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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What are Med Students Reading: Book Club!

4/9/2026 • 54 min

If reading makes better docs, these guys will be incredible. What if the cure for doctor-speak was actually just… reading more books? This week M1s Anna Royer, Sophia Hueser, Gwen Sewell, and Ellie Johnson have a genuinely great conversation about what it means to be a reader in med school. They dig into audiobooks vs reading brain research (turns out your br… Play episode

Medical Student Identity: What the White Coat Means
Step Exams: Ready Or Not Here They Come
The Med School Traditions That Make Lifelong Bonds
Things You Can Do To Prepare for Med School (and One Thing You Shouldn't!)
Choosing a Professional Identity: Beyond Medical School Classes
Med Students on Long Distance Love: Does It Last?
Medical Students and Love: Do Their Spouses Really Know Them?
Med Students React: Social Media from Helpful to Hogwash
The Surprising Connection Between Hobbies and Medicine
Med Students Take the Hot Nugget Challenge
Tips and Tricks for Crushing it in Clerkships
Another Path to Med School: Masters of Clinical Anatomy
How to Survive The First Semester of Med School
The Universal Experience that Medicine Hates Talking About Most
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!

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