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

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Unsatisfied Just Learning Medicine, These Students Became Journalists, Too Aug 19, 2021

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One important responsibility that doctors can and should take on is to educate their communities on health issues. Learning how to do this in medical school can be as easy as collaborating with your university news paper. Plus, our advice for a young mother and wife whose med student husband will be away during third year: plan, iterate and empathize.

5 Med School Application Mistakes Everyone Makes, and How to Crush Them Under Your Feet Like Worms Aug 12, 2021

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Our expert looks at the mistakes that can keep you from landing your spot in med school. Give the admissions committee what it needs to assure them you want this more than anything, and that you’ve done your homework. When is the right time to apply? When YOU are ready. Don’t rush it, because whether you’re successful or not in finishing med school, a bad decision will affect you for many, many years.

Ask Your doctor if COVID is Right For You. Aug 05, 2021

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Dave picks his co-hosts' brains on how they interpret the latest numbers on COVID. We eat baked goods that AJ brought us and try to guess what's in them, and fail because they're deliciously unlike anything we've had before. And we play Out of the Loop.

The Coming Physician Exodus: Why Doctors May Leave the Profession Soon Jul 29, 2021

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Most people don't see themselves as partners in success, but as hired hands. Doctors are employees, too, and have similar issues with their employers! 30% of administrators reported losing physicians during the pandemic. Either an exit from healthcare or a mass shift of physicians from low-engagement jobs to higher engagement positions may have already begun. The Short Coats discuss what a great job for a doctor might look like.

Awesome, More application Hoops! Jul 22, 2021

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CASPer seeks to help schools understand applicants’ non-academic and people skills. It’s never been validated, but more and more schools are using it. Some residency programs have begun using ‘supplemental questions’ as so-called objective measures like STEP 1 and STEP 2 CS fall away. Are these new hurdles useful? Or do they add to the burden of becoming a doctor for no reason?

WHAT Are They REALLY LOOKING FOR IN YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT? Top Tips from our Expert Jul 15, 2021

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Your med school application won't be the last time you write a personal statement. They're everywhere in medicine, so keep track of experiences you can write about when you need to. Be careful about thinking too much about strategy, sacrificing the 'personal' part. It's pretty easy to spot someone who isn't writing with feeling. Very few people can honestly write about a lightbulb moment when they suddenly knew what they wanted, so don't bother.

Parenting in Med School, Part 3: What About the Partners? Jul 08, 2021

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Asking for and getting help from one's med-student partner when parenting gets overwhelming is essential. Organizing with other med student parents for mutual support is crucial. The fear that med school is completely inflexible for parents may be unfounded.

Life Hacks for Med Students Jul 01, 2021

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Eliminate unnecessary friction to the completion of a task Paying others to do other life tasks can be helpful Saying no is as important as maximizing efficiency.

HAVING BABIES IN MED SCHOOL, PT. 2: HOW DO SCHOOLS SUPPORT PARENTS? Jun 24, 2021

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Is it enough to deal with issues on a case-by-case basis, or do schools need to do better? TL;DR We share more stories from our med student parents. What the research says about how medical schools are supporting parents and pregnant students in medical school. How should med schools support student parents and pregnant students–can schools do better? Physician training comes smack in the middle of prime parenting years. Yet the intensity and time commitment required to study medicine doesn’t make the decision to have kids while in school or residency–or to go into medicine when you already have kids-seem viable. Of course, parents do it all the time, so CCOM Dad and M3 Nick Lind is back to host another in his series on medical school parenting with some other mommies and daddies. M1 Katie Higham-Kessler, M2s Jessica De Haan andSally Heaberlin, and M3 Zach Tully discuss what schools are doing to support their students who are considering or having children, and what they can do better. Jessica also clues us in on the body of research into this important issue. There seems to be a lack of robust research on parenting in medical school, with most such studies focusing on residency–a very different situation. Perhaps the concept of the “traditional” medical student (who is age 22 to 26) has obscured the needs of the non-traditional student who is older and wants to start or has a family. We Want to Hear From You How’d we do on this week’s show? Did we miss anything in our conversation? Did we anger you? Did we make you smile? Call us at 347-SHORTCT anytime or email theshortcoats@gmail.com. It’s always a pleasure to hear from you! You deserve to be happy and healthy. If you’re struggling with racism, harassment, hate, your mental health, or some other crisis, visit http://theshortcoat.com/help, and send additions to the resources there to theshortcoats@gmail.com. We love you. Music provided by Argofox. License: bit.ly/CCAttribution DOCTOR VOX – Heatstroke: youtu.be/j1n1zlxzyRE Catmosphere – Candy-Coloured Sky: youtu.be/AZjYZ8Kjgs8 ; Hexalyte – Wandering Hours: youtu.be/FOAo2zsYnvA;

Urology is about more than penises and prostates, ft. Men’s Health Doc Amy Pearlman, MD Jun 17, 2021

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* Urologist Amy Pearlman has built her practice upon the opportunities offered by YouTube, Twitter, and Tik Tok. * The one question no one asks themselves that can help you decide on your future specialty: what can’t you live without? * Medical school does not teach you how to be a doctor. That’s what residency and fellowships are for. You deserve to be happy and healthy. If you’re struggling with racism, harassment, hate, your mental health, or some other crisis, visit http://theshortcoat.com/help, and send additions to the resources there to theshortcoats@gmail.com. We love you. Music provided by Argofox. License: bit.ly/CCAttribution DOCTOR VOX – Heatstroke: youtu.be/j1n1zlxzyRE Catmosphere – Candy-Coloured Sky: youtu.be/AZjYZ8Kjgs8 ; Hexalyte – Wandering Hours: youtu.be/FOAo2zsYnvA;

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