The Premed Years
By Ryan Gray, MD of Meded Media
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Description
The Premed Years is a 2x Academy of Podcasters Award nominated podcast. Started by Ryan Gray and his wife Allison, who are both physicians, it is another means of bringing valuable information to premed students. Interviews with deans of medical schools, chats with trusted, valuable advisors and up-to-date news, The Premed Years podcast and MedicalSchoolHQ.net are the go-to resources for all things related to the path to medical school. We are here to help you figure out the medical school requirements. We will show you how to answer the hard questions during your medical school interviews. What is a good MCAT Score? What is the best MCAT Prep? What the heck is the AMCAS? What is the best undergraduate program? What is medical school like? What do you do to volunteer and shadow? Get your questions answered here.
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Clean326: How Reapplying to Med School was Successful for this Student | Amanda had to apply to med school twice. We talk about her premed path, her first application, her struggles, and how she succeeded and received 3 acceptances. | 2/20/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean325: How Do International Medical Graduates Practice in the US? | When you go to an international med school, including the Caribbean, there are many steps you must take to practice in the US, including going through ECFMG. | 2/13/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean324: Free Summer Programs for Premed Students through SHPEP | Session 324 SHPEP, or the Summer Health Professions Education Program, is a free summer program for underrepresented premed students at twelve locations throughout the U.S. Today, we have Chantez Bailey and Dr. Norma Poll-Hunter. from SHPEP to share... | 2/6/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean323: From Premed to Physical Therapy School—Back to Premed | Session 323 Madeleine struggled early and got some bad advising which caused her to doubt her abilities to get to medical school. A pivot to physical therapy didn’t work out. First off, secondaryapps.com is finally live. The secondary essays are a... | 1/30/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean322: What to Write About In the Personal Statement and More Q&A | Session 322 The personal statement is such an important part of the application, yet many students don’t respect it enough. Today, I’m taking your questions about it. Please also do check out all our other podcasts on MedEd Media Network. Listen... | 1/23/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean321: Premed Q&A: All of Your Instagram Questions Answered! | Session 321 We had a ton of questions come in from you on Instagram, covering letters of rec, shadowing, research, and so much more. Follow me on IG—I’m @medicalschoolhq. [01:25] Shadowing vs. Clinical Experience Q: Does shadowing count as... | 1/16/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean320: From Military Special Operations to Med School Acceptances | Session 320 Justin is a former military special operations medic who grew a stronger fascination with taking care of patients. Now he has multiple acceptances to med school. Please check out MedEd Media Network for more podcasts. I'm also doing great... | 1/9/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean319: Disclosing a DUI Didn't Hold Him Back from Med School | Session 319 Matt is a premed with multiple acceptances to med school, even with a big red flag on his application—a DUI. Learn what happened and how he talked about it on his medical school application. Meanwhile, we have a lot of resources... | 1/2/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean318: The Pros and Cons of Global Healthcare Experiences | Session 318 Lawson is the executive director at Atlantis, a leading global healthcare experience fellowship that gives you the chance to explore other healthcare systems. Today, we cover what you should be looking for, what you should be avoiding, and.. | 12/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean317: Building Better Study Skills for the Sciences and MCAT | Session 317 Kathleen is an expert in helping premeds and medical students better prepare for their exams. With her evidenced-based practice, she’ll help you too. Today, we talk about how you can study better -- what you should be doing before,... | 12/19/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean316: Premed Q&A: Pregnancy, Canadian Students, and Much More | Session 316 I reached out to our amazing premed community in the Premed Hangout Facebook Group and got on the phone with several of them to answer their questions. What you're about to hear here are recordings with the premed students. Please also... | 12/12/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean315: When Should I Give Up On My Medical School Application? | Session 315 The medical school application is a long and grueling process. If you’ve been rejected, haven’t heard anything, or are confused, listen to this podcast episode! Check out all our other podcasts on the MedEd Media Network include The... | 12/5/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean314: Jackie Shares Her Path from Community College to Med School | Session 314 Jackie is @jackieplans on Instagram. She has a following watching her journey through medical school as she creates beautiful notes that you can buy. So we actually did an Instagram Live but I decided to put this here on the podcast. We... | 11/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean313: Army Vet, Mom of 3, Wanted to Quit During Her MD/PHD Journey | Session 313 Adrienne is in her 3rd year of her MD/PhD program and things are getting easier. She's the mom of 3, an Army Vet, and an amazing example of striving for your dreams. She has done the first two years of med school and now she's in the first.. | 11/21/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean312: He Got Into Medical School and Didn't Have to take the MCAT! | Session 312 Examkrackers’ Janis Stott joins me to talk about the common misconceptions she sees from students about the MCAT. We also talk about EKs new MCAT Hotline. Janis has been in the MCAT game for a decade now. And she's bringing her... | 11/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean311: Common Misconceptions about the MCAT and a New Tool from EK | Session 311 Examkrackers’ Janis Stott joins me to talk about the common misconceptions she sees from students about the MCAT. We also talk about EKs new MCAT Hotline. Janis has been in the MCAT game for a decade now. And she's bringing her... | 11/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean310: Improve Your CARS Score with the MCAT CARS Podcast! | Session 310 Jack Westin was featured in Session 259 almost one year ago. Now we've launched the MCAT CARS Podcast and it's going to change the way you prep for the MCAT. Link to the full article:... | 10/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean309: 5 Medical School Interview Questions Premeds Struggle With | Session 309 The medical school interview can make or break your chance at an acceptance. Don't walk in unprepared. Check out these questions that students struggle with. If you haven't yet, check out my books The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical.. | 10/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean308: The One Thing You Need to do to Stand Out as a Premed! | Listen up premeds! I talk about this a lot, but I need to have a dedicated show on this. You have to be yourself in your med school applications and interviews. | 10/17/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean307: Moving Forward with Student Doctor Network and It's Founder | Session 307 Dr. Lee Burnett founded Student Doctor Network or SDN to connect students. Little did he know how big it would get, and how negative the internet would turn. He's hoping to change that. I've been doing this podcast for six years now. I... | 10/10/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean306: Introduction to Premed Diaries: Helping Premeds with Burnout | 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 the featured guest by calling 1-833-MY-DIARY. This is actually part of the series of podcast, called MedDiaries. The... | 10/3/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean305: Instagram Q&A: Deferring, Nursing Majors, LORs and More! | 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 ton of great questions, and hopefully some good answers! And if you’re looking for more resources to help you on your medical school... | 9/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean304: How to Choose a Medical School & Put Together a School List | Session 304 This will hopefully be the most in-depth look at what medical schools you should apply to. Putting together your school list is an important part of your app. So how do you create your medical school list? Meanwhile, be sure to check out... | 9/19/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean303: How Can I Prepare for the CASPer, What is CASPer and More | Session 303 Today, Dr. Kelly Dore, who is one of the brilliant minds who developed and researched CASPer, will talk about what it is, how it's scored, and hopefully, listening to this will help relieve some of your anxiety and fear over this test.... | 9/12/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean302: Instagram Q&A: HPSP, Picking Med Schools, SMPs and Postbacs | Session 302 I asked on Instagram (@medicalschoolhq - follow me!) for questions for this episode. You did not disappoint! Here are some questions our students asked and I’m tackling them one by one. Oh, and if you haven’t yet, please check out... | 9/5/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean301: Near-death Experience Led This Physician to Help People Die | Session 301 BJ Miller is a hospice and palliative care specialist at UCSF. A near-death experience as a teenager left him with a unique perspective on disability and death. BJ Miller is a hospice and palliative care specialist at UCSF. A near-death... | 8/29/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean300: Burnout in Medicine and Our Newest Project to Help With It! | Session 300 This week, we're joined by Allison who has previously shared her story of burnout. We discuss burnout as well as the birth of MedDiaries - our newest project to help with this prevalent issue.. We're celebrating our 300th episode and it's... | 8/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean299: High School Dropout to Highest Ranking Physician in the US | Session 299 This is a beautiful story of triumph, dedication, determination, hard work, and grit. Today’s episode is packed with amazing stories along with great insights and immense wisdom from someone who has gone through it all. If you’re on... | 8/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean298: Professor to Premed, How Indentifing as LGBT Affected Apps | Session 298 Sarah is starting med school this fall and is excited to begin. Listen to her story and how identifying as LGBT affected her med school applications. I helped Sarah with her applications. She took a nontraditional journey to get to... | 8/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean297: What If You've Applied and Your MCAT Score Is Not Good? | Session 297 If you've not taken my advice and pushed your MCAT back until June or July, you may be in for a rude awakening when you see your score. What should you do? A brief story, the MCAT scores were released at the end of this month (July) and... | 8/1/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean296: What are Med School Red Flags & How Do You Talk About Them? | Session 296 Red flags seem to confuse a lot of students. They come up in applications and interviews and you need to be prepared to talk about them. But what is really a red flag? And how do you overcome them? Do you talk about them in your... | 7/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean295: Ignoring Advice, He Disclosed His Bipolar Disorder in Apps | Session 295 If you're struggling with mental illness and you're debating whether or not to put that in your application, today's interview is something you must listen to. Logan is currently a rising second-year medical student at Pacific Northwest.... | 7/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean294: Premed Hangout Q&A: Interviews, Mistakes, and Much More! | Session 294 For today's episode, we took a handful of questions that students asked in our Facebook group, the Premed Hangout. We cover a variety of topics. Join now! If you're listening to this before August 21, 2018, the release date of my next book.. | 7/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean293: Can You be an Alcoholic and Still Get Into Medical School? | Session 293 If you're listening to this before July 6th, 2018, I'm giving away 100 copies of each of my books. 