The Short Coat: An Inside Look at Getting Into and Getting Through Medical School
The longest running med school podcast, The Short Coat features a variety cast of medical students from the University of Iowa, offering is a brutally honest look at medicine, med school, and what life is like here at the margins of medicine. Skip this show if you'd prefer not to know and hate laughter.
Our opinions and those of guests are definitely not those of the University of Iowa, the state of Iowa, or anyone else. Try not to get your stethoscope in a twist about it!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 412
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Selfie-Diagnosis, Fentanyl Anti-Doses
Dave’s been seeing a lot of videos on social media that suggest “You might have if you [trait or behavior that most people have or do to some degree]. Which is great–it’s always nice to know that you…
01:09:14 |
Thu 02 Nov 2023
Health Is An Outfit That Looks Different On Every Body
Do docs and patients mean the same thing when they talk about ‘health?’ Fallon, Sri, Radha, and Kait discuss the concept of ‘health.’ What does healthy mean to our patients? What does it mean to phy…
Thu 26 Oct 2023
TB Eradication, mRNA Vindication
As tuberculosis is on the rise once again in this country, it remains *the* cause of death around the world. But thanks to fans of the famous vlogbrothers, John and Hank Green, the world has some a…
00:49:45 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Med-Techbros, Shortage Woes, and Ig Nobel Probes
As another physician shortage looms, M2s Jeff and Olivia and M1 Fallon look at the reasons–the market forces, political issues, and the missing incentives. There is some good news–a shortage of physi…
00:58:25 |
Thu 12 Oct 2023
Physician Assistants: From Clinic to O.R., Partners in Health
Physician Associate (formerly Physician Assistant) students learn the preclinical curriculum right along side their Doctor of Medicine colleagues here at Iowa. Of course, that means they learn the s…
01:13:41 |
Thu 05 Oct 2023
The Chains of Med Ed History, with Adam Rodman (Recess Rehash)
The beginning of the 20th century brought huge changes to medicine; we’re still trying to cope with them. Special guest Dr. Adam Rodman, visits with M1s Jeff, Faith, and Linda and PA1 Kelsey, to talk…
01:08:57 |
Thu 28 Sep 2023
Mothers Deserve Better
Motherhood is a revered institution in many cultures, but in the good old US of A there's one area where mothers are being failed: medicine. Maternal mortality continues to increase to alarming leve…
00:58:33 |
Thu 21 Sep 2023
Major vs. Medicine: How we Decided
How should Thomas choose between his great career options? We’ve all been there: faced with some good options, which one do we choose? Listener Thomas wrote in with his dilemma: he studied and loves …
00:52:54 |
Thu 14 Sep 2023
AMA says “provider” is out; OB/Gyn ditches residency application they helped create
Why docs don’t like the word “provider,” and the surprise dealt to the AAMC by OB residency programs
a Delaware-based health system, is taking a stand against the use of the term “provider” to descri…
00:50:27 |
Thu 07 Sep 2023
The Evolution of Acceptable
Why do we struggle to change when our world changes around us? Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum is beloved by its visitors. Styled as an homage to Victorian displays of medical and biological curiosities…
00:55:14 |
Thu 31 Aug 2023
Are We More Empathetic than AI?
AI chatbots can help brainstorm ways to communicate more compassionately. We’ve talked about the study that found patients rated responses by the recent generation of AI chatbots significantly better…
01:16:47 |
Thu 24 Aug 2023
Dr. Paul Offit Continues The Fight Against Vaccine Misinformation
Meet one doctor working to counter once-fringe anti-vax conspiracy theorists. M2 Jeff Goddard invited internationally-renowned virology and immunology expert Dr. Paul Offit on the show to talk about …
00:56:12 |
Thu 17 Aug 2023
jump right in or watch and learn: standing out In Clerkships
How do you choose between jumping in with both feet vs. watching and learning? Listener Jordan DM’d to say that she’s having trouble finding the right balance of initiative and observation in her cle…
00:47:53 |
Thu 10 Aug 2023
Breaking the Silence: Judge Rosemarie Aquilina on the Power of Trauma-Informed Care (Recess Rehash)
[A Note to Listeners: this episode features discussions of sex abuse, rape, and other crimes that many listeners will find disturbing.]
Insights From the Bench on How Doctors Can Work With The Law …
01:05:09 |
Thu 03 Aug 2023
Bad Advice is a Leaky Umbrella (Recess Rehash)
Recognizing good advice and discarding the bad is part of the admissions process. Aline has finished her PhD! She walks Jeff, Riley, and AJ through what defending a dissertation is like, and looks ba…
01:04:52 |
Thu 27 Jul 2023
What Patient Advocacy Looks Like
Speaking up for your patients will have profound impacts. Short Coat Savannah’s previous work in mental health settings exposed her to situations where she had to report abuse. She left us a message …
00:55:15 |
Thu 20 Jul 2023
Race-Conscious Admissions Ends, Upends Schools’ Diversity Efforts
The Supreme Court has struck down the use of race-conscious admissions practices--affirmative action--that many colleges use to counteract bias against admitting people of color. Short Coats Hend (M…
01:07:21 |
Thu 13 Jul 2023
Brains Learning About Brains
M2s Trent Gilbert, Olivia Jenks, PA1 Faith Anton, and M4 Sarah Costello discuss what it might mean that doctors recently discovered a group of patients, previously diagnosed with schizophrenia, who m…
01:06:36 |
Thu 06 Jul 2023
The True Value of Pre Med Shadowing
Think of it as education you don’t have to pay for!
In an episode best described as…laid back?…calm?…sleepy?…Nicole, Alex, and Sarah discuss why those AdComm-required experiences are actually importa…
00:48:36 |
Thu 29 Jun 2023
The Ethics of End-of-Life Care (Recess Rehash)
[We'll be back next week with a new episode! For now, take a listen to this re-run!]
Decisions made at the end of life are among the most complicated. M1 Jeff, M3 Ananya, and MD/PhD students Riley…
01:03:24 |
Thu 22 Jun 2023
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