The Short Coat: An Inside Look at Getting Into and Getting Through Medical School

What having a chronic health issue means to medical students varies…except that it will make them even better doctors.

Listener Michael has type one diabetes and “an incredibly rare form” of e…

We are honored to talk with author and physician Jeff Moody, University of Iowa College of Medicine class of ’92, and urologist, here to talk with us about physician burnout, It’s the topic of hi…

Things happen in Iowa. They really do. That’s why Dave put together a little trivia contest for his co-hosts–Sahaana Arumugam, Emma Barr, Aline Sandouk, and Brandon Bacalzo–to test their knowle…

“He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news.”

Co-hosts Nathen Spitz, Brandon Bacalzo, Mariam Mansour, and Greta Becker rehash their recent microbiology exam which they say k…

Does a physician need to know everything about healthcare, even the *shudder* money stuff?

[Dave was out of the office on recording day last week, so enjoy this rerun!]

Physicians go through …

The UN Relief and Works Agency has a tough job, especially in Palestine.

In this bonus episode (recorded prior to the US pa we talk with Dr. Akihiro Seita, the Director of Health and WHO Special R…

Preference Signaling Tokens may be a way to combat over-applying for residencies, but the schemes have a ways to go yet before they’re ready for prime time.

Listener Shivam wrote to [email protected] to ask his question: does becoming a DO hinder one’s chances in competitive specialties? MD/PhD students Aline Sandouk and Sahaana Arumugam, M2 Natha…

Why was the Hispanic population in Clarion, Iowa seeing so many more infections?

A study is only as good as its methods, and the #medbikini study wasn’t pretty bad.

Maybe you heard:  some researchers tried to help vascular surgeons understand that their social media profil…

Hippocrates set a high bar.

Dr. Danielle Ofri–NYU professor of medicine, Bellevue Hospital internist, and author of great renown–joined us this time to talk about her new book, When We Do Harm…

Does a physician need to know everything about healthcare, even the *shudder* money stuff?

Physicians go through years and years of school to be great at this calling, so why on earth would anyo…

No doubt about it, this road to becoming a physician has financial risks

It feels risky to go to medical school, and for someone with a young family, like our listener who sent us their question…

Listener Soma let us know that the AAMC has released an interview app for medical schools to collect videos of applicants answers to some standard questions. Their websit…

Being a physician leaves you no choice–you ARE going to lead.

It feels risky to be wrong…here’s how to get used to that

[Don’t forget to share the show with your friends and family–send a screenshot of the share to [email protected] to get a free tha…

[Once again, our circumstances force us to endure mild sound quality issues. Sorry, but that’s round-table podcasting in the pandemic age. You’ll be alright.]

We got some lovely responses back fro…

A group of public professionals, infectious disease professionals and community members are pushing back on the common perception that #BLM protests will unnecessarily exacerbate the pandemic. This n…

Logan wrote in to comment on what we call ‘box-checking,’ the idea that med school admissions committees only want applicants who’ve done all the best activities and lots of them, and that applicants…