The Undifferentiated Medical Student

By Ian Drummond

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Subscribers: 150
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Episodes: 76


 Oct 10, 2018

Description

The Undifferentiated Medical Student (TUMS) podcast is about helping medical students to choose a medical specialty and plan a career in medicine. The list of career options available to medical students is large, but the time to explore them all is short. Moreover, mentorship in medical school is lacking, and many medical students tackle the task of career planning alone, most struggling and almost all clutching to the hope that 3rd year clinical rotations will definitively resolve their remaining uncertainties about how they want to specialize. However, having been distracted by the relentless pace of their pre-clinical curricula and specter of Step 1, 3rd year medical students are eventually confronted with the reality that there are simply too many specialties to explore in one year and that they may not even get to finish their clinical rotations before important decisions about their careers need to be made (e.g., the planning of acting internships) if they are to be competitive applicants. Thus, mentorless and clinically unexposed, many medical students are forced to make wholly uninformed decisions about their futures. By interviewing at least one physician from each of the 120+ specialties listed on the AAMC's Careers in Medicine website 1) about their specialty, 2) how they decided this specialty was right for them, and 3) for advice about long-term career planning irrespective of the specialty they went into, this podcast aims to enumerate the details of every specialty and provide virtual mentorship on how best to go about moving past being an undifferentiated medical student.

