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Ep46 | Non-Traditional Paths to Medicine: From PhD to Dr. Dr. Dec 11, 2020

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This episode features Dr. Travis Nielson who started his medical career after obtaining his Doctorate in biology. For those non-traditional wondering if medicine is the right path for you, take a listen!

Episode produced by: Shawn Choe

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Ep45 | Tackling Physician Suicide, In Loving Memory of Nicole Marie Walls Nov 27, 2020

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Dr. Pamela Wible is a family physician born into a family of physicians who warned her not to pursue medicine. She soon discovered why—to heal her patients she first had to heal her profession. Fed up with assembly-line medicine, Dr. Wible held town hall meetings where she invited citizens to design their own ideal clinic. Open since 2005, Wible’s community clinic has inspired Americans to create ideal clinics and hospitals nationwide. In between treating her own patients and helping doctors launch community clinics, Dr. Wible devotes herself to medical student and physician suicide prevention. She has investigated nearly 1,300 doctor suicides and her extensive database and suicide registry reveals highestrisk specialties—and solutions. Dr. Wible runs a free doctor suicide hotline and has helped countless medical students and physicians heal from anxiety, depression, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts so they can enjoy practicing medicine again. Dr. Wible speaks widely on health care delivery and physician suicide prevention.

Episode produced by: Rasa, Dave, and Aaron

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Ep44 | What’s it like to be a traveling doctor? - Locum Tenens with Dr. Carrie Reynolds Nov 13, 2020

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Carrie Reynolds is a pediatric gastroenterologist and host of the excellent podcast “Hippocratic Hustle” where she interviews women physicians who have found their freedom through entrepreneurship and side-projects. Recently she transitioned from a private practice w2 job to working as a locum tenens physician and she joined us on the podcast to discuss the ins and outs of locums work.

Here are some links to websites and organizations mentioned in the show:

Episode produced by: Nate

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Ep43 | Disability Advocacy and the Community Emergency Services and Support Act (CESSA) - Justin Cooper Oct 30, 2020

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In this episode we sit down with Justin Cooper, a prominent advocate for disabilities rights in the state of Illinois. In this discussion, we talk about the Community Emergency Services and Support Act (CESSA), a potential state bill that would offer an alternative emergency response system for mental or behavioral emergencies to disabled Illinoisans. We cover a broad range of topics including many of the myths surrounding this bill, the history of how it came to be, and how it may benefit Illinoisans. Justin also describes some of his other efforts to improve the rights of disability community.

A little bit of background about Justin - Justin has worked together with Access Living since 2014, an organization whose mission statement includes "...igniting disability power and pride, providing critical services, and breaking down systemic barriers to create a stronger, more inclusive society." As part of his work with Access Living, Justin is the president of the Young Professionals Council (YPC). This group is comprised of multiple disciplines (including healthcare providers, lawyers, architects, and more) and whose goals includes utilizing professional networks to advocate and support the disability community. Justin is also heavily involved with Advance Your Leadership Power, a group whose focus is on combating racial inequalities.

For more information on many of these topics please see the links below:

CESSA: https://www.accessliving.org/defending-our-rights/racial-justice/community-emergency-services-and-support-act-cessa/

CESSA Virtual Lobbying Week: https://www.accessliving.org/get-involved/join-a-community-organizing-group/advance-your-leadership-power/cessa-virtual-lobbying-week/

YPC: https://www.accessliving.org/get-involved/young-professionals-council-ypc/

YPC Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/AccessLivingYoungProfessionalsCouncil

YPC IG Page: @ypcalchicago

Justin's IG Page: @mrcooper82

Ep42 | Treating Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Jun 26, 2020

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In this episode, we interview Dr. Nate Kittle, a family medicine faculty member at The Wright Center National Family Medicine Residency program at HealthPoint. Combining his passions for community health and bioethics, Dr. Kittle is especially interested in treating patients with opioid use disorders. Tune in to learn about the different approaches that Dr. Kittle utilizes to humanistically and ethically treat such patients and the associated challenges.

This episode is a follow-up to Dr. Kittle’s talk called, “Treating Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” that he gave to third year medical students at the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine earlier this month. It was also an Ethics Grand Rounds talk and celebrated the 20th anniversary of Loyola’s Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics & Healthcare Leadership.

Dr. Kittle can be reached at: nathankittle@gmail.com. He is very willing to email with students about their questions regarding family medicine or addiction medicine, or other related topics.

Episode produced by: Emily Hagen & Josh Lewis (interviewers), Brendan Connolly (interview preparation), Shawn Choe (podcast editor)

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Ep41 | Supporting Children with Special Needs - Sharon Pike Apr 25, 2020

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Raising a child with special needs brings many joys and challenges. On this episode we hear about it firsthand from Sharon Pike, who has a daughter with special needs. Through her experience navigating the healthcare system with her daughter, she was inspired to start Operation Homefront. This organization pairs medical students with special needs children and their families, for an immersive experience that broadens perspective and helps future doctors learn how to better support their patients with special needs. Additionally, Sharon works at Easterseals, an organization dedicated to providing resources to people with different abilities. She is an amazing advocate and we are lucky to learn from her and share her message with you all.

Get in contact with Sharon: 630-479-7230, samj142@aol.com

Episode produced by: Josh and Mara

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Ep40 | Medical Myths: Undocumented Immigrants and Healthcare - w/ Dr. Mark Kuczewski Mar 27, 2020

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Immigration: you may have strong opinions about it on one side or the other, but how much do you actually know? And what does undocumented immigration have to do with medicine?

For this episode, we sat down with Dr. Mark Kuczewski, a lead bioethicist at Stritch School of Medicine and an expert on the intersection between undocumented immigrants and the American healthcare system. Dr. Kuczewski covered a broad number of topics in this interview, including common myths about the demographics of immigrants in the U.S., medical school admissions for DACA students, and much more. Tune in to learn something new!

Links from the episode:

https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/451937-health-insurance-for-undocumented-immigrants-its-only-fair-to-all-of-us

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/how-medicine-may-save-life-us-immigration-policy-clinical-and-educational-encounters-ethical-public/2017-03

Episode produced by: Brendan Connolly and Emily Hagen

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Ep39 | What happens if you don’t match? SOAP - Dr. Liza Brecher Mar 15, 2020

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If you are interested in learning more technical details of the SOAP we highly recommend these videos on the NRMP website:

SOAP for Applicants Video

SOAP for Programs Video

How the Matching Algorithm Works

Liza a first year resident in Family Medicine at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, IL. She graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2019. She is passionate about reproductive health and caring for underserved populations. In her off time she loves to read, cook, and explore Chicago!

Episode produced by: Nate, Alek

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Ep38 | Medical Myths: Admissions - Dean Nabers Feb 28, 2020

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It's time once again for every pre-med's favorite topic...admissions! For the latest episode in our Medical Myths series, Brendan, Emily, and Raj--safely on the other side of the admissions hurdle--sat down with Darrell Nabers, the Dean of Admissions at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, to de-mystify the process of getting that desired acceptance. So set aside those MCAT books and give yourself a quick break from Student Doctor Network to tune in!

Episode produced by: Brendan Connolly, Emily Hagen, Raj Ramini

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Ep37 | Race and Loss in Medicine: Hermona Abera Jan 25, 2020

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In this episode, we sat down with a third year medical student Hermona Abera to discuss two topics in medicine which are all too familiar to her - racism and loss. Listen along as we explore the types of discrimination Hermona has faced before and during medical school, the losses she’s experienced, and how she’s dealt with both.

Episode produced by: Rasa, Neal

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