100 winners will get one copy of all three of my books. Text BOOKGIVEAWAY to 44222. Michael joined me to talk about his struggle with... | 7/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean292: President of His Caribbean Med School Class to Failed Match | Session 292 Dr. Yousuf is starting his Emergency Medicine residency after failing to match. Learn from his failures and triumphs and how you can avoid similar mistakes. If you're listening to this before June 30, 2018 and you're in or around the DC... | 6/27/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean291: Dr. Buck Parker: Academic Struggles to an 'A' Student | Session 291 Dr. Buck Parker shares his journey of struggling during undergrad to success in medical school and his new course, Secret Study Hacks. Listen to his journey If you're listening to this before June 24 midnight Pacific time, enter to win a... | 6/20/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean290: How Do You Focus on Your Health While a Premed Student? | Session 290 Caroline is a second-year med student who runs the @carolinecooksclean Instagram account. As a former athlete, she tries her best to stay on top of her health. So her account is all about eating clean and eating healthy. Caroline shares... | 6/13/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean289: Stop Wasting Space in Your Personal Statement and ECs | Session 289 After reading hundreds of personal statements and extracurriculars this application cycle, I'm seeing the same mistakes over and over again. Don't do it too! The Premed Playbook: Guide to the MCAT is finally available in Paperback ($9.99).. | 6/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean288: This is How UICOM Reviews Your Medical School Application | Session 288 Leila Amiri is the Director of the Office of Medical College Admissions at UICOM (University of Illinois College of Medicine). We go step by step through the admissions process at her medical school. Leila talks about how she has directed... | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean287: This Student, and Dad, Overcame a Poor GPA to Get Accepted | Session 287 Nick is a former premed student-athlete who didn't do well in school and went into business but he knew he was always missing something. Now, he's accepted to medical school, multiple acceptances in fact, after fixing his GPA. The Premed... | 5/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean286: Common Mistakes and More About Financing Medical School | Session 286 Travis Hornsby went from trading bonds to figuring out how to pay off his wife’s medical school loans as fast as possible. Now he makes it easy for every student. First off, The Premed Playbook: Guide to the MCAT is now available on... | 5/16/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean285: Hear How This Immigrant Got An Acceptance to an Ivy League! | Session 285 Fernando immigrated from Brazil and has been on the long, slow road to medical center. After some experiences in the LGBT community, he needed to be a physician. First off, The Premed Playbook: Guide to the MCAT (Kindler version) is now... | 5/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean284: What Do You Need to Do When Med School Applications Open? | Session 284 When this podcast goes out, the medical school application cycle for students wanting to start medical school in 2019 is opening. What do you need to do now? The Premed Playbook: Guide to the MCAT Kindle version is available for preorder... | 5/2/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean283: Common Questions Premeds Have About Osteopathic Medicine | Session 283 Today, I speak with Dr. William "Bill" Mayo, the President-Elect of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and a practicing ophthalmologist. He graduated from medical school in 1981 from Kansas City University of Medicine and... | 4/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean282: Premed Q&A Coaching Calls - HPSP, Clincal Experience & More | Session 282 I decided to get on the phone with premed students and answer their questions about relationships, HPSP, secondary essays, and so much more! By the way, The MCAT Podcast is put on by the Medical School HQ and Next Step Test Prep. Aside... | 4/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean281: What Does the Med School Application Timeline Look Like? | When should you start writing your personal statement, your extracurriculars, taking the MCAT, asking for letters of rec and more application timelines? | 4/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean280: Finishing Prereqs Early, Nursing as a Backup and More Q&A! | Session 280 This week we’re taking questions directly from the MSHQ Premed Forums. If you’re not familiar with the forums, check them out and join the conversation! For The OldPreMeds Podcast, we have a sub forum called the Nontrad Premed Forum.... | 4/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean279: From a Cocktail Waitress to Physician and EM Doc | Session 279 Dr. Elaine Reno is an Emergency Medicine physician. She joins us to talk about her journey to medicine and her role with the Wilderness Medicine program at CU. If you're interested in working with me for your personal statements, essays,... | 3/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean278: Your MCAT and GPA Don't Matter As Much as You Think They Do | Session 278 You shouldn't be surprised to read online that a student with near perfect stats didn't get an interview invite or acceptance. You're more than your stats. Today, I'm sharing my insights into stats and school list, which is contrary to... | 3/21/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean277: This Student Didn't Let Her Fear Overcome Her | Session 277 In this episode, you will hear about another success story of a premed student who got into medical school on her first try after not doing very well in undergrad and more specifically, on the MCAT. Before we move on to the interview,... | 3/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean276: Q&A From the Premed Hangout Facebook Group | Session 276 Today, we're talking MD vs PA, DO shadowing, physician letters of recommendation and other questions premed students have asked in the Hangout! The Hangout is our private Facebook group for amazing premed students like yourself. With... | 3/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean275: From Nursing to Accepted Premed, A Story of Lost Confidence | Session 275 Ayesha is a successful applicant to med school after she initially lost confidence due to poor grades and became a nurse instead. Her dream never left her. An avid listener to this podcast, Ayesha is now on the show to share her stories... | 2/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean274: 5 Common Mistakes Premeds Make with Extracurriculars | From taking on too much, to not doing enough, we'll talk about what you can do to avoid the common mistakes premeds make with their extracurriculars. | 2/21/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean273: Let's Talk About Osteopathic Docs and What You Need to Know | Session 81 Dr. Daniel Clearfield is a Family and Sports Medicine trained OMT doc. We talked about his journey to DO school, some struggles that DOs have and much more. The Premed Playbook Guide to the Medical School Personal Statement is now available.. | 2/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean272: How to Start Brainstorming Your Personal Statement Draft? | Session 272 Writing your personal statement is hard. Where do you start? What do you write about? Check out the The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School Personal Statement preorders! If you're applying this cycle in 2018 to start medical... | 2/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean271: Don't Talk About How You Know What Being a Doctor is Like | Session 271 Allison and I talk about a subject that came up in the Premed Hangout Facebook Group about students talking about what it's like being a physician. One of the common pieces of feedback that I give on personal personal statements and mock... | 1/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean270: From the Oil Fields and Poor Grades to an SMP and Acceptance | Session 270 Jonathan is a medical student who landed his dream school after struggling as a premed and working in the oil fields. This episode shows you a journey of a student who needed to reboot and figure stuff out. He got to medical school and it... | 1/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean269: This Physician Talks About Imposter Syndrome and Her Journey | Session 269 Dr. Danielle Jones is @mamadoctorjones on Instagram. I read her blog post on Mind on Medicine about impostor syndrome, something a lot of premeds struggle with, and wanted to talk. By the way, go check out all of our podcasts on MedEd... | 1/17/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean268: This Nurse Practitioner is on His Way to Medical School | Session 268 Matt has been accepted to multiple medical schools after realizing that he wanted to do more with and for patients. After working as an NP, he's starting med school. Medical School HQ has a new forum for you to ask questions and... | 1/10/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean267: First Year Med Student, med_kat28, Talks about Her Journey | Session 267 Katherine is a first-year med student and popular premed Instagrammer. We talk about her struggles, social media for premeds, and more. Take a listen & subscribe. Find Katherine on Instagram @med_kat28 and engage with her. She has over... | 1/3/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean266: From the Military to Medical School with an Upward Trend | Session 266 Today, we have a great story of a student, Dillon, who overcame a lot of obstacles. From getting a 0.67 first-semester GPA and coming from a military career, he eventually learned how to be a premed. Good thing, he figured it all out and... | 12/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean265: Learn How to Better Retain Information with a Memory Master | Session 265 Luis Angel was a Memory Master Champion on FOX's Superhuman Show. Luis also wrote a book called Better Memory Now. Listen in as they talk about how you can learn to retain more information to improve your grades! Several students are... | 12/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean264: Dean of MSUCOM Talks About Mission to Increase Canadian DOs | Session 264 Dean Bill Strampel from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine joined us to talk about his school and what they are doing for Canadian premeds. Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine has an interesting.. | 12/13/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean263: He Figured Out How to Overcome His 2.75 Undergrad GPA | Session 263 Michael struggled through his undergrad with a 2.75 GPA and realized afterwards that he wanted to be a physician. Listen to his journey and what he learned. A couple of weeks ago who went through her undergrad as a premed with a 2.7 GPA... | 12/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean262: The Physician Behind #LifeofaMedStudent Shares His Journey | Session 262 Dr. Charles Cochran is the founder of #LifeofaMedStudent, a Twitter account which he started to help students figure out what's going on out there in the medical school world. It's a place for students to gather and share stories. Now,... | 11/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean261: From a 2.7 Undergrad GPA to First Year Medical Student | Session 261 Nneka is a 1st year med student who didn't think she had a chance. After a 2.7 undergrad GPA, poor MCAT scores, and a failed application, learn what she did to succeed. She is now studying at an allopathic medical school in New York. First.. | 11/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean260: This Doc Is Proving You Don't Have to Follow the Rules | Session 264 Dr. Denise McDermott is a psychiatrist in private practice who is doing things differently. Listen to her story and see what you can do differently on your journey. Go to www.MCATBook.com and sign up to be notified when our next book will... | 11/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean259: How Can I Improve My CARS Section Score on the MCAT? | Session 259 CARS (Critical Analysis and Reasoning) on the MCAT seems to give students the most trouble. Jack from JackWestin.com is here to help you crush your CARS and score higher! Check out our new podcast, Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A. The... | 11/8/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean258: Director of Admissions Talks About the Admissions Process | Session 258 Stephanie Petrosky, Director of Admissions at Nova Southeastern University - Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine joined me to talk about how her team reviews med school applications. Check out our newest podcast Ask Dr. Gray.. | 11/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean257: Author of Med School Uncensored Talks About his Journey | Session 257 Dr. Richard Beddingfield is a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist and author of Med School Uncensored: The Insider's Guide to Surviving Admissions, Exams, Residency, and Sleepless Nights in the Call Room. We talk about his journey and what he.. | 10/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean256: A Look at Carle Illinois College of Medicine with Dean Li | Carle Illinois is hoping to change the way medicine is taught, focusing on engineering and medicine together. This is our discussion with the dean, Dr. King Li | 10/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean255: Q&A With Premed Students at a Small Liberal Arts School | In this Q&A we talk HPSP, shadowing, clinical experiences, mistakes I made on my journey and so much more. Want me to talk with your club? Let me know! | 10/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean254: MD vs PA! Let's Talk About it with a PA to Help You Decide | Session 254 Savanna Perry is a PA who helps pre-PA students get into PA school? We chat to discuss the differences in the career field to help you decide. Savanna runs a podcast, The Pre-PA Club Podcast, and a website called The PA Platform. She's... | 10/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean253: Almost Everything You Need to Know About Postbac Programs | Session 253 Dr. Glenn Cummings is the Associate Dean and Director of the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. We discuss mistakes students make and so much more about postbacs. If you're a nontraditional student,... | 