Ranked #1
The Multiple Mini Interview, the Prince of Funk, and the Erosion of Childhood
The Multiple Mini Interview, the Prince of Funk, and the Erosion of Childhood
Prince has left the building, so The Short Coats take a moment to eulogize the Purple One. Listener Rayhaan is looking ... Read more
28 Apr 2016
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51mins
Ranked #2
Your Romance Could End In Tears, But It Doesn’t Have To!
Your Romance Could End In Tears, But It Doesn’t Have To!
We're devoting this episode to the perils of love between med students and their non-medical partners. Despite the clic... Read more
11 Apr 2019
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1hr 2mins
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The Harsh Truths and Pleasant Realities of Med School
The Harsh Truths and Pleasant Realities of Med School
Happy New Year! With the holidays slowing down the pace of listener questions, Dave asks new co-host LJ Agostinelli and... Read more
3 Jan 2019
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58mins
Ranked #4
Night Float: Choosing a Specialty
Night Float: Choosing a Specialty
From an early age people are asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Whether they knew it all along or discove... Read more
20 Dec 2017
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27mins
Ranked #5
Your Pre-med Clinical Experience Can Cost You Money and Waste Your Time…and Hurt Your Application.
Your Pre-med Clinical Experience Can Cost You Money and Waste Your Time…and Hurt Your Application.
Medical school admissions committees look for clinical experiences on applications, so it behooves premeds to seek out w... Read more
19 Jan 2017
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50mins
Ranked #6
Post-acceptance anxiety, Match stats, and backup plans.
Post-acceptance anxiety, Match stats, and backup plans.
Listener Oscar's having the pre-med/post-acceptance jitters; luckily Aline, Marc, Dylan, and Lisa are on hand to offer s... Read more
31 Mar 2016
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39mins
Ranked #7
Rejection Happens
Rejection Happens
Euthalia (not her actual name, though it probably should be. Feel free to take that name, anonymous caller) called us at... Read more
21 Sep 2017
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30mins
Ranked #8
Your Gap Year Job Doesn’t Matter
Your Gap Year Job Doesn’t Matter
A flood of listener questions this week! It's probably due in part to medical school application season has begun, whic... Read more
22 Jun 2017
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49mins
Ranked #9
Bonus Episode! Palliative Care: A Perspective from A Land Where It Barely Exists, ft. Dr. MR Rajagopal
Bonus Episode! Palliative Care: A Perspective from A Land Where It Barely Exists, ft. Dr. MR Rajagopal
In most of India, palliative care--a medical specialty focused on improving the quality of life of people with life-limi... Read more
2 Oct 2018
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46mins
Ranked #10
Choose a Specialty, Choose a Lifestyle: Factors We Consider
Choose a Specialty, Choose a Lifestyle: Factors We Consider
Short Coat Scribbleson Wordsonpaper (not his real name) wrote a paper for one of his classes, and was told it'd be worth... Read more
17 Oct 2019
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #11
General Haze-pital
General Haze-pital
Improvisational acting is a greater part of medical school than one might expect. Between pretending to be doctors for ... Read more
27 Apr 2017
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46mins
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Recess Rehash: Medical School Secondary Applications: What Do They Want?
Recess Rehash: Medical School Secondary Applications: What Do They Want?
A listener wants to know more about the secondary application. Given the the turnaround time often recommended (a week)... Read more
3 Aug 2017
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52mins
Ranked #13
Reaffirming points of pride, and life in rural Iowa
Reaffirming points of pride, and life in rural Iowa
Dave has been noticing a certain mid-semester droopiness among some students at the College of Medicine. Perhaps, he co... Read more
2 Nov 2017
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45mins
Ranked #14
Are physicians hopeless in the face of the obesity epidemic?
Are physicians hopeless in the face of the obesity epidemic?
Listener Hannah wrote in after shadowing physicians, noting that many of the morbidly obese patients she observed resist... Read more
20 Sep 2018
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58mins
Ranked #15
Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Woman’s World, For Dr. Sharon Larson
Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Woman’s World, For Dr. Sharon Larson
Dr. Sharon Larson is Iowa's first female cardiothoracic surgeon. You might be forgiven for thinking that Iowa's been a ... Read more
9 Mar 2017
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47mins
Ranked #16
Sacrifice It All to be A Med Student? Don’t Do It!
Sacrifice It All to be A Med Student? Don’t Do It!
The world of work, and medical school, is often about adjusting for a number of "top" priorities. Dave's been having o... Read more
23 Jul 2017
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46mins
Ranked #17
Advice for your first clinicals: slow your roll.
Advice for your first clinicals: slow your roll.
When listener Caven wrote in asking why CCOM graduates don't include hardly any specialists and why they all seemed to b... Read more
27 Jun 2019
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1hr 6mins
Ranked #18
The Laws that are Shrinking the Telomeres of OB/Gyn Residents
The Laws that are Shrinking the Telomeres of OB/Gyn Residents
Admissions counselor Megan Kosovski joins Aline Sandouk, Emma Barr, Nick Lind, and Hannah Van Ert for this show, because... Read more
23 May 2019
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1hr 3mins