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The ShortCoat Podcast: Ambien Dreams

Original Article: Ambien Dreams This week, listener Jen sent us an article from JAMA in which the author bemoans his tendency to let the electronic health record (coupled with his data-entry difficulties) dominate…

Introduction to Premed Diaries: Helping Premeds with Burnout

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 306 The is the very first episode of Premed Diaries, a podcast dedicated to you. With Dr. Allison Gray as the host, you are…

Introduction to Premed Diaries: Helping Premeds with Burnout

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 146 Your questions here are taken from the Nontrad Premed Forum. However, today, we’re playing a very special episode. The is the very first…

Next Step Full Length 10, CARS Passage 6

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 114 We’re at the last passage of CARS on Next Step full-length 10. Hopefully, you’ve gotten some great tips and techniques to improve your…

The ShortCoat Podcast: Palliative Care: A Perspective from A Land Where It Barely Exists, ft. Dr. MR Rajagopal

Original Article: Palliative Care: A Perspective from A Land Where It Barely Exists, ft. Dr. MR Rajagopal Palliative care is not a thing in India, mostly. In most of India, palliative care–a…

Can I Recover From a Bad GPA to Get Into Med School?

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 145 This week, we have a very common dilemma for a student who struggled early but found a way to turn it around but…

Next Step Full Length 10, CARS Passage 5

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 113 Are you tired of CARS yet? This is one of the hardest sections on the MCAT, but hopefully, we’re making it easier for…

Instagram Q&A: Deferring, Nursing Majors, LORs and More!

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 305 I had so much fun the last time we did an Instagram Q&A, that I decided to bring it back! We had a…

The ShortCoat Podcast: Are physicians hopeless in the face of the obesity epidemic?

Original Article: Are physicians hopeless in the face of the obesity epidemic? Obesity may not be hopeless, but it is very difficult for physicians and sufferers Listener Hannah wrote in after…

Can I Combine Experience in my AMCAS or AACOMAS Application?

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 144 Our student today wants to know about combining multiple jobs into one experience or if he should keep them all separate. What should…