9/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean252: Navigating the Premed and Med School Path with ADHD | Session 252 The Premed Years Podcast is part of the MedEd Media Network, where you'll find all our other podcasts to help you on your medical school journey. Please come out to the UC Davis Pre-Health Conference on October 14, 2017. I will be speaking.. | 9/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean251: How to Protect Your Relationships as a Premed and Med Student | Session 251 Today's podcast is special because this is not only for you as premeds, but also, for your significant other. Share this podcast with your loved one who is going through this process with you. This will help both of you. Sarah Epstein is a.. | 9/13/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean250: The Extreme Burden of Being a Physician (It's worth it) | Session 250 With Houston still feeling the effects of Hurricane Harvey, and Hurricane Irma gunning towards Florida, how can we help and learn from those on the ground? In this episode, we have Dr. Jean Robey and today she talks about her writings and... | 9/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean249: This Physician Wants to Change The Narrative Around Death | Session 249 Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider is a Hospitalist turned evangelist for Palliative Care. Learn what you can be doing now to help patients in their most critical times no matter what field of medicine you're getting into. If you're looking for... | 8/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean248: From Premed to Attending Physician - Showing You the Path | Session 248 Have you ever wondered what the whole path to becoming a doc looks like? I'm breaking down every step of the premed & med student journey to give you an idea! We are celebrating five years of The Premed Years Podcast at the end of... | 8/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean247: Do You Need an MD(DO)/PhD to do Research as a Physician? | Session 247 Dr. Maureen Leonard discusses her journey to medicine and her life as a physician scientist, working 70-80% of her time doing research with “just” an MD. Find out why she thinks you don't need to have a dual degree to do a lot of... | 8/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean246: Ask Dr. Gray, Premed Q&A - Lots of Great Questions Answered | 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 actual awards ceremony is on the 23rd of August. The Red Carpet Party happens at 6 pm and the Awards Show starts... | 8/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean245: Why Does Texas Have It's Own App and More TMDSAS Questions | Session 245 In this week's episode, we have two guests coming on the show. Dr. Scott Wright is the executive director of the TMDSAS (Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service. He talks about the Texas medical school application. Our second... | 8/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean244: Entrepreneurial Premed Stands Out For the Ivys | Session 244 Prerak is a premed student who is about to start medical school at Yale after a successful undergrad at Berkeley. Listen to his story and check out his YouTube. AMSA PremedFest returns to Florida on November 4-5, 2017 at the University of... | 7/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean243: A Burnout Story and What You Can Do to Avoid It | Session 243 Today, we're talking about burnout which is something very personal but very important in the grand scheme of the medical world and the premed world. Allison joins us to talk about her experience with burnout during residency and we talk... | 7/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean242: Secondary Essay Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them | Session 242 Once you submit your primary application, the work isn't over, secondary essays are still a huge part of your medical school application. On this podcast, I've covered a lot of different topics related to the application process including... | 7/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean241: Third Application Cycle was a Charm for this Premed! | Session 241 Many students would have given up, but Natalie didn't. She had to apply to medical school three times. The first time around, she ignored her premed advisor who told her not to apply yet. Her second time around, she applied and did... | 7/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean240: Premed Q&A: MCAT Timing, Shadowing, ECs and More! | Ryan jumped on a Facebook Live and answered your questions live. Check out the great questions that came in. Join us at http://medicalschoolhq.net/group. | 6/28/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean239: Chasing After People in Scrubs to Get the Info You Need! | Session 239 Dr. Andrea Tooley shares her journey from premed to current Ophtho resident. She didn't know a lot about the premed journey, but fought to inform herself. Andrea has a YouTube channel called A Doctor in the House. She shares her... | 6/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean238: Is the Role of Your Premed Advisor to Tell You No? | Session 238 Allison joins in again to discuss something that came up with one of the students I'm helping. Should your premed advisor tell you that you can't or shouldn't apply? I was in a phone call with a student I'm working with and he said... | 6/14/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean237: AMCAS, AACOMAS, MCAT Motivation and Other Premed Q&A | Session 237 Allison and I tackle several questions from the Hangout, our private Facebook group. We cover everything from motivation to residency status. As we're recording this, my book The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School Interview... | 6/7/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean236: What Do The First Two Years of Medical School Look Like? | Session 236 Win one of 50 copies of my new book, The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School Interview. Text BOOKGIVEAWAY to 44222. Promo runs until June 4, 2017. Allison is back! The last time I've done a podcast with her was back on the ... | 5/31/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean235: Interview Prep: What is Happening in Our Healthcare System? | Session 235 Jen Briney is host of the Congressional Dish podcast and joins me today to talk about our current healthcare system and where it may be headed. Enter to win a free copy of my new book The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School... | 5/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean234: ICU Nurse Turned Medical Student Discusses Her Journey | Session 234 Sarah is a current 3rd-year medical student and former CTICU nurse who now wants to be a Cardiothoracic Surgeon! Listen to her journey and how others reacted. The paperback version of The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School... | 5/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean233 : 5 Common Med School Interview Questions and How to Answer Them | Session 233 First off, the preorder for the paperback version of my book, The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School Interview is now available. It releases on June 06, 2017. To celebrate that launch, If you preorder it from Barnes and... | 5/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean232: Struggling to Choose a Specialty, He Started Podcasting | Session 232 Ian is a 4th year medical student taking some time off to figure out what he wants to do with his life so he created a podcast to help him explore his specialty as well as help others with the same struggles. He is doing great things... | 5/3/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean231: How to Prepare For Your Medical School Interview | Session 231 Today, I'm going to cover five ways to prepare for your medical school interview. As of this recording in April 2017, the applications are opening soon and that means interviews are just right around the corner. Therefore, there is no... | 4/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean230: Rejected From the Caribbean! Now with a US Acceptance! | Session 230 Chad, a 32-year-old student, shares his story about struggling with undergrad as he needed to work, being rejected from Caribbean medical school, and his recent application success. A little back story... Chad has been part of the... | 4/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean229: 54-year-old Med Student Overcame 5 MCATs, Rejection and More | Session 229 Renee decided to become a nurse and then she advanced to become a very successful nurse educator. But she had something in her gut telling her that medicine was what she really wanted to do so she did apply at 53 years old. It was... | 4/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean228 : Maintaining Confidence Through the Grueling App Process | Session 228 Today, I will be talking with Mariah whom I've worked with through the application process and helped her gain an acceptance to medical school but her biggest struggle was her self-doubt. Find out how much this has affected her and... | 4/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean227: Time Management for a NASCAR Driving Medical Student | Session 227 What does driving 200mph in a circle and medicine have in common? This week, I invited Patrick Staropoli, a fourth-year medical student who matched into Ophthalmology but who also happens to race cars on the NASCAR series and... | 3/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean226: Why You Should Still Consider a Career in Medicine | Session 226 The journey to medical school is long, tough, defeating, and can be isolating. There are plenty of news stories of physicians out there about job dissatisfaction, suicide rates, and suicides of medical students. Inevitably, there... | 3/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean225: Common Questions for Premeds About Osteopathic Medicine | Session 225 Our guest today is Rachel, the Junior National Director of Pre-SOMA as she shares with us her story as well as some answers to common questions about Osteopathic Medicine as an osteopathic medical student or as a premed interested in... | 3/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean224: Teen Mom to Physician, Starting Med School with 3 Children | Session 224 It was definitely not an easy ride for Dr. Rebecca Lopez as she had to stumble upon major challenges along her journey to becoming a physician. Talk about having her first child at 15 years old, surviving a divorce, working and... | 3/8/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean223: Setting Yourself Up for Financial Success, Starting Now | Session 223 Today’s guest is an Emergency Medicine physician, Dr. Jim Dahle, publisher of The White Coat Investor, Jim has taken on the task of improving the financial literacy of those entering medicine. Physicians make a decent amount of... | 3/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean222: Working Full-time and Taking Many Years to Finish Premed | Session 222 Today's guest is Zane, a professional athlete turned premed and is now up to 6 acceptances to medical school. This episode is similar to Episode 168, where we had Jessica, an actress turned premed student who received 10 acceptances... | 2/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean221: Leaving West Africa to Fulfill a Dream of Being a Physician | Akosua is starting medical school soon after successfully reapplying. Her dreams started in Ghana and she shares her journey with us on the podcast. | 2/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean220: From Caribbean Med School to a US Dermatology Residency | Dr. Hure is a Caribbean medical school grad who went on to complete a Derm residency in the US. Here her advice for those thinking about offshore med schools. | 2/8/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean219: How to Improve the Path for Women in Medicine | Session 219 Hello and welcome to The Premed Years, where we believe that collaboration, not competition, is key to your success. I am your host Dr. Ryan Gray, and in this podcast we share with you stories, encouragement, and information that you... | 2/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean218: This Nontrad Overcame More Obstacles Than Anyone I Know | Session 218 Hello and welcome to The Premed Years Podcast, where we believe that collaboration, not competition, is key to your premed success. I am your host, Dr. Ryan Gray, and in this podcast we share with you stories, encouragement, and... | 1/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean217: How are Med Schools Looking At Your New MCAT Score? | Session 217 In this episode, Ryan talks with Eric Chiu, Executive Director of the Pre-Health Programs for Kaplan Test Prep and he is in charge of the MCAT prep at Kaplan. Listen in as Ryan and Eric discuss the MCAT 2015, Kaplan's survey of how... | 1/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean216: What You Need to Know About AACOM Killing Grade Replacement | Session 216 In this episode, Ryan talks about last week's news that hit the premed world specifically for nontraditional students. The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) announced that starting May 1, 2017 (this... | 1/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean215: Why Do You Want to be a Doctor? You Need to Know This! | Session 215 In this episode, Ryan breaks down some answers to questions that he has heard from students from the mock interview sessions to help you start thinking about what your motivations are before going down this journey. Ryan initially had... | 1/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean214: 5 Things Premed Need to Think About for the New Year | Session 214 In this last