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
A Med School “cocktail” party (no party sounds)
Dave hosts a weird cocktail party for his co-hosts, M1s Fallon Jung and Taryn O'Brian, MD/PhD student Jacqueline Nielson, and M3 Chirayu Shukla. The group dives into a variety of topics: surreal drea…
00:44:26 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
A Med School “cocktail” party
Dave hosts a weird cocktail party for his co-hosts, M1s Fallon Jung and Taryn O'Brian, MD/PhD student Jacqueline Nielson, and M3 Chirayu Shukla. The group dives into a variety of topics: surreal drea…
00:44:26 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
The Sheriff is Watching, Ft. Bryan Carmody, MD
The Sheriff of Sodium investigates the state and future of medical training. If you’ve wondered how well the system that trains future doctors works, or about what factors really determine which medi…
00:53:15 |
Thu 07 Mar 2024
the Exam Table and Beyond: The Role of a Family Doctor
An alumni of CCOM and SCP returns to prove: you can do it! MD/PhD student Miranda Schene, M2 Jeff Goddard, and M1 Fallon Jung visit with alumni Teneme Konne, MD, now a second-year resident. They sta…
01:20:52 |
Thu 29 Feb 2024
Bias, Baby Heads, and Memes
Understanding others begins with asking questions.
- M3 Jacob Hansen, and M1s Taryn O’Brien, Alex Nigg, and Fallon Jung consider recent studies highlighting the ineffectiveness of traditional implic…
00:54:26 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
Love, Lobsters, and Loans: The Just Married Game
Happy Valentines Day! MD/PhD student Faith Prochaska, and M1s Taryn O'Brien and Fallon Jung share how they navigate relationships amidst their hectic schedules. With quizmaster Jeff Emrich from s…
01:07:19 |
Thu 15 Feb 2024
Med School is SIMPLE?!
“I honestly have had the most relaxing time I’ve had in forever, and for anybody who’s like, that’s ridiculous, just wait.” The most charitable definition of a hot take is a position taken in order …
01:00:35 |
Thu 08 Feb 2024
Sleeper Specialty: Medicine Psychiatry ft. Andrea Weber, MD, MME
“A nice re-imagining of how healthcare could be delivered.” It’s another sleeper specialty episode! This time we’re visiting with Andrea Weber, MD, MME. Herself a graduate of the Carver College of M…
00:55:06 |
Thu 01 Feb 2024
Sleeper specialty: Preventive Medicine ft. Silvia Caswell DO, MPH
Preventing disease and injury in life, the skies, and at work. It's another sleeper specialty episode! This time we're talking about a *really* low-key one: Preventive Medicine. M2 Jeff Goddard aske…
00:55:29 |
Thu 25 Jan 2024
Sleeper Specialty: Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Ft. Dr. Brittany Bettendorf
In another in our series on "sleeper specialties," we visit with Internal Medicine-Pediatrics (Med-Peds) doc Brittany Bettendorf. M1 Alex Nigg and M2 Madeline Ungs learn about this lesser known speci…
00:52:40 |
Thu 18 Jan 2024
Why Having a Pet in Med School is a Good Idea (Recess Rehash)
A common question new medical students have is whether they should get a pet. Will they feel neglected when I have to be at the hospital or the library? Will they be too expensive for a poor med st…
01:05:39 |
Thu 11 Jan 2024
Hot Takes: Med School Edition (Part 1?) (Recess Rehash)
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 …
01:06:01 |
Thu 04 Jan 2024
Belief at the Bedside (Recess Rehash)
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 28 Dec 2023
Classroom Challenges and Global Goals
Short Coat co-hosts Brian Young (M1), Jeff Goddard (M2), and Fallon Jung (M1) discussed the challenges and experiences of medical school, including personal anecdotes about coping with stress, the de…
00:59:24 |
Thu 21 Dec 2023
What Medicine Really Needs from Artificial Intelligence, ft. Ilana Yurkiewicz (pt. 2)
Bringing the healthcare pieces together
- Dr. Ilana Yurkiewicz, co-director of Stanford University’s Primary Care for Cancer Survivorship Program, author, and science journalist, returns to contin…
00:58:47 |
Thu 14 Dec 2023
How Studying Changes from Premed to Clnicals (Recess Rehash)
What you get away with as an undergrad won’t serve you in med school. M2s Jacob and Maddie, M4 Mason and new co-host PA2 Mark take us through how they changed their study habits from undergrad throug…
00:47:30 |
Thu 07 Dec 2023
The Practicalities of Policy; Alex Trebot Returns
Dave declared this recording day to be “Effort Free Friday,” as it was officially Thanksgiving Break! That didn’t stop M1 Jeff Goddard from describing a recent meeting of the AMA Students Section tha…
00:52:08 |
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Top-notch Residents, Emergency Room Violence
A recent MedPage Today editorial shines a light on four traits that are crucial for every resident. These elements aren’t traditionally taught, but are key for future doctors. They encompass selfless…
00:55:02 |
Thu 23 Nov 2023
Sleeper Specialties: Nuclear Medicine
Dr. Michael Graham, a seasoned Nuclear Medicine practitioner and professor at the University of Iowa, reached out to us recently because at a national level his specialty is experiencing a shortage o…
01:11:13 |
Thu 16 Nov 2023
Piecing Together American Healthcare, ft. Dr. Ilana Yurkiewicz (Part 1)
We have GOT to get it together. What’s the best way to navigate a fragmented healthcare system? How are patients both the victims and unwitting custodians of their own medical stories? And can prima…
00:47:54 |
Thu 09 Nov 2023
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