibilities? How do they balance the patient’s wishes, the family’s desires, the directive to do no harm and to provide the best possible care, and the need to ensure that such considerations are supplied to any and all patients.
Add in the myriad cultural and religious beliefs that doctors, patients, and families have, and you get quite a difficult set of calculations to ponder.
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Another “frat” is more evidence that housing co-ops work in med school.
After our recent episode with members of AKK, the students living at Phi Rho wanted their time on the show. Tracy, Mitch, Jeff, and Ashray stop by to discuss their own beloved housing arrangement.
The gang plays another of Dave’s weird games, in which his co-hosts try to match each other’s energies with a sound-based guessing game.
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These might be very bad ideas…but we’ll talk about them anyway.
Riley leads a discussion with Jeff, Levi, and Katie of unpopular opinions about medicine and medical education.
Anki sucks! Gap years should be mandatory! All clerkships should be optional! 8th graders should review scientific papers!
We don’t know about you, listeners, but the co-hosts enjoyed this discussion so much you can look for a part 2 in December!
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