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Pancakes and Firehoses: How Med Students Decide Where to Focus
FromThe Short Coat: An Inside Look at Getting Into and Getting Through Medical School
Pancakes and Firehoses: How Med Students Decide Where to Focus
FromThe Short Coat: An Inside Look at Getting Into and Getting Through Medical School
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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Sep 29, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
There’s always something more to do, but should you do it? And how much?
First, we get something important out of the way: Is “Drinking from the Firehose” the best analogy for medical school’s workload, or is “The (Infinite) Stack of Pancakes” more accurate? M2s Matt and Zay, MD/PhD student Riley and M4 Nathen discuss how they decide how much to do in medical school to become the best doctor they can be.
First, we get something important out of the way: Is “Drinking from the Firehose” the best analogy for medical school’s workload, or is “The (Infinite) Stack of Pancakes” more accurate? M2s Matt and Zay, MD/PhD student Riley and M4 Nathen discuss how they decide how much to do in medical school to become the best doctor they can be.
Released:
Sep 29, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Open on Applications about New-Found Sobriety?: Our recent show on mental illness in medical school generated some listener feedback. K wrote to say thanks for the honest discussion (our pleasure!), and wondered how open she should be on her medical school application about her journey to sobriety ... by The Short Coat: An Inside Look at Getting Into and Getting Through Medical School