Medical Student
Combined Degree Programs with Ajay and Aleena from in-Training.org
Going straight from high school to a combined degree program can take a lot of the unknown out of the equation. The founders of in-Training.org talk about it.
Read MoreThe Best of 2013 at the Medical School HQ
Thank you for 2013! In this episode, we bring you the Best of 2013 – a recap of some of our favorite and most-downloaded podcast episodes from this last year.
Read MoreTop Resources & Tools for Premeds and Medical Students
Ryan and Allison go through everything premeds and medical students wish was under the tree for Christmas (or the Hanukkah bush! :)). We cover books, tools and more.
Read MoreDr. Kansagra, Author and Twitter Star Shares His Journey and Advice
Dr. Sujay Kansagra, author of Everything I Learned in Medical School joins us to talk to us about his path to medical school, including his struggles.
Read MoreZig or Zag: There Are Multiple Premed Paths to Medical School
Dalya Munves is a 2nd year medical student at The University of Texas at Houston. She shares with us her nontraditional path into medical school, and shows that you don’t have to be like everybody else to follow your dreams.
Read MoreAvoiding Burnout as a Premed, Med Student, and Physician
If you can imagine your career after you are done with ALL of your training – at least 7 years down the road if you are a premed, and could guess that 1/3 of your colleagues would be burnt out – would you still take the same journey? What if it was you that was burnout? Overstressed? Overworked? It’s crazy to think that as students of medicine, we learn to take care of others, yet we don’t do a good job of learning to take care of ourselves.
Read MoreHow Relationships Change in Medical School
For the episode, Allison and I talk about how relationships change as you enter the world of medical education. As you step foot on campus at medical school, you no longer have all the time in the world for your friends and family. That can lead to a lot of frustration and tension between friends.
Friends and family also have a hard time trying to keep track of where you are in the process. My family still asks if I’m a doctor. I GRADUATED IN 2009!
Read MoreHow to Pay Back Your Medical School Loans
Tony Sozzo is back! If you didn’t catch the first episode with Tony, go listen to it HERE.
The first question I ask Tony is why medical school, and undergraduate schools are so darn expensive. He gives some good reasons and mentions that about 2/3 of the cost to medical school is actually spent on the student, which is great to hear.
The second question I ask Tony is whether or not students should be choosing medical schools based on tuition. The overall answer is a definite NO. When you compare the difference paying back loans, the school that is $10,000 cheaper a year is only saving you a couple hundred dollars a month. If one school was more expensive, but I knew it was a better fit for ME, I wouldn’t think twice, and neither should you! Some other things you should think about, how comfortable are you, what is the philosophy of the school, what is the environment?
Read MoreCorrecting Course After Struggling in Medical School
As a premed walking through the halls of the hospital, trying to find where you are supposed to be volunteering – you see all the attendings and residents in their long white coats gracefully walking through the halls.
You assume they have all risen to their current position through lots of hard work and no mistakes.
What if I told you, you can make mistakes, and still make it. Still be the physician of your dreams.
Special Session : Update with @PremedPrincess_ Turned Med Student
Marteney, Twitter’s very popular @PremedPrincess_ is now @MedschoolQueen. She jumps on a special epsidoe to talk about her experience at the start of med school.
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