episode of 2016, Ryan discusses 5 things that premed students should be thinking about as the new year is coming. Now is the time. If you still haven't committed to being a premed or going back on this journey, then 2017... | 12/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean213: Stop Looking For a Backup Plan, It's Hurting Your Chances | Session 213 In this episode, Ryan is joined by Allison as they talk about their insights into choosing a premed major and the psychology behind having a Plan B which can actually hurt your chances of getting into medical school to eventually... | 12/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean212: The Specialty Stories Podcast is Live! | Session 212 This is a full recording of the first episode of the Specialist Stories podcast, which is another addition to the MedEd Media Network. The idea of this podcast was actually born out of The Academy where Ryan had several interviews... | 12/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean211: Medical School For International Students and More Q&A | Session 211 In this episode, Ryan answers a few questions that came in through voicemail, Facebook, and email. If you have any questions, go to www.medicalschoolhq.net and fill out the Feedback box. Ryan tackles some topics about international... | 12/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean210: Start Your Medical School Application Prep Now! | Session 210 It's the last week of November 2016 as of this recording and it's time to start your applications if you're planning to apply in June 2017 for the 2018 class. It sounds too early but it's not considering all the moving pieces... | 11/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean209: Taking a Gap Year Before Medical School? Should You Do It? | Session 209 In this episode, Ryan talks about taking gap years, the pros and cons, what to look at, and what to think about. He specifically mentioned similar questions from two students regarding their concern about taking gap years. Should you... | 11/23/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean208: What is The Future of Medicine and Should it Matter to You? | Session 208 We're celebrating 4 years of The Premed Years Podcast! In celebration of this podcast's anniversary, Ryan has shared on previous episodes that he wanted to give away some coaching, mock interview prep, and some other stuff. He will be... | 11/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean207: This Med Student Took a Leave of Absense and started Osmosis | Session 207 In this week's episode, Ryan talks with Shiv Gaglani, co-founder of Osmosis, a project/business looking to append how medical information is disseminated online. Shiv talks about his journey to medical school as well as leaving... | 11/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean206: What Kind of Physician Do You Want to be? Recorded Live! | Session 206 Today’s episode is a different one as Ryan presents live recordings of the premed students he got to talk with during the two back-to-back conferences this October, namely, the AMSA (American Medical Student Association) PremedFest... | 11/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean205: Why She Left the Premed Track, Became an NP and is now an M1 | Session 205 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Hanaan, a first year medical student who is married with three kids and worked as a nurse practitioner for three years. She initially wanted to become a doctor but aside from family obligations, the... | 10/26/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean204: What I Wish Every Premed Student Would Know | Session 204 In this episode, Ryan talks about some of the most common things that he sees premed students struggle with, the students that he works with for application prep or those doing personal statement editing and mock interview prep. These... | 10/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean203: Premed Q&A - Maximizing Gap Years, Residency Merger and More | Session 203 In this episode, Ryan answers some questions from students about the different things they have on their mind which may also help you on your journey to become a physician. If you have any questions, post them in our Facebook group... | 10/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean202: Gain Experience Through Premed Wilderness Medicine Programs | Session 202 In this episode, Todd Miner joins Ryan to talk about how the Wilderness Medicine program at the University of Colorado SoM is helping premeds get exposure to medicine. Wilderness medicine is not just practicing medicine out in the... | 10/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean201: How The Founder of PMG, Dr. Sabry, is Changing the World | Session 201 In this episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Hala Sabry, founder of the Physician Mother Group (PMG), a growing community of mommy physicians that initially started with 20 amazing women and has now grown to well over 60,000 members in the... | 9/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean200: What is coming next for the Medical School Headquarters | Session 200 Ryan begins the episode with reciting the modern version of the Hippocratic Oath, which has been a tradition here on The Premed Years where Ryan reads every 50 episodes to remind you of your journey to medicine and why you are here.... | 9/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean199: The Short Coat Podcast Visits the Premed Years | Session 199 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Dave Etler, the mastermind behind The Short Coat Podcast that broadcasts from within the walls of University of Iowa's Carver College of Medicine. Ryan also gets to have a wonderful conversation... | 9/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean198: Finding a Masters Program Postbac to Fix Early Mistakes | Session 198 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Anje'le as she shares about her journey going into medical school, her decision on getting a Special Master's Program, her college struggles, and practically about everything you need to know to... | 9/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean197: Can You Become a Doctor If You've Been Arrested? | Session 197 In this episode, Ryan talks with his lawyer uncle, Larry, (who is also the first in-studio guest and first lawyer on the show) where he has a track record of helping doctors over the last ten years. They talk about how to best answer... | 8/31/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean196: 2 Applications, an MBA and more. This doc is Outside the Box | Session 196 In this episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Nii Darko, an amazing surgeon and podcaster. His podcast Docs Outside the Box, featuring "ordinary doctors extraordinary things." Nii uses his show as a way to rekindle his love of medicine. Today,... | 8/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean195: How Cram Fighter is Changing the Way You Study for the MCAT | Session 195 In this episode, Ryan talks with Amit Mathew, an entrepreneur and creator of the Cram Fighter, a personalized study scheduling tool that helps students develop a better and more effective studying habit regardless of their studying... | 8/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean194: Overcoming Disability and Biases | Session 194 In this episode, Ryan talks with Jeff who has overcome a lot on his path to medical school and is now into residency including biases and personal struggles as he forges his own path to medical school and beyond. Jeff was diagnosed with a... | 8/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean193: Introduction to The MCAT Podcast | Session 193 Today’s session gives way to the inaugural episode of The MCAT Podcast, the newest member of the MedEd Media. The MCAT Podcast has been in the works for about eight months now. Being one of the biggest hurdles in getting into... | 8/3/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean192: The Medical School Interview - How to Talk About You | Session 192 Today's episode is another interesting discussion on the medical school interview particularly about knowing YOU. For most students, this is a huge challenge as they pretty much have a difficult time talking about themselves. Ryan... | 7/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean191: Medical School Interview Q&A | Session 191 Today's episode is dedicated to the topic of the medical school interview for two reasons. First, as of recording, we're in the middle of application season where students are starting to get interview invites to medical schools.... | 7/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean190: Premed Q&A - What Are My Chances and More | Session 190 In this episode, Ryan answers some questions through voicemail and email received from students. Some of the topics covered include whether a paramedic course would count for medical school, alternate letter of recommendations, the... | 7/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean189: Failed MCAT Prep to Successful Applicant After Two Gap Years | Session 189 In this episode, Ryan talks with Jake who was first here on the show back in Episode 100. Jake recently finished his first year in medical school. Today, he talks about his journey towards medical school, talking about his challenges... | 7/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean188: How to Easily Improve Your Test Scores and Learning Skills | Session 188 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Saundra McGuire, who used to teach Chemistry at Cornell University and Louisiana State University. Her passion for education also drove her to not only teach chemistry itself to her students but... | 6/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean187: Two Canadian Medical School Acceptances for this Premed | Session 187 In today’s episode, Ryan talks with Rachel, a premed in Canada who got two medical school acceptances who shares with us her journey to medical school considering that getting into medical school in Canada is incredibly difficult. Ryan... | 6/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean186: This Author Thinks Our Premed Curriculum Needs Overhauled | Session 186 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Ned, who wrote an article on the Scientific American Blog called It's Time to Retire Premed, which was discussed on the show back in Session 182 where Ryan broke apart some points in the article... | 6/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean185: A Medical Emergency Turned Former Teacher into a Premed | Session 185 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Brian who shares a wonderful story about his path to medical school. Brian has been serving as a teacher for 9 years until he finally decided to attend medical school where he is currently on his... | 6/8/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean184: From Hating Anatomy to Finding His Path to an Acceptance | Session 184 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Jimmy who has a good non trad story to tell. Jimmy took a couple of gap years before and after going to premed. He thought he was going to be a nurse but then things changed as he figured out he... | 6/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean183: Why Did She Get Fired From Her Residency? | Session 183 In today's episode, Ryan is joined by Allison as they talk about something in the news recently about a neurology resident in Miami that got fired from her job because of her belligerent behavior where she attacked an Uber driver that... | 5/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean182: Should the Premed Path Be Reworked? | In today's episode, Ryan talks about a guest post featured on the Scientific American Blog called It's Time to Retire Premed, written by a medical student. It mentions that "The existing system of premedical education is broken. It needs to be fixed.".. | 5/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean181: Gap Years, Healthcare Teamwork and more Premed Q&A | Session 181 In today's episode, Ryan is joined by Allison as they discuss interesting topics such as taking gap years and fostering healthcare teamwork. This is also the first time for Ryan and Allison to go live on the Facebook Hangout Group while... | 5/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean180: 10 Common MCAT Myths | Session 180 Save 20% on Gold Standard MCAT Practice Test 3-month packages, or the 1-year Platinum Package! Click here to send an email to get the discount code! In today's episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Brett Ferdinand who has turned into one of the... | 5/3/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean179: Why this Nontrad Helped Make a new MCAT Course | Session 179 Ryan talks with Elizabeth, who now has an acceptance to medical school. The more interesting thing is that she took her experience studying for the MCAT and is now helping other premed students on their journey as she teamed up with an... | 4/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean178: The MCAT Podcast and More on GPAs and Masters Degrees | Session 178 In today's episode, Ryan reflects on last week's episode in Session 177 where Ashley was talking about her Science GPA and her Master's GPA and what she should do to move forward in the medical school application cycle. Now, a lot of... | 4/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean177: When to Take the MCAT and More Premed Q&A | Session 177 In today's episode, Ryan takes some questions posted on Google Voice caller line and Facebook Hangout and shed light on some topics where you may also be experiencing the same and can learn from. Q: From Ashley: An active duty midwife for... | 