Premeds Can Be Science Podcasters, ft. Terel Jackson

Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Woman’s World, For Dr. Sharon Larson: Dr. Sharon Larson is Iowa's first female cardiothoracic surgeon. You might be forgiven for thinking that Iowa's been a bit backwards for not having had this glass ceiling broken sooner, but there aren't exactly a surplus of women who've sought out thi... by The Short Coat

47 min listen

Winter Break, Guts and Brains, and Yahoo! Answers: It's winter break at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. For most people, that means there are a couple weeks to relax and rejuvenate their minds, bodies, and familial relations. Despite a lack of available co-hosts, by The Short Coat

61 min listen

PIMPing and Jamming, Sexist Science, and Salon Samaritans: Dave once again forces the group to play a game of questionable relevance to medicine in which his co-hosts ask each other anatomy questions while wearing speech jammer headphones. Corbin Weaver, Matt Wilson, and Issac Schwantes are good sports, by The Short Coat

50 min listen

Putting 2016 behind us…waaaay behind us.: Dave and the gang (Kaci McCleary, Rob Humble, Elizabeth Shirazi, and later in the show Anthony Hunt (an Iowa pharmacy student to whom Rob is affianced) say goodbye to what many acknowledge was an itchy, prurient rash of a year. Fortunately, by The Short Coat

48 min listen

Thanksgiving surprise: they didn’t vomit: Dave loves all Short Coats--he's like a benevolent god, except without any godly powers or omniscience but with plenty of love. However, he does like to put people in iffy situations, which is why he and his wife Christine fired up the Short Coat Test ... by The Short Coat

56 min listen

Sacrifice It All to be A Med Student? Don’t Do It!: The world of work, and medical school, is often about adjusting for a number of "top" priorities. Dave's been having one of those weeks where his work is pulling him in several directions at once, and thought to ask his co-hosts Erin Pasaski, by The Short Coat

47 min listen

314 Action: Encouraging People of Science to Make the Leap into Politics: Among the topics we Short Coats often ruminate on is the lack of basic science literacy in the public and press...and among politicians. How did we get to this place when science is so mistrusted? So when Dave put out the call for co-hosts to talk wit... by The Short Coat

42 min listen

Your Pre-med Clinical Experience Can Cost You Money and Waste Your Time…and Hurt Your Application.: Medical school admissions committees look for clinical experiences on applications, so it behooves premeds to seek out ways to get into the clinic as a way of learning about the practice of medicine and to show they are serious about becoming a physici... by The Short Coat

51 min listen

The Stages of Life: Love, Body Odor, and Body Donation: Broadcasts from the margins of medicine, medical education, and the world of medical students. by The Short Coat

44 min listen

Medical School Secondary Applications: What Do They Want?: A listener wants to know more about the secondary application. Given the the turnaround time often recommended (a week), how important are they? Do they need to be as well crafted as your personal statement? What do schools get out of them? by The Short Coat

52 min listen

Happy Glitches, Research Niches, and Doc Dash Pitches: We recorded this week's show while doing a Facebook LiveThis week we start with some feedback from listener Paulius, who has a suggestion for a future show on the unsung heroes of primary care. Thank you! Dave bats the idea around with John Pienta, by The Short Coat

48 min listen

Pets in Medical School: Dave's gotten a few requests over the years from folks who want to know: is it a good idea to have pets while you're in medical school? And Dave also has co-hosts who wanted to talk about their pets on The Short Coat Podcast. Now, by The Short Coat

47 min listen

Semester Wrap-up, Gramma’s baked, and Short Thoughts: Dave and the crew--Mark Moubarek, Levi Endelman, Julie Gudenkauf, and Erin Pazaski--look back on things they experienced as the semester draws to a close. As first years, Levi and Erin share their thoughts on entering medical school. by The Short Coat

50 min listen

RIP, Radioactive Boy Scout: Happy Thanksgiving! The crew--John Pienta, Marc Toral, Dylan Todd and new guy Jay Blomme--were lucky enough to hear from a couple listeners about our recent post-presidential election episode. For instance, by The Short Coat

52 min listen

The False Dichotomies in Medical Politics, Physician Lifestyles, and Public Discourse: This episode is all about false dichotomies--situations or ideas that seem like dilemmas (and thus require a difficult choice to be made) but which really aren't. Much of the public discussions of things like the hours that residents work, by The Short Coat

