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

The Students of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

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The Universal Experience that Medicine Hates Talking About Most

11/27/2025 • 69 min

[Content warning: this episode contains frank discussions of death and dying that some listeners may want to skip.] Doctors need to actually ask patients what a good death looks like to them Medical students learn so much anatomy and pathophysiology, the social determinants of health, and the practice of medicine. Meanwhile managing death—one of two thin… Play episode

Harsh Truth: Most Pre-Meds Don't Get Accepted...Why Is That?
The Rural Doc Crisis and the Med Students Who Plan to Be Where They're Mos…
Med Student Leaders: Juggling Roles at School and Home
Med School Stereotypes Shattered: What We’re Really Like Inside
My Family Thinks I’m a Doctor Already
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
PA Week: Don't Sleep on this Career!
From Broke to Bank: Money Lessons Med School Skips
Going on Leave: The Power Move No One Talks About in Med School
Feedback is Data, Not Devastation.
They Way Most Docs are Paid Doesn't Lead to Healthier Patients
Family expectations, culture clashes, and career priorities: Who's the A-H…
From Ecuador to Iowa, Ortho to Community Healthcare: the Last of the Summe…
DNP Doubts, Prepping for Patients, and Smarts Self-Doubt--listener questio…
What Residency Program Directors Actually Want
Placentas, Prostates, and Purple Goggles
Slap Some Moldy Bread On It: Blechardy!
Medfluencers and Patient Education: Helpful or Risky?
She Got Into Med School...Now She's Not Sure
Sheriff of Sodium: AI Will Replace Doctors (Reality Check!)
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
Free Lunch, Headaches, and Holding Hearts
The Unexpected Power of Student Doctors
From Broke to Bulletproof: The White Coat Investor’s Advice
Med School's Unique Problems (AITA)
From Perfect Plans to Grease Fires: The Med Student Spectrum
Medicine Can Cure TB—But Humanity Won’t
How Med Students Redefine Ability and Success
From Fire Hose to Final Decision--How Med Students Choose Careers
If you're asking, you might be the a**hole
Prescribing Meet-ups Instead of Meds...it seems to work!
Demand to Be Called ‘Doctor,’ or Let It Slide (AITA)?
4 Writers Explain How Telling Stories Makes Better Doctors
First Semester Med School: What Worked, What Failed, and How We Fixed It.
Into the Deep End: Surviving Our First Clinical Rotations
When Your Partner is in Med School… What You Need to Know
The Secret to Getting Better Health Care: Look Different
Sun Staring, Niche Drama, and Shocking Betrayals
New MD and PA Students: Why Medicine?
Stay or Run, Back from the Brink, Allopath v. Osteopath: Answering Listene…
Don't Drop Your Hobbies, Doc!
Dark Humor in Medicine, Family Expectations, and The Inviolable "Zone"
Trends in Medicine and Med Ed ft. Medscape Editor Jon McKenna
It's Thanksgiving. Let's "Help" People.
Gross Anatomy: for Med Students, More Than Meets the Eye

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