4/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean176: How to Maintain Your Health and Fitness as a Premed | Session 176 In today's episode, Ryan talks with another Ryan, a current medical student who recently matched in Psychiatry at Loyola University Chicago as they discuss the importance of maintaining one’s health and fitness as a premed, not... | 4/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean175: 9 Things We Wished Medical School Taught Us | Session 175 In today's episode, Ryan co-hosts the show with Allison, as they talk about the things they wished they would have learned in medical school, about being a physician and taking care of patients that most medical schools don't cover, for... | 3/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean174: Academically Dismissed to Medical School Acceptance | Session 174 In this episode, Ryan talks with Cain who is not your average nontrad, being academically disqualified from college, taking his undergrad at 38 years old, taking the MCAT late, having less than stellar GPA, and yet, he got interviews to... | 3/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean173: How This Nontrad Got the Motivation to Return to be a Premed | Session 173 In today's episode, Ryan talks with 32-year old Christina who is about to enter medical school. You could probably say all cards were practically stacked against her - a first generation college student with poor undergrad GPA, going to a.. | 3/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean172: Common MCAT Prep Mistakes Premeds Make and How to Avoid Them | Session 172 Another great discussion today as we bring in, Ken, a Princeton Review instructor, tutor, and a premed himself at one point. Preparing for the MCAT basically starts once you set foot on college campus. Today, they talk about the... | 3/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean171: Reapplying to Med School - What You Need to Know to Improve | Session 171 In this episode, Ryan talks with Christine Crispen, the former Dean of Admissions at UC Irvine School of Medicine and is currently the Director, Office of Curriculum at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Ryan and Christine talk about... | 2/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean170: PA Turned MD Talks About Why He Made the Switch | Session 170 In this episode, Ryan talks with Brad, a nontraditional student who comes from the PA world and is now a first year medical student. Today, Brad shares about his amazing journey, why he decided to take the PA route and then finally decide.. | 2/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean169: What Impact Do You Want to Make? Live From AMSA PremedFest | Session 169 In this episode, Ryan talks about the Premed Fest Conference organized by the American Medical Student Association (AMSA). Several people may not know it but AMSA also serves premed students where they hold chapters at undergrad... | 2/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean168: 10 Acceptances to Medical School! This Nontrad Did it! | Session 168 In this episode, Ryan talks with Jessica, a pioneering Academy member who is a nontraditional student whose path was filled with hard work. She applied to 35 MD and DO schools, got more than 11 interview invites, and to this point, she... | 2/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean167: What is a Premed Postbac? How Danny Figured it Out! | Session 167 In this episode, Ryan talks with Danny, a nontraditional student who got his acceptance in University of California, Santa Barbara at 27 years old. Not having taken any science as an undergrad, Danny transitioned from having a flourishing... | 2/3/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean166: Regional Medical Schools and Sidney's Premed Path | Session 166 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Sidney who's been part of the Academy. A traditional premed student, Sidney had some MCAT issues and some personal health issues but she was able to successfully apply to medical school. Sidney shares... | 1/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean165: HPSP, Premed Major, Choosing an Undergrad and More Q&A | Session 165 In this episode, Ryan answers questions that have been emailed in and will be covering topics such as choosing an undergrad, premed major, fixing application with poor GPA, and more. Ryan also talks about his upcoming Medical School... | 1/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean164: Medical Ethics Questions You Can Expect In Your Interview | Session 164 In today's episode, Ryan talks about a question raised over at the Facebook hangout group concerning medical ethics specifically about preparing for moral and ethical questions that may arise during the medical school interview. Ryan... | 1/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean163: Introduction to the OldPreMeds Podcast | Session 163 We Take A Look at Something New! In this episode of the Medical School Headquarters podcast, we hear a different podcast - the OldPreMeds Podcast! This is a new podcast in partnership with OldPreMeds, which is now part of the MSHQ... | 1/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean162: 2015 Year in Review | Session 162 Today’s episode is a year-end review as 2015 is wrapping up. Sorting all the shows that came out in 2015, Ryan looks at some of the best episodes and picked the top 7 shows to highlight them. The Top 7 MSHQ Episodes in 2015: 1. Session.. | 12/30/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean161: 5 Biggest Medical School Personal Statement Mistakes | Session 161 In today’s episode, Ryan talks about the common pitfalls in writing personal statements and how you can avoid them. Personal statements (right behind interviews) are where students fall short in their applications. The personal statement.. | 12/23/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean160: How a Liberal Arts Degree as a Premed Might be the Best One | Session 160 In this episode, Ryan is joined by Dr. Adele Wolfson, a biochemistry professor at Wellesley College. They discuss the liberal arts degree and how it can actually be a better or even the best choice for premed. Adele wrote an essay... | 12/16/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean159: Premed Q&A - PA vs MD or DO, What are my Chances and More | Session 159 In today's episode, Ryan and Allison talk about the podcast three years later and how it has grown bigger than they’ve anticipated they would. The Medical School HQ Podcast is a product of their passion for producing great episodes... | 12/9/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean158: Why Physicians Are Struggling with Happiness with Dr. Barrett | Session 158 In today's episode, Ryan talks with fellow physician-podcaster, Dr. Paddy Barrett who is the man behind the podcast The Doctor Paradox. Dr. Barrett is from Ireland and somewhat considers himself as a "medical nomad" having done various... | 12/1/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean157: From Not Knowing what a DO was, to now being a DO student! | Session 157 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Amanda, a first year medical student at Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Colorado. She went from wanting to do something else in the medical field to learning about osteopathic... | 11/25/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean156: Securing your financial future starting now | In today’s episode, Ryan talks with fellow Florida Gator, Daniel Wrenne, a financial planner who works specifically with people in the medical field, helping medical students, residents, and physicians tackle debts and make sure they are set... | 11/18/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean155: Interested in never taking the MCAT?! Hear this story! | Session 155 In this episode, Ryan talks with Jayme, a junior in college who already has her acceptance to medical school. This is actually a year earlier than the typical since you would usually apply after your junior year, then get the acceptance... | 11/10/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean154: Two Acceptances, MD vs DO, One Tough Choice | Session 154 Today's guest is an MSHQ Academy member, Saidat, who has just started medical school. She talks about her experience going through premed and medical school while she walks you through her thought and decision process during the medical... | 11/4/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean153: Making the Tough Decision to be a Premed as a Non-Trad | Session 153 In today's episode, Ryan talks with student doctor Chris Thompson, who is presently a non-traditional fourth year medical student. Chris runs a YouTube channel called Student Doctor Thompson with now over 20,000 subscriptions. He posts... | 10/28/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean152: The MMI - Everything You Need to Know About the Interview | Session 152 Ryan welcomes back Dr. Rivera from NYU who previously talked to us about the university's 3-year medical school program. Dr. Rafael Rivera is the Associate Dean for Admission and Financial Aid and the Director of Admissions at NYU School... | 10/21/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean151: 10 Things Every Premed Needs to Know with Dr. Strong | Session 151 Today, Ryan talks with an amazing guest, Dr. Eric Strong who has an amazing YouTube channel, Eric's Medical Lectures, now with over 63,000 subscribers. Eric attended NYU for medical school and Stanford for his internship and... | 10/14/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean150: Celebrating 150 Episodes! What We've Learned | Session 150 In this episode, Ryan starts the episode off with reciting the Hippocratic Oath, which they're committed to recite every 50th episode. Today, Allison joins Ryan on the podcast, joining forces together as MSHQ marks its 150th episode... | 10/7/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean149: So You Got into Medical School... Now What? | Session 149 In this episode, Ryan talks with another orthopedic surgery resident here on the show, Dr. Daniel Paull. He is the author of So You Got into Medical School... Now What? A Guide to Preparing for the Next Four Years. Ryan brought him... | 9/30/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean148: From the War Zone to Being Premed with Dr. Webb | Session 148 In today’s episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Antonio Webb, an Orthopedic Surgery resident in San Antonio who wrote about his amazing journey in his book, Overcoming the Odds. Growing up in Shreveport, Louisiana, he went through a very... | 9/23/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean147: Shadowing, Grades, Research and more Premed Q&A | Session 147 This is another Q&A segment where Ryan will answer a few questions raised by our listeners as well as members of the MSHQ Facebook group. Hopefully, you get a ton of information from today’s show. Let's get started... Q: A... | 9/16/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean146: Common Medical School Interview Mistakes and How to Fix Them | Session 146 Today, Ryan talks about the 9 biggest mistakes during the medical school interview and how to fix each of them to help you go through the interview successfully. The medical school interview is a key part to the application process which,.. | 9/9/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean145: Premed Jobs, Gap Years, GPA, MCAT and More Q&A | Session 145 Watch it! https://vimeo.com/138106067 Ryan recently hosted a chat over at blab.im and hung out with around 11 people where he was answering some questions, good questions in fact, that he decided to release them here for you to take all... | 9/2/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean144: Premed's Journey Through 2 Masters and a Baby | Session 144 Today, Ryan talks with a premed mom, Ashley. Listen in to this inspiring conversation. With sparse extracurricular activities, struggling to find someone who can write her a good letter of recommendation, a weak personal statement,... | 8/26/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean143: Overcoming Obstacles on Her Way to Medical School | Session 143 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Sylvia, a newly matriculated medical student who has an amazing story about her journey to medical school. Sylvia was born and raised in Brazil and came to the U.S. 15 years ago. On June 20, 2015,... | 8/19/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean142: How Not to Select a Medical School as a Premed | Survey Join our survey and fill out our 2015 survey in order to give us valuable information about you and how we can better serve you. Session 142 I recently did a webinar with Next Step Test Prep about selecting a medical school and what to use to... | 8/12/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean141: Calculating Premed GPA and other Listener Questions | Session 141 Today, we tackle questions listeners have graciously sent in. If you've got any more questions, drop them off and send an email to ryan@medicalschoolhq.net or allison@medicalschoolhq.net or go to medicalschoolhq.net/question to leave your.. | 8/5/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean140: Major Changes at MSHQ and Some Premed Q&A | Session 140 In this episode, Ryan and Allison shares with us the big changes happening in their lives. Breaking news! Ryan and Allison have moved from Boston to Colorado (only one of the big changes coming) Ryan used to be an active duty Air Force... | 7/29/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean139: Learning From a Successful 5 Year Premed Postbac Journey | Session 139 In today's episode, we have another non-traditional premed student, Frank, who was basically 10 years out of medical