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The Truth About "Primary Care" Statistics

June 25, 2022March 30, 2018 by The Short Coat Podcast

How to Think About Med Schools’ Primary Care Statistics

Listener Lavender BloodPoison (not their real name) sent us a message saying they were impressed by CCOM’s Primary Care residency match statistics. And while many schools that serve states like ours do love primary care, “there are lies, damn lies, and statistics,” as the saying goes. How should one interpret match statistics in light of the fact that many who appear to match in primary care will go on to specialize after their first year residency? Lisa Wehr, Teneme Konne, Aline Sandouk, Amy Young, and Kaci McCleary are here to drop some truths about the so-called “Dean’s Lie” (less a lie as much as it is a truth that doesn’t tell the whole story).

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Putting the Anxiety Cart Before the Horse

June 25, 2022March 24, 2018 by The Short Coat Podcast

Anxiety about your competitive specialty ambitions in your first year isn’t worth it.

Listener Luis wrote in expressing his anxiety that his med school–which he’ll begin attending this fall–doesn’t have the prestige or programs to support his desire for a competitive specialty like ophthalmology. If that’s the case, he wondered, what can he do to increase his chances of obtaining his dream career? Fortunately for Luis, Irisa Mahaparn, Gabe Conley, Brendan George, Jason Lewis, and new co-host Andres Dajles were on hand to give Luis the advice and encouragement he needs…and a tiny dose of tough love, too.

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Changing Your Mind—And Your Specialty

August 23, 2022March 22, 2018 by Brent Schnipke

I’ve written about choosing a medical specialty throughout the third and even fourth years of … Read more

Entering Third Year With An Open Mind

June 25, 2022March 20, 2018 by Adelle

By Adelle, Medical Student

I went into my third year with a somewhat open mind in terms of what I thought I liked and what I thought I wanted to do for the next 35 years or so of my life. Internal medicine interested me because you had to know so much about, well, so much. I felt like my brain was getting bigger every day I was on my internal medicine rotation—there was just so much to know! The number of patients you can see is also fairly high on a typical internal medicine service. On the other hand, I had completely discounted general surgery—I was never very interested in anatomy class and didn’t particularly enjoy teasing apart membranes from fascia from blood vessels and nerves. The thought of doing that for the rest of my life didn’t sit well with me. But, nevertheless, I went in with an open mind.

Should You Consider Romance When Selecting a Med School?

June 25, 2022March 17, 2018 by The Short Coat Podcast

Med school can test a relationship.

Lauren wrote in to ask us to what extent her love life should play a role in her selection of a medical school, and how we thought med school challenges relationships. Gabe Conely, Joyce Wahba, Claire Casteneda, and new host Brendan George discussed their perspective on how med school can affect romantic relationships, and what role it should play in the selection of a school to attend.

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On Moving Across the Country for Medical Training

June 25, 2022March 16, 2018 by Karen Tran-Harding

Moving across the country for medical school was the scariest thing I ever did – and the best thing I ever did

I looked out the window as the plane touched down on the runway. I heard the gentleman next to me ask, “So what brings you to Kentucky?” I didn’t know if he assumed I was a visitor because I looked so curious peering outside at the very green landscape or he caught a glance of my “Kentucky” guide book half peeking out of my purse. I smiled and told him I had come for an interview.

10 Things To Do If You Did Not Match Into A Residency Position

June 25, 2022March 12, 2018 by Monya De

By Monya De, MD MPH Medical students who did not match into a residency position … Read more

Do you recognize this adverse drug reaction?

February 27, 2019March 10, 2018 by Figure 1

A 58-year-old male with a history of rosacea presents with blue-black discoloration on his neck and face that worsens after sun exposure. What drug is the most likely cause of this reaction?

Med Student Resources: Q&A With Mr. Rich Ronnestad, Director of Financial Education

August 8, 2022March 7, 2018 by Jacob Adney

Ask any doctor, in any specialty and of any age, and they will remember their training in medical school. It is full of learning, new experiences, new friends, and major strides in both personal and professional development. With so many changes, dozens of obstacles in each student’s life must be confronted and overcome. Fortunately, medical schools have extraordinary people who devote their time and talent to guiding and supporting medical students through their four years. This column interviews these people at medical schools around the country to help students learn more about the resources they have available during their years in school.

So You Didn’t Match. Now What?

