The Short Coat: An Inside Look at Getting Into and Getting Through Medical School

By: Dave Etler and the Students of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
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  • The HONEST guide to medical school, featuring real students from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine–skip this show if you’d rather not know (and hate laughter)!
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Episodes
  • MD and PA Students Aren’t Buying The Scope Creep Fight

    MD and PA Students Aren’t Buying The Scope Creep Fight
    Nov 7 2024
    Why are the AMA and the AAPA Fighting? PA2 Olivia Quinby, PA2 Raginya Handoo, PA2 Julie Vuong, and M4 Katie Higham-Kessler dig into the intense ‘scope creep’ debate between the American Medical Association ("Scope creep will destroy everything!") and the American Association of Physician Assistants ("WTF we're just trying to fill the gaps, bro!"). They discuss arguments from both sides about non-physician practice rights and the impacts on healthcare quality and access. And then there’s this question: should this rivalry break out into the patients’ view, what will it mean for their trust in a system many already find untrustworthy? Meanwhile, listener Olivia, a hopeful PA student herself and fearing that she missed the mark this year, seeks advice on strengthening her application while she waits to hear back from her schools. The hosts provide personal insights and practical tips on standing out in PA school applications, focusing on experiences, recommendation letters, and writing skills. We’ve all been there, Olivia–hang tight!
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Med-Techbros, Shortage Woes, and Ig Nobel Probes (Recess Rehash)

    Med-Techbros, Shortage Woes, and Ig Nobel Probes (Recess Rehash)
    Oct 31 2024
    [We tried to put together a Halloween episode, but everyone was doing med school stuff. Rude. So enjoy this re-run!] As another physician shortage looms, M2s Jeff and Olivia and M1 Fallon look at the reasons–the market forces, political issues, and the missing incentives. There is some good news–a shortage of physicians means that residents get a ton of solicitations for post-training jobs. Elon Musk’s Neuralink might be bad for monkeys, but the FDA has cleared the way for human trials to begin. What place do techbros–who have a rep for “moving fast and breaking things”– have in medicine where lives are at stake? And Dave gives a pop quiz on this year’s Ig Nobel Prize winners--listen to learn more about the latest technology in excretion analysis!
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    58 mins
  • AITA: We’re All Just Janky ChatGPTs

    AITA: We’re All Just Janky ChatGPTs
    Oct 24 2024
    Dave is joined by MD/PhD student Miranda Schene, M1 Chase Larsson, M2 Radha Velamuri, M2 Fallon Jung, and M2 Holly Hemann for our monthly dip into relatable Reddit's 'Am I the Asshole' stories: Is it okay for my husband to combine his MD career with a new passion for working at McDonalds? Is it okay to clarify to everyone I meet that my boyfriend is in fact not a doctor of essential oil therapy? Why do all my former pre-med friends hate me very much, it's a total mystery, I'm just dropping my doctor truth bombs? How should I not engage with my childhood friend about vaccine fears? Also, stories of hospital code blues, Fallon overcomes her elevator anxiety, and Dave's theory that humans are just garbage large language models floating on a lizard brain. Finally: please make a plan to VOTE in this year's elections! Find out how to vote and what's at stake for your area at vote.org.
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    1 hr and 8 mins

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The best podcast I’ve found as a pre-med

Dave and Short Coat Podcast, please keep going! I look forward to new episodes every week!

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