The Short Coat
Is medical school your dream? Good! But remember: the journey is uncertain, expensive, and bumpy. Luckily, The Short Coat Podcast comes to you each and every week, is totally free, and most important: our student co-hosts tell you what it’s really like, from the first year to the last, and beyond.
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The Universal Experience that Medicine Hates Talking About Most
Harsh Truth: Most Pre-Meds Don’t Get Accepted. Here's Why.
The Rural Doc Crisis and the Med Students Who Plan to Be Where They’re Most Needed
Med Student Leaders: Juggling Roles at School and Home
Explaining Med School to Your Family (Again)
From Bartending to Bedside: What Our Pre-Med Jobs Taught Us About Medicine
Federal Loan Caps & Medical School Debt: What Future Doctors Need to Know
Physician Assistants Aren't the Main Character...and That's Fine With Them.
From Broke to Bank: Money Lessons Med School Skips
Going on Leave: The Power Move No One Talks About in Med School
Med School Feedback is Data, Not Devastation
Healthcare’s Dirty Little Secret: Insurance Isn't Helping!
From Ecuador to Iowa, Ortho to Community Healthcare: the Last of the Summers
What Residency Program Directors Actually Want
Where There Are No Human Docs, AI Will Take Over, ft. The Sheriff of Sodium
How a Walk in the Park Sparked a Health Movement, ft. David Sabgir
AI in Med School: Helpful Tool or Total Crutch?
Your Thesis Won’t Change the World (and Here’s Why)
The One Truth Linking Medicine, Maternal Mortality, and Meltdown
Med School Year One: Pain, Panic, and Pizza
Med Students’ Most Memorable Patients (Stories)
Simple Money Advice Every Med Student Should Know, with The White Coat Investor
Med Student Relationships Need Life Support
Behind the Scenes: How Med Students Really Feel
Medicine Can Cure TB—But Humanity Won’t (John Green's Tuberculosis is Everything)
How Med Students Redefine Ability and Success
From Firehose to Final Decision: M4s talk Specialty Selections!
She Got Into Med School… But Now She's Not Sure
Social Prescribing: The Health Hack We Need