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
Spring Break Trivia with a Twist (Recess Rehash)
Med students are smart, but how much useless info can they spout? It’s Spring Break, so we’re taking a break from our usual content to bring you a trivia contest featuring M4 Emerald, MD/PhD students…
00:59:09 |
Thu 15 Jun 2023
Uncovered! First-Year Students Learn Way More than Medicine
First year of med school contains many life lessons.
- We are fortunate to have a friends group of first-year students on the show to look back on their experience and reflect on what they discovered. …
00:59:05 |
Thu 08 Jun 2023
Our Hobbies Save Us
The importance of getting your head outside of medical school.
Lots of people have hobbies, and perhaps many of those people use them to step outside their day-to-day lives for a while for a peaceful…
00:55:19 |
Thu 01 Jun 2023
Oath Vs. Enterprise: Moral Injury in Medicine with Wendy Dean
Burnout is the wrong word for what’s ailing healthcare workers. The term burnout doesn’t really cover what happens to physicians and others in healthcare. Dr. Wendy Dean and others are coming around …
00:49:46 |
Thu 25 May 2023
President Garfield’s Doc had the Worst Take on Pus, ft. Ryan Nanni
Some stories from history that remind us medicine has come a long way. Podcaster Ryan Nanni, of the Shutdown Fullcast, joins M2 Matt, M1 Jeff, Md/PhD student Riley, and Communities Director Cody to t…
01:03:03 |
Thu 18 May 2023
The Chains of Med Ed History, with Adam Rodman
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 11 May 2023
Belief at the Bedside
M1 Hend invited David Kozishek, a chaplain at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, to talk with M3 AJ, M1 Jeff and new co-host M1 Ervina to talk about the role of chaplains on the healthcare…
00:58:53 |
Thu 04 May 2023
From Problem to Publication
The process of “doing research” is a methodical slog. AJ has finished up some interventional radiology research and gotten it published recently. He and Daniel, Jeff, and Mallory–who’ve all been down…
01:05:46 |
Thu 27 Apr 2023
Bad Advice is a Leaky Umbrella
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 20 Apr 2023
What Physicians Can Do to Reduce Gun Violence Harm
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 (…
00:52:48 |
Thu 13 Apr 2023
Who Decides We Have Enough Evidence to Stop Debating?
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 de…
01:01:52 |
Thu 06 Apr 2023
Co-Surviving Medicine, With the Glaucomfleckens
Dr. and Lady G have a new podcast! Will and Kristin Flanary, better known as Dr. and Lady Glaucomflecken, visit with The Short Coats to talk about their new podcast, Knock Knock, Hi! AJ, Madi, Zay, …
01:08:26 |
Thu 30 Mar 2023
Match Week 2023: The Results are in!
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…
00:49:53 |
Thu 23 Mar 2023
Spring Break Trivia with a Twist
Med students are smart, but how much useless info can they spout? It’s Spring Break, so we’re taking a break from our usual content to bring you a trivia contest featuring M4 Emerald, MD/PhD students…
00:59:09 |
Thu 16 Mar 2023
MED SCHOOL CHANGED US
Med School is a Transformative Experience. PA 1 Kelsey, M1 Faith, M3 Rick, and M4 Ananya talk about the changes they've seen in themselves since arriving at medical school. No matter how prepared yo…
00:48:19 |
Thu 09 Mar 2023
Myths and Misunderstandings
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 med…
01:00:32 |
Thu 02 Mar 2023
Now We Wait: Keeping Busy As They Decide Our Fate
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…
00:53:46 |
Thu 23 Feb 2023
It’s Here: AI Powered Studying!
UVA med students create app to find AnKing flashcards for you. M3s AJ and Ananya, and M4 Mason get a visit from the medical student creators of the machine-learning app NovaCards.ai. Shane Chambers a…
00:53:38 |
Thu 16 Feb 2023
The Genetic Engineering Debate isn’t as Easy as You Think
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…
01:05:41 |
Thu 09 Feb 2023
Trust Means Everything
Without trust, medicine doesn’t work. M4 Nathan, M1s Trent and Leon, and MD/PhD student Aline talk about the nature of trust–what it really means, how we trust ourselves and others, and what it means…
00:51:33 |
Thu 02 Feb 2023
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