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Against the Odds: First-Generation in Medicine
FromThe Short Coat: An Inside Look at Getting Into and Getting Through Medical School
Against the Odds: First-Generation in Medicine
FromThe Short Coat: An Inside Look at Getting Into and Getting Through Medical School
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Length:
78 minutes
Released:
May 23, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
It's easy to forget from our ivory tower that many Americans don’t get beyond high school, making it less likely their kids will. Those kids who do are at a disadvantage compared to peers with college-educated parents. First-generation medical students are even rarer and face more challenges. These students, like PA1 Julie Vuong, M1 Amanda Litka, MD/PhD student Faith Prochaska, and M1 Holly Hemann, bring valuable perspectives to medicine, understanding a wider range of patient experiences and health determinants.
This week we discuss their challenges, the impact on their future practice, and how learning medicine highlights (somewhat uncomfortably) their own families' health struggles. And while some medical schools are going tuition-free, this hasn’t increased low-income student enrollment or primary care graduates...and seems to have done some harm.
This week we discuss their challenges, the impact on their future practice, and how learning medicine highlights (somewhat uncomfortably) their own families' health struggles. And while some medical schools are going tuition-free, this hasn’t increased low-income student enrollment or primary care graduates...and seems to have done some harm.
Released:
May 23, 2024
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