Episode Date
Ep 072 - PICU (and Entrepreneurship) with Dr. Arup Roy-Burman
Sep 27, 2019
Ep 071 - The Hybrid Specialist and Non-Traditional Careers with Author/Surgeon Dr. Marty Makary
Aug 23, 2019
Ep 070 - Ophthalmology with Dr. Tamar Shafran
Aug 14, 2019
Calling All Premeds - New Podcast "All Access: Med School Admissions"
Jun 03, 2019
Ep 069 - Preventive Medicine with Dr. Janani Krishnaswami
Apr 22, 2019
Ep 068 - Academic Hospitalist Medicine with Dr. Emily Silverman
Jun 29, 2018
Ep 067 - Combined Pediatrics-Anesthesiology with Dr. Mark Rockoff
Jun 15, 2018
The 4th Year Episode #2
Jun 01, 2018
The 4th Year Episode #1
Apr 16, 2018
Ep 066 - Combined Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics with Dr. Aaron Leetch
Feb 23, 2018
Ep 065 – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation with Dr. Miguel Escalón
Feb 09, 2018
Ep 064 - Sleep Medicine with Dr. Raj Dasgupta
Jan 26, 2018
Ep 063 - Neurocritical Care with Dr. Ciro Ramos-Estebanez
Jan 12, 2018
Ep 062 - Pediatric Ophthalmology with Dr. Michael Abrams
Dec 29, 2017
Ep 061 - Male Reproductive Medicine and Microsurgery with Dr. Ranjith Ramasamy
Dec 15, 2017
Ep 060 - Interventional Radiology with Dr. Michael Schacht
Dec 01, 2017
Ep 059 - Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology with Dr. Jeremy Bordeaux
Nov 17, 2017
Ep 058 - Tactical EMS with Dr. Keith Murray
Nov 03, 2017
Ep 057 - Pediatric Otolaryngology with Dr. David Zopf
Oct 20, 2017
Ep 056 – Med-Psych with Dr. Susan Padrino
Oct 06, 2017
Ep 055 - Transplant Nephrology with Dr. Meera Harhay
Sep 22, 2017
Ep 054 - Anatomic & Clinical Pathology with Dr. Leal Herlitz
Sep 08, 2017
Ep 053 - Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery with Dr. Megan Schimpf
Aug 25, 2017
Ep 052 - Being a Physician MBA with Dr. Alex Macario
Aug 18, 2017
Ep 051 - Plastic Surgery with Dr. Jeffrey Janis
Aug 11, 2017
Ep 050 - Vascular Surgery with Dr. Venita Chandra
Aug 04, 2017
Ep 049 - Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Surgery with Dr. Gordon Bennett
Jul 28, 2017
Ep 048 - Nephrology with Dr. Josh Augustine
Jul 21, 2017
Ep 047 - Orthopedic Sports Medicine with NFL Head Team Physician Dr. James Voos
Jul 14, 2017
Ep 046 - Hand Surgery (via Orthopedics) with Dr. Kevin Malone
Jul 07, 2017
Ep 045 - Emergency Medicine (Redux) with Dr. Christopher Wyatt
Jun 30, 2017
Ep 044 - Performing Arts Medicine with Dr. Sajid Surve
Jun 23, 2017
Ep 043 - Critical Care Medicine (via Internal Medicine) with Dr. Rozy Khan
Jun 16, 2017
Ep 042 - Critical Care Medicine (via Anesthesiology) with Dr. Beverly Newhouse
Jun 09, 2017
Ep 041 - Geriatric Medicine with Dr. Porter
Jun 02, 2017
Ep 040 - International Health with Dr. Rick Hodes
May 26, 2017
Ep 039 - Being a Physician Scientist in the Pharmaceutical Industry with Dr. Brandon Atkins
May 19, 2017
Ep 038 - Orthopedic Trauma Surgery with Dr. Julius Bishop
May 12, 2017
Ep 037 - Psychiatry with Dr. Jeanne Lackamp
May 05, 2017
Ep 036 - Musculoskeletal Radiology with Dr. Peter Young
Apr 28, 2017
Ep 035 - Allergy and Immunology with Dr. Haig Tcheurekdjian
Apr 21, 2017
Ep 034 - Anesthesiology with Dr. Daniel Lee
Apr 14, 2017
Ep 033 - Orthopedic Surgery with Dr. Serena Hu
Apr 07, 2017
Ep 032 - Urology with Dr. Ami Kilchevsky
Apr 04, 2017
Ep 031 - Pediatrics with Dr. Vasudha Bhavaraju
Mar 31, 2017
Ep 030 - Orthopedic Surgery of the Spine with Dr. Kelley Banagan
Mar 24, 2017
Ep 029 - Head & Neck Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery with Dr. Chad Zender
Mar 21, 2017
Ep 028 - Congenital Cardiac Surgery with Dr. Jeremy Herrmann
Mar 17, 2017
Ep 027 - Hematology & Oncology with Dr. Shadia Jalal
Mar 10, 2017
Ep 026 - Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism with Dr. Nadine El Asmar
Mar 07, 2017
Ep 025 - Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery with Dr. Eugene Ceppa
Mar 03, 2017
Ep 024 - Aerospace Medicine with Dr. Ryan Gray
Feb 24, 2017
Ep 023 - Otolaryngology with Dr. Nicole Maronian
Feb 21, 2017
Ep 022 - Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology with Dr. Michael Zacharias
Feb 17, 2017
Ep 021 - Hospice and Palliative Medicine with Dr. Elizabeth Higgins
Feb 10, 2017
Ep 020 - Pediatric Sports Medicine with Dr. Susannah Briskin
Feb 07, 2017
Ep 019 - Cardiology with Dr. Richard Josephson
Feb 03, 2017
Ep 018 - Child Neurology with Dr. Max Wiznitzer
Jan 27, 2017
Ep 017 - Transplant Hepatology with Dr. Anthony Post
Jan 20, 2017
Ep 016 - Family Medicine with Dr. Steve Brown
Jan 13, 2017
Ep 015 - Diagnostic Radiology with Dr. James Lieberman
Jan 06, 2017
Ep 014 - Infectious Diseases with Dr. Robert Kalayjian
Dec 30, 2016
Ep 013 - Cardiothoracic Surgery with Dr. Mimi Ceppa
Dec 23, 2016
Ep 012 - Being a Woman in Surgery with Dr. Jamie Coleman
Dec 16, 2016
Ep 011 - Pediatric Surgery with Dr. Kenneth Azarow
Dec 13, 2016
Ep 010 - Trauma/Surgical Critical Care with Dr. Matthew Martin
Dec 09, 2016
Ep 009 - Obstetrics and Gynecology with Dr. Marjorie Greenfield
Dec 06, 2016
Ep 008 - Med/Peds with Dr. Nathan Stehouwer
Dec 02, 2016
Ep 007 - Emergency Medicine with Dr. Thomas Brantley
Nov 29, 2016
Ep 006 - Being an IM Program Director with Dr. Keith Armitage
Nov 25, 2016
Ep 005 - Neurology with Dr. Donald Mann
Nov 22, 2016
Ep 004 - Colorectal Surgery with Dr. Scott Steele
Nov 18, 2016
Ep 003 - Neurosurgery with Dr. Jennifer Sweet
Nov 15, 2016
Ep 002 - General Surgery with Dr. Jeffrey Hardacre
Nov 11, 2016
Ep 001 - Internal Medicine with Dr. Bryan Hambley
Nov 11, 2016
Ep 000 - Introduction
Nov 11, 2016