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Episode 47: EXPLAINED! The Choose Your Medical School Tool Apr 24, 2021

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Dr. Lina Mehta, Associate Dean for Admissions at CWRU School of Medicine, joins me for a very important conversation to walk through the process of the AMCAS Choose Your Medical School tool. This is a very important part of the admissions process whereby accepted students have to indicate their decision as to where they intend to attend medical school.

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RESOURCES:

AMCAS CHOOSE YOUR MEDICAL SCHOOL TOOL

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Episode 46: The Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Apr 23, 2021

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We're taking you to The Big Apple (aka New York City) to hear from two admissions experts from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai. Join me to hear Jessica Maysonnet, Associate Director of Admissions, & Jackie Chudow, Assistant Director of Admissions for Medical Education & Special Programs, discuss all of the opportunities a medical school in an enormous city can offer. Also, we spend some time discussing their popular early assurance program called FLEX MED.

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RESOURCES:

Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai

FLEX MED Early Assurance Program

Arts and Science of Medicine Integrated 2-year course

Research Opportunities

East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (EHOP) free clinic

Global Health Scholars

RECOMMENDATIONS:Jessica's

The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States by Miriam Jiménez Román (Editor), Juan Flores (Editor)

Jackie's

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington

CONTACT:

admissions@mssm.edu

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Episode 45: Talking About Update Letters With A Pre-Health Advisor Apr 14, 2021

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Update letters, letters of interest, and letters of intent all have important meaning in the medical school application process but submitting the right letter at the right time can make a big difference in the admissions process. In this episode, I'm joined by Kate Fukawa-Connelly, an expert pre-health advisor from Princeton University, to share her advice surrounding this topic.

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Episode 44: Part 2 Inspiration & Instruction Feb 21, 2021

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This is part 2 of the first two episodes for 2021 in which I want to start the year off with some inspiration and instruction for my listeners as many of you get ready to embark on the next application cycle. Dr. Kolberg has advised thousands of students and the advising team at Notre Dame have a robust program to prepare and support their students through the premed process. I heard from some of my listeners that they don't have an advisor so I wanted to bring some of her knowledge and tips directly to you.

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RESOURCES:

AAMC Letters Writer Guidelines

NAAHP Student Resources

Texas Health Education Service

Medical School Admissions Requirements Guide

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Episode 43: Part 1 Inspiration & Instruction Feb 21, 2021

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As medical schools begin to wind down the 2020-2021 interview season and application, we know that the next cycle is right around the corner. As these are the first two episodes of 2021, I wanted to begin the year with a two part series that is dedicated to inspiration and instruction for the next group of applicants that are preparing to apply this spring.

The conversation you're going to hear today is about inspiration and a little bit of advice about virtual interviewing. My guest is Dr. Michael Anderson who has had a very interesting career - from high stakes care in the pediatric critical care unit to leading a large children's hospital to advising leaders of our government. Dr. Anderson and I want to bring this conversation to pre-medical students so you can understand all the different career possibilities that medicine can bring you such as Clinician, Educator, Researcher, Advocate, Health System leader, among others.

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RESOURCES:

HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)

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Episode 42: Seeing A New Reality with Hololens at CWRU Dec 28, 2020

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We're deviating from the usual programming of chatting with a medical school admissions person and bringing you a winter break bonus episode! This a rather entertaining and fascinating conversation with our Associate Dean for Admissions, Dr. Lina Mehta, and, Dr. Mark Griswold, Professor of Radiology at CWRU, surrounding the application of Microsoft Hololens at our medical school and beyond.

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RESOURCES:

Microsoft Hololens

Microsoft Hololens YouTube channel

CWRU School of Medicine HoloAnatomy video

Hololens during COVID @ CWRU video

CWRU Interactive Commons

CONTACT:

casemed-admissions@case.edu

Episode 41: The University of Colorado School of Medicine Dec 08, 2020

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Colorado - Home to gorgeous landscapes, wildlife, hiking, mountain biking, horse-riding, skiing to canoeing, and the only allopathic medical school in the state - The University of Colorado School of Medicine. Listen in on my conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Soohoo, the Assistant Dean of Admissions, as he discusses an exciting new curriculum coming this year along with an in depth discussion regarding their admissions process and what they are looking for in their prospective students.

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Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Doc Opera 2020: Trauma Mia! December 12, 2020

RESOURCES:

The University of Colorado School of Medicine

New TREK Curriculum

Mentored Scholarly Activity

Anschutz Medical Campus

DR. SOOHOO'S RECOMMENDATION:

The Nocturnists Podcast

CONTACT:

somadmin@ucdenver.edu

Episode 40: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Nov 02, 2020

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This episode brings you to the Gateway City of St. Louis, Missouri and the Washington University School of Medicine. Wash U SOM has had a lot of new and exciting things going on at their School, including a curricular renewal and a new scholarship program. Listen in as Matt Taitt, the Director of Admissions, and I discuss all of these new changes and, most importantly, their admissions process and what they are looking for in their applicants.

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RESOURCES:

Washington University School of Medicine

Gateway Curriculum

New Scholarship Program

Financial Planning

NAAHP Find an Advisor

Virtual Fair: AAMC Minority Student Virtual Medical School Fair on November, 20, 2020. Register Here

MATT'S RECOMMENDATIONS:

Podcasts:

Up First by NPR

It Was Said by John Meachum

Ask a Cycling Coach

Books:

Blackhawk Down by Mark Bowden

CONTACT:

mdadmissions@wustl.edu

Episode 39: The University of Minnesota Medical School Oct 19, 2020

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THE DYNAMIC DUO! In this episode we have not one but TWO guests from the University of Minnesota Medical School where they share with us interesting and innovative highlights of their curriculum and admissions processes. We hear from the Associate Dean for Admissions, Dimple Patel, and the Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Dr. Katherine Murray, as they walk us through all of the interesting aspects of this medical school. UMMS is making some bold advances in admissions and training of medical students.

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RESOURCES:

University of Minnesota Medical School

AAMC's Core Competencies for Entering Medical Students

University of Minnesota Essential and Desired Qualities

MCAT Optional FAQS and Advising Guidance

Longitudinal Integrated Pathways

Flex MD Program

Research at Minnesota

White Coats for Black Lives

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Dr. Murray:

Poetry Unbound by Pádraig Ó Tuama

Dean Patel:

The Conscious Parent by Dr. Shefali Tsabary

CONTACT:

The University of Minnesota Admissions Team

Episode 38: Duke University School of Medicine Sep 13, 2020

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Listen in as we hear Dr. Linton Yee, the Associate Dean for Admissions, share with us curricular highlights and insight into the admissions process at Duke University School of Medicine.

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RESOURCES:

Duke Medical School

Curriculum

Primary Care Leadership Track

BOOST

CONTACT:

The Duke Med Admissions Team

DR. YEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS:

Books