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Do You Need an MD/PhD or DO/PhD to Do Research as a Physician?

Do You Need an MD(DO)/PhD to do Research as a Physician?

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 247 Dr. Maureen Leonard discusses her journey to medicine and her life as a physician-scientist. Dr. Leonard spends 70-80% of her work time doing…
How to Best Use Flashcards to Study for the MCAT

How to Best Use Flashcards for the MCAT (Anki and Beyond)

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 55 Flashcards are a great tool to utilize as a premed. Whether you’re using Anki, Quizlet, Brainscape, or your own handwritten flashcards, they can…

What Does Academic Colorectal Surgery Look Like?

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 36 Dr. Scott Steele is an academic Colorectal Surgeon and Chairman of the Colorectal Surgery Department at Cleveland Clinic. We discuss his love of…

The ShortCoat Podcast: Crushing It with Mental Illness During Med School

Original Article: Crushing It with Mental Illness During Med School Much like America, doctors are afraid of mental illness. Photo by darcyadelaide  Physicians are no better than the rest of us at dealing…
Looking at MCAT Amino Acid Questions

Looking at MCAT Amino Acid Questions

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 54 Amino acids should be like the air you breathe for the MCAT: You know it so well you don’t even think about it.…

Ask Dr. Gray, Premed Q&A – Lots of Great Questions Answered

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 246 It’s been three years in a row that our podcast has been nominated by the Academy of Podcasters at the Podcast Movement. The…

Private Practice Pediatric Ophthalmology

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 35 Dr. Chris Fecarotta is a Pediatric Ophthalmologist. He has been in private practice for five years now. He shares with us his reasons…
My Initial GPA was 1.8. Can I Still Get into Med School?

My Initial GPA Was 1.8. Can I Still Get into Med School?

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 85 This week on the OldPreMeds Podcast, our poster is worried about her first stint in college and a very poor early GPA. She’s wondering…

The ShortCoat Podcast: Recess Rehash: Medical School Secondary Applications: What Do They Want?

Original Article: Recess Rehash: Medical School Secondary Applications: What Do They Want? How to Think About Medical School Secondary Applications This week in science and medicine newsA listener wants to know more…
Why Does Texas Have Its Own App and More TMDSAS Questions

All About TMDSAS: Why Does Texas Have Its Own App? And More!

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts TMDSAS: The Texas Medical School Application In this week’s episode, we have two guests coming on the show to discuss TMDSAS, the application service for…