school. Five years ago, he decided to enter the pre-health world. Find out about Frank's struggles during his pre-med... | 7/22/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean138: From Yoga Instructor to Medical School Acceptance Letter | Session 138 Today's guest is Melissa, a premed student who now has an acceptance to medical school. She shares with us her non-traditional journey, bumps in the roads, some setbacks, and the successes that she's had along the way. Melissa is a Dahn... | 7/15/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean137: MCAT 2015 - A Review of All the Changes and New Tips | Session 137 Today, we're talking with Brian of Next Step Test Prep. We've talked to him several times in the past and today we talk to him again particularly about the new MCAT, what to expect, what has changed, and things you can do to make better... | 7/8/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean136: What is a Scribe and How it Can Benefit the Premed | Session 136 Our guest today is Bailey, a medical scribe recruiter at Elite Medical Scribes. Bailey is in-charge of finding students to feel scribe positions. In this episode, we talk about what a scribe is, what they do, who makes a successful... | 7/1/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean135: Overcoming 4 Application Cycles and 9 MCAT Tests! | Session 135 Today's guest is somebody who has overcome a lot to get into medical school and now he finally has an acceptance at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York City. 35-year old Brian shares with us the number of times he took the... | 6/24/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean134: The Mailbag - MCAT Prep, Premed Majors and Shadowing | Session 134 Today, we answer some questions coming from the mailbag. If you have questions you want us to answer, here are a couple ways to drop them in: www.medicalschoolhq.net/feedback Email Ryan at ryan@medicalschoolhq.net Join the over 425 other.. | 6/17/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean133: Maximizing Your Shadowing Experience With Bedside Manner | Session 133 After my interview with Joel last week on MSHQ Episode 132, Joel sent me a message on Twitter and was talking about shadowing and premeds that led to a discussion with Allison about shadowing, premeds, and being a physician about... | 6/10/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean132: There are Non-Traditional Medical Students and Residents Too | Session 132 Today's guest is @kidney_boy, Dr. Joel Topf, a nephrologist with unique experiences through his medical training. He gives us his insights into the path of a physician and how it doesn't necessarily have to be a straight line. He talks... | 6/3/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean131: Don't Give Up Just Because Someone Says It's "Different Now" | Session 131 In today's episode, Ryan and Allison talk about a great article on KevinMD which they ran into while looking for a topic for the podcast (which meant reading for hours). Allison was shocked at finding so many articles about a ton of... | 5/27/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean130: A Canadian Premed Talks about His Journey to Med School | Session 130 Today, I have an awesome guest and the first on the MSHQ podcast as we bring you someone from Canada. I got an email from a listener who got two acceptances in Canada and an interview at a U.S. school. A Canadian native, Darby shares with.. | 5/20/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean129: IQ, Canadian Premed, Retaking Courses and More Q&A | Session 129 Today, Ryan and Allison are doing a Q&A show based on the emails coming from listeners who have their specific questions which our hosts have graciously answered to hopefully shed light on them. Case #1 Is my med school dream over?... | 5/13/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean128: 9 Tips to Successfully Submit Your Med School Applications | Session 128 In this episode, Ryan and Allison talk about some tips for you to successfully submit your medical applications on time. If you're applying, first take a deep breath. You don't need to submit your application on the first day. Meanwhile,... | 5/6/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean127: The Medical School Application Personal Statement | Session 127 Today's episode is actually a recording of a webinar we did for the Academy, which is our private site for group coaching for medical school admissions. We basically help you figure out what you need to study, curricula you need to do,... | 4/29/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean126: #AskMSHQ - Should I turn down a DO Acceptance? | Session 126 In this episode, Ryan is going to tackle a question that came in on Twitter, which is something he wants you to do. Go on Twitter. Ask him a question. Use #askmshq and we will be pulling out your questions in order for us to create a... | 4/22/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean125: The High Stress World of the Residency Match | Session 125 What is a MATCH? How you as a medical student gets selected to a residency you applied to You go through similar application process and they look at your Board Scores With MATCH, you have some time to create a rank list and you rank to.. | 4/15/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean124: Get Paid to Study for the MCAT with DrSmarts! | Session 124 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Rashid Taher, an ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon based in Miami and the founding partner of DrSmarts.com, an awesome online tool to help you study for the MCAT, USMLE, or COMLEX. It... | 4/8/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean123: Overcoming 12 Withdrawls and 5 F's as a Premed | Session 123 In this episode, Ryan talks with non-traditional student Matt who has a great, great story about his struggles as an undergrad and who really didn't have his path set initially for medical school. Matt had this huge non-traditional path.. | 4/1/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean122: Develop Your Patient Skills with an Incredible Gap Year | Session 122 In this episode, Ryan talks about “gap years” with Blake and Meg from The Center for Patient Partnerships, an interdisciplinary center dedicated to keeping patients front and center. For over 15 years, they’re an international... | 3/25/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean121: 7 Reasons Premeds Don't Get Into Medical School | The medical school interview is one of the many reasons why pre-medical students fail to get into medical school. But that’s just one among many other reasons why premed students just can’t get that acceptance letter they’re aiming for. In this... | 3/17/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean120: How This Non-Trad Beat a Bad MCAT score and a low GPA | Session 120 In today’s episode, Ryan brings Ben on the show who emailed us one day. Ben is a non-traditional premed student who now has an acceptance to medical school and he’s got an amazing journey to share with all of us. What’s crucial in... | 3/15/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean119: Listern Q&A - How to Balance Being a Mom and an Attending | Session 119 In this episode, Ryan is joined by co-host Allison, as they tackle a question coming from a MSHQ listener, Grace, who seeks to know more about parenthood as a physician. Grace is a premed student and she also wants to have kids and people.. | 3/4/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean118: Dr. Pho, of KevinMD, talks about his path and medicine today | Session 118 Today's special guest is Dr. Kevin Pho, the genius behind KevinMD.com, an awesome, collaborative blog site that allows physicians, residents, medical students, premed students, patients, and just about anybody involved in the healthcare... | 2/22/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean117: Dr. Tom Peteet shares his Non-traditional Premed Path | Session 117 In this episode, Ryan is speaking with medical resident, Dr. Tom Peteet, as he shares with us his non-traditional path to medical school. From taking Liberal Arts as his premed and treading on a teaching career path prior to his... | 2/17/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean116: How to Earn Awesome Grades with Thomas Frank | Session 116 My guest for today is fellow podcaster and blogger Thomas Frank of CollegeInfoGeek.com, which is dedicated to helping undergrads be AWESOME at college. He covers studying more efficiently and effectively, how to land the most awesome... | 2/11/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean115: OldPreMeds Executive Director and Non-Traditional Premed Expert | Session 115 This week I am bringing back Richard Levy. He is the Executive Director of the National Society for Non Traditional Premedical and Medical Students, better known as OldPremeds.org Rich is the go-to guy for non-traditional students,... | 2/3/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean114: A Non-traditional Premed Turned Medical Spanish Podcaster! | Session 114 Today, Ryan is speaking with fellow podcaster, Dr. Molly Martin, of the Medical Spanish Podcast. She shares her story with us about her nontraditional journey into medicine, how she wasn't premed in undergrad, and how she has merging both.. | 1/27/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean113: Shadowing Abroad as a Premed with Gap Medics | Session 113 If you’re considering getting a shadowing experience abroad, then you might be able to get a ton of information from this episode. Ryan talks with Ricky from gapmedics.com where he serves as the North American student placement... | 1/21/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean112: If Doctors Can't Be Doctors, Why Bother Being Premed? | Session 112 In this episode, Ryan and Allison talk about an article on Kevin MD, There Was a Time When Doctors Were Doctors, which primarily, might seem not directly related to premeds. But reading these kinds of articles may in fact have an impact... | 1/14/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean111: 6 Tips For Improving Patient Communication (The 6th is Key!) | Session 111 Allison and Ryan discuss how to improve patient communication which will ultimately lead to better patient outcomes, improved physician satisfaction and so much more! Ryan and Allison are taking another spin in this episode as they talk... | 1/7/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean110: Here Comes 2015 - Big Things to Come for All! | Session 110 In this episode, Ryan and Allison talk about looking forward towards 2015 - some exciting stuff going on and how you can start preparing for some exciting stuff you have going on. Part of the podcast’s mission in 2015 is to present to... | 12/31/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean109: Medical School Headquaters 2014 Year in Review | Session 109 Before this year finally comes to a close, I want to do a quick recap on the highlights that we’ve had in this past year in terms of what episodes are the most beneficial to our listeners based partly on the feedback received. Thank you.. | 12/23/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean108: Overcoming a DUI and More on His Way to Med School | Session 108 In this episode, I will be talking with Ryan who has a very interesting story which I think a lot of you will be able to pick lessons from. Especially when you’re a med school applicant who is concerned about having some red flags that... | 12/16/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean107: How Premeds Aren't Prepared for Medical School and More! | Session 107 In this episode, Ryan and Allison talk about what you need to expect along your path to becoming a physician (minus the sugar coating!) The idea behind this episode was actually conceived from an article about What medical school... | 12/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean106: Osteopathic Medicine and the Path for one DO with 4 Kids! | Session 106 In this episode, Ryan interviews Dr. Anita Showalter, the Assistant Dean of Clinical Education at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, an osteopathic medical school in the State of Washington. Dr. Showalter also teaches... | 12/2/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean105: The Intersection of Medicine, Social Media and Technology | Session 105 In this episode, Ryan interviews Dr. Bryan Vartabedian, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, who has been a witness to the social health revolution and its influence on doctors and patients. Aside from being an.. | 11/26/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean104: Physicians & Premeds Can Still be Thankful! | Session 104 What a great two-year journey it has been for the Medical School HQ Podcast. Yup! This 104th episode actually marks the second year anniversary of our podcast. Four episodes ago we played the 100th podcast, where we featured stories from... | 11/18/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean103: She Made Every Mistake Possible, Yet is Still a Medical Student! | Session 103 In today’s episode, Ryan interviews Shay Garrison, a current 1st year medical student at Albany Medical College and author of the book Getting Into Medical School: The Ultimate Guide for the Anxious Premed. Shay shares with us how she... | 11/11/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean102: A 1st Year DO Student's Journey from Being Minister | Session 102 In today’s episode, Ryan talks with Neal Christopher, a current 3rd year medical student at Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific. A non-traditional medical student, Neil has switched... | 11/5/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean101: The Top Habits and Attitudes