March 14, 2023March 6, 2018 by Mohamed Gad

Last year, over a thousand American senior medical students, failed to Match into a residency … Read more

Another Student Fights Mental Illness Stigma

June 26, 2022March 3, 2018 by The Short Coat Podcast

More and more students are speaking up about their mental illness struggles

One of the things we Short Coats agree on is that the stigma medical students and physicians face when dealing with mental illness must end. We are people, too, and thus are subject to the full range of human maladies. So when listener Kate reached out to [email protected] to tell us of her University of Michigan classmate Rahael Gupta’s JAMA article addressing her own struggles, Matt Wilson, Marisa Evers, and Gabe Conley could only respond with sympathy and admiration.

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Looking at Other Specialties

June 26, 2022February 26, 2018 by Brent Schnipke

This column has been focused on providing clinical snapshots while exploring the factors that affect … Read more

Recess Rehash: Bropocalypse 2017

June 26, 2022February 23, 2018 by The Short Coat Podcast

[Dave had the flu on recording day, so we’re posting this awesome episode from the recent past. Enjoy!]

Dave found himself hosting with another group of women, so what better time to talk about #MeToo and the powerful people being taken down by their sexual harassment and abuse of their less-powerful victims? Erin Pazaski, Hillary O’Brien, Laura Quast, and Liza Mann weigh in on why this seems to have staying power in the news cycle, and why it seems to destroy some powerful men and not others. Plus, since this is a group of friends who, through med school, have come to know each other well, Dave challenges each to answer questions as their friends would.

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A Few Practical Thoughts for Dealing with Death in Medicine

January 8, 2019February 20, 2018 by Katie Imbrock

Death is an unfortunately common event in the field of medicine. How do you deal with it? How do you keep from dwelling on it, letting it shape your practice, making you too calloused or too emotional? These are important questions to think about as you begin your journey in patient care.

Dealing with Subjectivity in Clinical Rotation Evaluations

June 26, 2022February 19, 2018 by Adelle

One of my friends recently got back her evaluation from a rotation she had just completed. These evaluations, paired with the rotation’s shelf exam determine your score on that particular rotation. Therefore, these evaluations can be pretty important, especially if that is the field you plan to pursue. She looked down the column of various grading parameters and found that while she had received a satisfactory grade, it was not what she wanted. She called me the next week, crying into the phone about how she would never be able to fulfill her dreams because of this evaluation. Now, this may seem crazy to those who are not in medicine, but especially with mounting stress and increasing responsibility, the smallest things can tip people off. Meltdowns like hers are definitely not unheard of, and I have come close to having one myself. It’s hard to be a third year medical student, and the subjectivity of these grading systems that can exacerbate that.

Quiz: A Case of Broken-Heart Syndrome

February 27, 2019February 16, 2018 by Figure 1

A 67-year-old woman presents to the emergency room with acute chest pain and dyspnea after the death of her husband. She is hypotensive, tachycardic, and diaphoretic. A diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy is suspected. Which of the following findings best confirms this diagnosis?

Med Student Parents, Part 2 | Plan for Debt but Don’t Worry

June 26, 2022February 16, 2018 by The Short Coat Podcast

This time, a mom’s point of view.

On our last show, we fielded a question from Courtney who wants to go to med school but is worried about being a mom and a med student. We got one dad’s perspective then, and now it’s time for mom. Dr. Maya Lopez (CCOM MD ’04) was another non-trad entering school with a supportive husband and a few bundles of joy. She told Eric Schnieders, Tucker Dangremond, and Sanjeeva Weerasinghe how she dove headlong into med school, how she and her husband (along with a village) made parenting and med school work for them.

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How Med Student Parents Make It Happen

June 26, 2022February 9, 2018 by The Short Coat Podcast

Can you be a parent while you’re in medical school?

Listener Courtney, a 26-year-old mother of three wants to know if her med school dream is even possible. Obviously this is a two-part question since there are both moms and dads to consider, so we’ll have a mom on a future show to help. But first, Gabe Conley, Marissa Evers, Joyce “Spicy” Wahba, and Kaci McCleary invited 2004 CCOM grad Dr. Tom McNalley on the show to represent the dads. Tom was 39 with three kids of his own and a wife who was working towards her PhD when he entered med school. We’ll find out how they did it.

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Q&A with Benjamin Stobbe, Executive Director of Clinical Simulation

January 12, 2019February 7, 2018 by Jacob Adney

The Power of Listening: What I Learned From My Trip to Rwanda, Africa

June 26, 2022February 6, 2018 by Crissey Tait

I woke up abruptly from my jet-lagged sleep surrounded by a bed net, two fans, and the smell of the DEET bug spray I had applied before going to bed. One of my team members was knocking on the door, saying that a large group of women was already outside the hostel where we were staying and had been waiting for us to come out. I was surprised to find out they had been coming every morning, anticipating our arrival, but I also realized how different this place had already become in my mind.