55 min listen

Human Trafficking and What Physicians Need to Know, with Dr. Shannon Findlay: Statistics on Human Trafficking vary, but Dr. Shannon Findlay, an Emergency Medicine resident at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, offers some sobering information. It is believed that 21 million people worldwide are affected by human traff... by The Short Coat

52 min listen

Crushing It with Mental Illness During Med School: [Hey, gang! We're re-releasing this super good episode because when it first posted the file was screwed up. Enjoy!] Physicians are no better than the rest of us at dealing with mental illness, even as they struggle to get their own patients to recog... by The Short Coat

60 min listen

Gap Years, Disguised Blessings, and Forbidden Words: Listener T'keyah sends Cole Cheney, Aline Sandouk, and John Pienta a question on gap years, which boils down to what kinds of gaps are okay according to admissions committees? Cole reveals his post-med school podcasting plans, by The Short Coat

63 min listen

Recess Rehash: You can buy that on Amazon?: Sometimes you're having so much fun that the time flies by and you forget that you have other important things to do. That's what happened on this week's show, in which Dave brings Aditi Patel, Aline Sandouk, by The Short Coat

50 min listen

Future Summer Health Professionals, Revisited: While Dave was on vacation, Teneme Konne got together with some folks we talked to back in July, pre-health students in UI's Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP), a program that offers minority students and others access to mentorship an... by The Short Coat

47 min listen

Self-Doubt and Riding the Ethical Railroad: One of our podcasting goals is to encourage others to create their own shows, especially medical learners. So John Pienta, Irisa Mahaparn, Adam Erwood, and Erin Pazaski were pleased to hear from listener Terel, by The Short Coat

52 min listen

Coming From a Medical Family: On Inauguration Day, listener Tekia (and we hope that's spelled right) called to let us know that we were helping her stay frosty. Another listener, Liza, wrote wondering if her peers with MD family members are at an advantage in medical school. by The Short Coat

54 min listen

The Black Mask and Mental Health in Iowa: Sometimes, Dave has ideas. This time Dave's idea was to get his long-suffering co-hosts to enjoy the YouTube beauty treatment known as The Black Mask. Because, dermatology! Which is better, the DIY treatment or the store-bought version? by The Short Coat

49 min listen

General Haze-pital: Improvisational acting is a greater part of medical school than one might expect. Between pretending to be doctors for one's simulated patients, or acting like you know what you're doing when you're not entirely sure, by The Short Coat

47 min listen

Bandwagons, Bicarb, and Broca’s Bitty Bulb: What is it about public health issues that lends itself to bandwagons? John Pienta, Levi Endelman, Hillary O'Brien, Issac Schwantes, and Jason Lewis discuss Finland's contribution to parenting, the cardboard box in which babies sleep. This year, by The Short Coat

50 min listen

Premeds Can Be Science Podcasters, ft. Terel Jackson: It's a more-or-less unstated goal of ours to show medical learners that podcasting can be a beneficial experience both for the host and for listeners. And we're always banging on about the need for better science communicators. So Erin Pazaski, by The Short Coat

45 min listen

Consumer Genetic Testing, Marmite for Your Brain, and Counting Human Calories: Dave is no scientist, but he is 'science-adjacent.' This week, after having read of research involving the benefits to brain function conferred by Marmite consumption, he conducts his own experiment on SCP hosts John Pienta, Kaci McCleary, by The Short Coat

66 min listen

The Donors Who Get No Plaques Or Portraits: Donors are very important to universities and medical schools, typically contributing money to further the educational mission. Often, donors get a plaque on the wall, and some even get whole buildings named after them. by The Short Coat

48 min listen

Your Gap Year Job Doesn’t Matter: A flood of listener questions this week! It's probably due in part to medical school application season has begun, which means medical school applicants are trying to figure out if they have what it takes...on paper. For instance, by The Short Coat

50 min listen

How Premeds Find Their Med Schools: Among the biggest projects a premed faces: not just getting into medical school, but getting into one that meets their needs. Do they want a school strong in service learning activities? Will they be happy in a system that recognizes academics first ... by The Short Coat

52 min listen

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