of Humanistic Physicians | Session 101 Today, Ryan and Allison talks about the qualities of physicians and some habits that really make a great physician in the eyes of the residents that they teach. The hosts discussed about the September 2014 issue of Academic Medicine,... | 10/28/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean100: Your Amazing Premed Stories! | Session 100 In today’s episode, Allison opened the show by reciting the modern version of the Hippocratic Oath to mark the 100th episode of the Medical School HQ podcast. Ryan and Allison haven’t really thought they would make it this far. But... | 10/21/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean99: Balancing Family Life with Premed and Medical School | Session 99 In today’s episode, Ryan hosts the show along with Allison as they talk about juggling family life and being a physician. Being still new in the parenting game and working as physicians, Ryan and Allison share their thoughts, their... | 10/14/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean98: Time to Get Touchy Feely - Let's Talk Physical Exam | Session 98 In today's episode, Ryan is joined by the lovely Allison who is celebrating her birthday today, as they get touchy-feely, talking about physical exams. In their search to figure out the topic for this week, Allison came across a great,... | 10/7/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean97 : More Premed Q&A - Undergrads, Volunteering and More | Session 97 In today’s episode, Ryan and Allison takes questions from their listeners. The comments and questions coming in have been amazing and overwhelming, it might be a great idea to come up with a separate Q&A podcast soon that is... | 10/1/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean96: NYU's 3 Year MD Program - a Discussion with Their Dean | Session 96 Today, you will learn about a very interesting twist on medical education, shifting from a strict, tempo-based mode of training students to a competency model which may effectively shorten one's medical school journey. I got the... | 9/24/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean95 : Going From Community College, to Premed, to Med Student | Session 95 For our episode today, I got the opportunity to interview Deandre, a 30-year old, nontraditional, first year medical student at Boston University who took the long road to medical school. Deandre shares with us his journey towards getting... | 9/16/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean94: Securing Your Financial Future as Premed and Medical Student | Session 94 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Ryan Michler who runs WealthAnatomy.com and who also hosts the podcast of the same name. Ryan is a financial advisor who specializes in working with physicians. Ryan shares with us his experiences working.. | 9/9/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean93: Ex-Army Dermatologist Talks About His Path through USUHS | Session 93 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Chad Hendrickson, who recently got out of army as a dermatologist and is now working private practice. Chad shares with us his medical school journey applying to the Uniformed Services University of... | 9/2/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean92: What an Attending Would Tell Her Premed & Med Student Self | Session 92 In this episode, Ryan is joined by Allison as they talk about Allison's first work anniversary in private practice. This episode is framed for premed students and medical students or even residents as to what certain things need to be... | 8/26/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean91: Preparing for the Medical School Interview | Session 91 Back again for the fourth time, Dr. Greg Polites graces today's show. Dr. Polites is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. He also volunteers his time for the Admissions Committee at the... | 8/19/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean90: Study Habits and Tips for the Premed Student | Session 90 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Lea, a premed student at Pitzer College in California. She has a blog called freshprogressgeek.tumblr.com and today she shares with us things about developing study habits, preparing for the MCAT, the... | 8/12/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean89: How to Choose Which Medical Schools to Apply To | Session 89 In today's episode, Ryan and Allison talk about choosing a medical school, the thought processes behind why they chose the schools they applied to, and things you need to consider as you're going through the process of figuring out where... | 8/5/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean88: Writing Personal Statements for Medical School | Session 88 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Greg Polites, an associate professor of Emergency Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, where he teaches a premed course as well as at the medical school. For his third time on the show,... | 7/29/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean87: 5 Things You Need to Do to Start Preparing for MCAT 2015 | Session 87 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Bryan from Next Step Test Prep. He previously joined us in Session 59 as he talked about about retaking the MCAT. Bryan is the Academic Director at Next Step Test Prep where he also serves as an MCAT... | 7/22/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean86: Premed Q&A, Volunteering, Personal Statements & Much More | Session 86 In today’s episode, Ryan and Allison answer some questions that have been emailed to us over the last couple of months. This week, we touch on topics involving taking prerequisites at a community college, personal statements, volunteering.. | 7/15/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean85: Pros and Cons of the Liberal Arts for Premeds | Session 85 In today's episode, Ryan and Allison tackle the article on KevinMD.com called Why Premedical Students Need Liberal Arts written by Armaan Rowther who also runs a blog called Medical Madrasa. Rowther wrote this article based on a... | 7/8/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean84: The Role of Residency Training For Physicians | Session 84 In today's episode, Ryan and Allison talk about an article recently released in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch about some legislation being passed in Missouri where graduating medical students may be allowed to skip internship or residency... | 7/1/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean83: How One UF Premed Student is Changing Patient's Lives | Session 83 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Alex Breslin, a premed student at the University of Florida studying Biology. He started the "Dream Team," a nonprofit organization run by students where they volunteer with pediatric patients in the... | 6/24/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean82: 10 Premed Resources You Need to be Using | Session 82 With too much information found on the internet today, it could be challenging to sort and sift the best and most trusted sources of information that you need along your journey to medical school. In today's episode, Ryan talks about... | 6/17/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean81: Reviewing the 2014 Physician Compensation Report | Session 81 In today's episode, Ryan and Allison review the 2014 Physician Compensation Report from Medscape. Every year, Medscape.com puts out a survey laying out various information including compensation based on different specialties, physician... | 6/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean80: 3 Application Cycles, and Now, Finally a Medical Student! | Session 80 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Danielle Ward as she shares about her own share of successes and failures in taking the MCAT 4 times along with 3 attempts of applying to medical school spanning over 5 years to finally get an acceptance.. | 6/2/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean79: Premed Life Mag Partners with the Medical School HQ Podcast! | Session 79 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Tasheema Prince, founder of Premed Life Magazine, as she shares about her decision to take a detour from medicine, how she went about with medical writing, the beginnings of PremedLife Magazine, and its... | 5/27/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean78: The Dark Side of Medical Education: Premed Through Residency | Session 78 Ryan and Allison talk about the dark side of medical education which starts in the premed world with "goners" as most people know them. Additionally, the Academic Medicine Journal published by the AAMC also released several articles... | 5/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean77: Starting the Journey to Med School at 38, Taking the First Steps | Session 77 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Ben Abney, a true nontraditional medical student who sent in a 4,000+-word email titled How a 38-Year Old Active Duty Applicant with a Family and Average Scores Got into Medical School, with the... | 5/14/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean76: 5 Traits Patients Want Their Doctors to Have | Session 76 Back in Session 62, Allison talked about how it was being a patient after being diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Now it's Ryan's turn to take the patient's seat being diagnosed with a lesion in his spinal cord. In today's episode, Ryan and.. | 5/7/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean75: What are My Chances of Getting into Med School? | Session 75 In today's episode, Ryan goes on to have a heart-to-heart talk with YOU to hopefully put your mind at ease. What are my chances of getting into medical school? This is the ultimate question every premed student has. But this is a stressful.. | 4/30/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean74: 1st Year of Medical School For A Non-Trad Premed | Session 74 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Carrie, who's finishing her 1st year in medical school, and she shares with us her very nontraditional path into medicine, coming from a corporate world and being married with three daughters, as well as.. | 4/23/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean73: A Non-Traditional Path Into Medical School | Session 73 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Jordan, a member of the Academy and a nontraditional student starting medical school this Fall. In his undergrad years, he was a student athlete and started as a premed. He tried looking into other... | 4/7/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean72: A Look Into the Pharma Industry with a Chief Medical Officer | Session 72 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Al Sandra, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Development Sciences at Biogen Idec where he oversees clinical development in neurological and immunological diseases, global regulatory... | 4/7/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean71: Crushing the Myths of TV Doctor Dramas | Session 71 Ryan and Allison bust some myths and point out several inaccuracies in many TV doctor shows. They also paint some pictures of what real life is really like for a physician during residency and as an attending physician. ER The closest to... | 4/2/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean70: 7 Tips to Running a Successful Family Meeting | Session 70 In today's episode, Ryan and Allison talk about family meetings, in line with last week's podcast about end-of-life care, and specifically how you're going to communicate that during a family meeting and how to best set up family meetings... | 3/24/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean69: Palliative Care - There is Always Something You Can Provide | Session 69 In today's episode, Ryan and Allison talk about end-of-life care, which can affect everybody in medicine, whichever point of the medical career path you're in, especially as a resident and a practicing physician wherein you will be... | 3/18/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean68: The Changing Landscape of the MCAT and Med School Admissions | Session 68 Dr. Benjamin Chan is the Assistant Dean of Admissions at the University of Utah School of Medicine and currently works as an inpatient attending physician at the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute (UNI). He is also the host of... | 3/8/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean67: MD/PhD Medical School Program Director Shares What You Need! | Session 67 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Jose Cavazos, the Assistant Dean of the MD/PhD Program at The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. He is also the Program Director for Clinical Neurophysiology (a... | 3/4/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean66: Physician, Paralympic Athlete and So Much More | Session 66 In this episode, Ryan talks with Cheri, an athlete in undergrad who went to Stanford Medical School and is currently in fellowship training at Harvard. Cheri is also an accomplished Paralympic wheelchair racer who has bagged a number of... | 2/25/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean65: The 3 Most Common MCAT Questions M Prep Receives | Session 65 In this episode, Ryan talks with Alec Lee, former premed student and co-founder of M Prep, a test prep company established back in 2007. Since then, Alec has been working with MCAT content having taught 1500 hours of coursework with... | 2/19/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean64: Brain Science Podcast Host Doc Campbell Shares Her Journey | Session 64 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Ginger Campbell, host of the Brain Science Podcast. Presently, Ginger is also an ER doctor in Alabama. Aside from talking about her awesome podcast, Ginger also shares her experiences relating to her... | 2/11/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean63: PA to DO – What Route Should YOU Take and Questions to Ask | Session 63 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Mark Kauffman, the Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM), who was previously a PA. If you're a student struggling with the decision of whether... | 2/5/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean62: Allison's Story - When the Doctor Becomes the Patient | Session 62 In this episode, Ryan and Allison talk about what it's like when the doctor becomes the patient. Specifically, Allison shares her personal story of being diagnosed with Crohn's disease, its impact on her practice and her family, and... | 1/28/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean61: Medical School Mom - Prioritizing Family, School and More | Session 61 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Rebekah Costello, a current 4th year medical student at Midwestern University Chicago - College of Osteopathic Medicine. She also runs a blog at doctorandmom.blogspot.com. Today, she shares with us her... | 1/21/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean60: Combined Degree Programs with Ajay & Aleena in-Training.org | Session 60 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Ajay Major and Aleena Paul, both 2nd year medical students at Albany Medical College. They went to Union College for undergrad where the got accepted to the school's Leadership in Medicine Program, which.. | 1/14/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean59: MCAT Retakes - Change and Improve to Get the Score You Want | Session 59 In this episode, Ryan talks with Bryan Schnedeker, the Academic Director at Next Step Test Prep and the National Director for their MCAT Programs. Today, we talk about MCAT retakes, what that exactly means to retake the MCAT, things to... | 1/7/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean58: The Best of 2013 at the Medical School HQ | Session 58 In this episode, Ryan is joined by Allison. As the new year ushers in, they talk about the highlights of 2013, some things they've missed, and some exciting things to come moving forward. For the year 2013, we have delivered 52 podcasts.... | 12/31/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean57: Top Resources & Tools for Premeds and Medical Students | Session 57 In today's episode, Ryan and Allison talk about a number of relevant resources for premeds, medical students, and residents whether you're looking for books to help you prepare for your medical school applications or you simply want to... | 12/24/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean56: Taking Care of Patients in Today's Electronic World | Session 56 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Regina Harrell, an Internal Medicine physician and an assistant professor in the College of Community Health Services at the University of Alabama. She plays a significant role in the geriatric... | 12/17/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean55: 5 Tips to Help You Choose a Medical Specialty | Session 55 In today's episode, Ryan and Allison talk about how to pick a medical specialty and they came up with 5 key things that are instrumental to forming your path and choosing your specialty at whichever point of your journey you may be right... | 12/10/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean54: Dr. K, Author and Twitter Star Shares His Journey and Advice | Session 54 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Sujay Kansagra, an attending pediatric neurologist at Duke Medical Center. He is the author of the top reviewed Everything I Learned in Medical School: Besides All the Book Stuff, a memoir about... | 12/3/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean53: Zig or Zag - There Are Multiple Premed Paths to Med School | Session 53 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Dalya Munves, a 2nd year medical student at the University of Texas in Houston and also blogs at The Health Scout Blog. This episode seeks to show you that you don't have to be the perfect premed student.. | 11/25/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean52: Getting a Mentor to Guide Your Premed Path | Session 52 Congrats to Jessica & "9th Grade High Schooler" for winning a copy of The Heartbeat of Success!" - if you didn't win, you can purchase with the link from below In this episode, Ryan talks with Alexa Mieses, a 2 year medical... | 11/19/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean51: The Journey to a Caribbean Medical School | Session 51 In this episode, Ryan talks with Jered Weinstock, a 3rd year medical student at American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine. Yup, in case you haven’t already known, Caribbean medical schools are one option if... | 11/13/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean50: 16 Golden Rules of Medicine for Premeds & Beyond | Session 50 This episode marks the 50th session of the podcast and so Ryan starts it off by reciting the modern version of the Hippocratic Oath, which is being used in many medical schools today when physicians graduate at the end of medical school.... | 11/5/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean49: The Scariest Things We've Encountered on our Path | Session 49 In this Halloween edition of the podcast, Ryan and Allison talk about the scariest stuff they've encountered during their path to premed, medical school, residency, and beyond - with most of them coming from first time experiences... | 10/29/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean48: Question and Answer Session on Google Hangouts | Session 48 In this episode, Ryan and Allison bring you an exciting and different format as they jump on Google Hangouts to do a live Q&A session where they answer questions that cover things like extracurriculars, best MCAT prep tips,... | 10/22/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean47: Avoid Burnout as a Premed, Med Student and Beyond | Session 47 In this episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Dike Drummond as they talk about a common serious issue in the medical world today - physician burnout. In fact, burnout is found to happen to one in three physicians. Not only physicians... | 10/15/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean46: How Relationships Change as a Premed & Med Student | Session 46 In this episode, Ryan and Allison talk about relationships in medical school which include personal relationships, relationships with family and friends, and newly-formed friendships. This is a very important topic to discuss because, in... | 10/7/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean45: 5 Reasons to Go To Medical School, and 5 to Not | Session 45 In today's episode, Ryan and Allison talk about the 5 reasons to go into medical school and 5 reasons to not. In the first part of the episode, Ryan played a short clip from the EntreLeadership Podcast talking about how you have to truly... | 10/1/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean44: How to Pay Back Your Medical School Loans | Session 44 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Tony Sozzo for the second time on the show as they shed light on paying back medical school loans specifically about different options for loan repayments, what it means to your bottom line and your bank.. | 9/24/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean43: MCAT 2015 - Everything You Need to Know Now | Session 43 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Owen Farcy, Director of MCAT 2015 at Kaplan and host of The Pulse, Kaplan's monthly webinar series. They talk all about the changes in MCAT, basically everything that you need to know as a student to... | 9/15/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean42: Correcting Course - Falling Down During Med School | Session 42 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Brandi Sinkfield, an attending general anesthesiologist who has had her fair share of struggles along the path to medical school. Having taken the MCAT twice and restarting her first year in medical... | 9/10/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean41: Find the 'Art of Medicine' with Dr. Reiff-Pasarew | Session 41 In this episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Faye Reiff-Pasarew of The Art of Medicine Podcast. Faye is an artist by heart but seeing that being a physician was the best fit for her career-wise and it was something she would see herself doing day... | 9/3/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSpecial Session : Update with @PremedPrincess_ Turned Med Student | -- | 8/30/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean40: Bench to the Bedside - MD/PhD Student Interview | Session 40 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Hanna about MD/PhD programs, one of the many other dual degree programs such as MD/MPH, MD/MBA and more. Even DO schools have tons of dual degree programs as well. Hanna is currently starting her first... | 8/27/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean39: Resident Duty Hours and the Ripple Effect | Session 39 In this episode, Ryan and Allison discuss a controversial topic, which is huge in residency today, specifically the residency work hour restrictions. Even if you're still a premed, you need to understand that the amount of time residents... | 8/20/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean38: How to Write Personal Statements with Dr. Arora | Session 38 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Vineet Arora from FutureDocsBlog.com about writing personal statements, whether including a quote in your personal statement is a great idea or whether it's wise to mention things like depression or... | 8/13/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean37: Welcome to Your 3rd Year of Medical School | Session 37 Eat When You Can, Sleep When You Can, Don't F&*k With The Pancreas - Tweet this! In today's episode, Ryan and Allison talk about life as a medical student on the wards. They talk about what it's like to be a new 3rd year medical... | 8/6/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean36: Life as a Flight Surgeon & Our New Project | Session 36 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Allison, err... Allison talks with Ryan. Yep! She's going to interview him today to talk about what life is like to be a flight surgeon, his path to aerospace medicine, . Here are the highlights of the... | 7/30/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean35: How to Fix an App After Starting Premed Poorly | Session 35 If you start out as premed and don't do quite as well as you want, you have to ask yourself "How badly do I want this?" - Dr. Polites If you've got a poor grade in any course and you think that it's all over, well, it's not. In today's... | 7/22/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean34: #RespectTheMCAT with @PremedP | Session 34 Update - Marteney got into medical school! Check out the quick update here. In this episode, Ryan talks with Marteney, otherwise known as @premedprincess_ on Twitter with over 9,000 followers and spreading the premed gospel on Twitter.... | 7/14/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean33: Transitioning to Medical School - How it Begins! | Session 33 In this episode, Ryan and Allison talk about their experiences as they transitioned into medical school. First off, congratulations to Allison for graduating from her residency training and she's now out in the "real" world. Today, they... | 7/9/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean32: Top 7 Things You Should Know as a Medical Student | Session 32 As a result of last week’s Session 31 - 8 Pieces of Information Every Premed Should Know which got great responses, Ryan and Allison follow it up with today’s episode as they share with you medical school tips and specifically talk... | 6/21/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean31: 8 Pieces of Information Every Premed Should Know | Session 31 In today's episode, Ryan and Allison talk about the 8 key pieces of information every premed should know as they're going through this journey.. No perfect applicant There is no one picture of a perfect applicant that you need to fit... | 6/20/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean30: Military Medical School and Medical Officer Life | Session 30 In today's episode, Ryan talks with Lt. Col (Dr.) Aaron Saguil, the Assistant Dean for Recruitment and Admissions at F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, better known to most people at USUHS (Uniformed Services University of the... | 6/18/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean29: Interview with ZDoggMD, Yes - he is a real doctor | Session 29 In this episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Zubin Damania, a.k.a. ZDoggMD, a hospitalist, healthcare visionary and internet personality as they talk about his path to medicine, his struggles, and the exciting Downtown Project in Las Vegas,... | 6/11/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean28: The USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK with Dr. McInnis | Session 28 In this episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Mike McInnis, Chief Educator at Doctors in Training, a small company that focuses mainly on test prep specifically USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Exam) and COMLEX (Comprehensive Osteopathic... | 6/4/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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