If you’re asking, you might be the a**hole (Recess Rehash)
- Author
- The Students of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
- Published
- Thu 27 Mar 2025
- Episode Link
- https://theshortcoat.com/if-youre-asking-you-might-be-the-ahole-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-youre-asking-you-might-be-the-ahole-2
[Because of Spring Break, instead of a new episode you can enjoy this re-run! If NPR can do it, so can we. We’ll be back next week.]
Life’s grey areas, offered up for internet discussion
Sometimes, you need someone to tell you if you’ve crossed the line. That’s why Reddit’s Am I The A**hole subreddit exists. M2 Holly Hemann brought some med-school themed samples for MD/PhD students Miranda Schene, Faith Prochaska, and PA2 Julie Vuong to react to. How compatible is MMA fighting and med school? Is it okay to get a secret horse? And isn’t an Eagle Scout the same as a doctor when you get right down to it? Let’s talk about all that!
From the discussion:
- Admissions: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/10sjyd2/aita_for_almost_ruining_a_friends_med_school/
- Scope of Practice: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/emu7yf/aita_i_said_my_husband_shouldnt_try_to_help_sick/
- The clinical years: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/gf82i0/aita_for_letting_medical_students_observe_when_im/
- Financial aid:
