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Is Monitoring Telemetry Clinical Experience?

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 190 Jeremy is concerned about clinical experience. Does working as a CNA or a cardiac monitor technician count as clinical experience? We take questions…

The Collegial and Curious World of Pediatric Rheumatology

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 106 Pediatric rheumatology is for doctors who are good at teamwork, problem-solving and becoming experts in nebulous problems. Dr. Jay Mehta joins me to…

Peptides and Isolated Cardiac Amyloidosis

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 27 A patient with a history of arrhythmia is found to have atrial amyloid deposition on autopsy. Do you know what peptide is associated…

High-Yield Concepts in Psychology Experiment Design

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 156 Experiment design has the potential to appear in three of the four MCAT sections, which makes it super high yield. Follow along with…

This Recruitment Director is Revamping Secondary Apps

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 349 As you’re preparing your applications, it’s important to understand how you as an applicant is looked at by medical schools. Carle Illinois College…

MCAT CARS Examines The Preoccupations of Protagonists

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 41 Follow along as we read about how western literature describes its protagonists, from medieval social roles, to inner thoughts and feelings. Jack Westin…

Should You Address a Visible Pregnancy in Interviews?

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 189 Are pregnant applicants to medical school seen differently? Are there any mechanisms to protect their chances for acceptance? The questions on this podcast…

What You Need to Know About Shadowing a Physician

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 348 Dr. Elaine Reno is a professor of emergency medicine and mentor. She has put hundreds and hundreds of students through shadowing experiences –…

MCAT CARS Looks Into Open Office Spaces and Productivity

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 40 Office walls are a thing of the past, and cubicles are distant memories. How do open offices impact productivity, and do headphones reduce…

Why Is This Menstruating Patient So Sick?

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 26 A 20-year-old menstruating adult is tachycardic, somnolent, and hypotensive with GI symptoms and macular rash. What sort of organism do you suspect? As…