Spending years studying, to the exclusion of most other activities. Losing sleep. Incurring near- unfathomable debt. What sane person would sign on for this? Yet, every year, thousands of students pursue careers in medicine. Why? We all have our own reasons – for many, it has to do with a ... Read more
Maha Mamoor
Published September 10, 2019
While undeniably more difficult than undergraduate classes, classroom-based courses offer medical students some familiar comfort in their preclinical years. Having succeeded in college classes filled with lectures, group projects, TA sessions, and labs, preclinical medical ... Read more
Cassie Kosarek
Updated June 23, 2022 by Cassie Kosarek
A Guide To All The People You May Encounter On The Wards As the field of medicine has become increasingly complex, patient care responsibilities have been divvied up across an ever-growing number of providers and ... Read more
Kunal Sindhu
Updated August 16, 2022 by Kunal Sindhu
Co-hosts Tim Maxwell, Aline Sandouk, Annie Rempel, and Mackenzie Walhof confront pictures of their younger selves and offer themselves the advice they should have gotten at the start of their med school journeys. Listener Darius asks ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 24, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
As a researcher at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA, I have a front row seat to the rapidly evolving field of medical genetics. If my time at the Broad has taught me anything, it’s ... Read more
Julia Bauman
Updated February 1, 2019 by Julia Bauman
Jennifer Anderson, a sociology PhD student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, teaches a course called Sociology of Health and Health Care. She reached out to us to propose that her students would send in questions for ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 24, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
The challenges of providing healthcare in an occupied territory Steve Sosebee is the president and CEO of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. He’s married to Dr. Zeena Salman, a pediatric oncologist working with the PCRF. ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 24, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
What Routines Do Medical Students Find Helpful When Drinking from the Firehose? Listener Meghan is about to start med school in the fall, and is thinking about what sort of regular habits medical students like ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated February 27, 2019 by The Short Coat Podcast
Her snacks were delicious, but you’ll never guess her secret ingredient. Irisa Mahaparn, Tony Rosenberg, Aline Sandouk, and Rachel Schenkel—a crew of rising M3s and an MD/PhD candidate—were on hand this time to help answer ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 24, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
How much is lab medicine a part of medical school? Remembering a recent episode in which we spoke briefly of colored test tubes, Adee writes in with a question for Hilary O’Brien, Erik Kneller, Mackenzie ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 24, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
What is DocThoughts? Give us an intro. DocThoughts is a media platform that interviews thought leaders in medicine and produces 5-minute films. DocThoughts gives the healthcare community an insider’s perspective on topics that you won’t ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated June 26, 2022 by Student Doctor Network
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Annie Davis
Updated June 27, 2022 by Annie Davis