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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Imposter Syndrome, Uncomfortable Fails, and Med School's Real Ups and Downs

9/3/2026 • 59 min

The Short Coat records in front of a live audience — a room full of brand-new medical students at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine during orientation week. Dave is joined by M3 Zach Grissom, M3 Sarah Upton, M2 Sophie Hueser, and first-time co-host M2 Sudeep Gadde, and together they map the ups and downs of med school across three fronts: the ide… Play episode

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Medicine is Changing. Step Up and Shape It
The No-Guilt Summer: Med Students Finally Breathe
Game of Med School — We Actually Made It
Foreign Competition for Residency: The Data vs. The Rhetoric
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MD/PhD: The Long Game of Medicine and Research
Haunts and Hot Takes
Medical Students Judge Reddit’s Messiest Dilemmas (AITA)
Their Last Free Summer: How Four M1s Are Spending It
The Doctor Doesn't Know Either: Inside the Diagnostic Crisis
Blechardy Returns: Trivia, Wet Dog Beans, and Bad Guesses
"Ego Death?!" M4s Talk Audition Rotations
What are Med Students Reading: Book Club!
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…

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