Pancakes and Firehoses: How Med Students Decide Where to Focus
- Author
- The Students of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
- Published
- Thu 29 Sep 2022
- Episode Link
- https://theshortcoat.com/pancakes-and-firehoses-how-med-students-decide-where-to-focus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pancakes-and-firehoses-how-med-students-decide-where-to-focus
There’s always something more to do, but should you do it? And how much?
First, we get something important out of the way: Is “Drinking from the Firehose” the best analogy for medical school’s workload, or is “The (Infinite) Stack of Pancakes” more accurate? M2s Matt and Zay, MD/PhD student Riley and M4 Nathen discuss how they decide how much to do in medical school to become the best doctor they can be.
