On Call With Dr. Keenum
On Call With Dr. Keenum
DR ZAC KEENUM
The weekly podcast where I explore the real side of medicine including the difficult decisions we have to make as physicians. I also interview interesting physicians to get unique perspectives on their careers, their path through medicine, and to pick their brains on keys to success.
Life in Medicine = Missing Holidays with Family
In this one we explore the woeful tale of missing a lot of holiday events due to a life in medical training which can be quite frankly pretty tough. Becca no longer feels anything in this regard #nihilism.
Nov 7, 2022
23 min
A Couple Reasons to Not Do Medicine
A short episode where we catch up and talk about a few reasons not to do medicine- this one falls in line with the show's theme of the "darker side of medicine". Hope you enjoy!
Oct 31, 2022
17 min
Severance - Work Life Balance to the Extreme
This is a good episode where we talk about the concept from a new Apple TV thriller series called Severance where work-life balance is taken to the extreme! Also, we dive into criticizing the note keeping system in medicine. Plus some other deep philosophical stuff (sort of). 
Oct 24, 2022
36 min
Signing with a Practice in South Dakota
In this episode we talk about moving to South Dakota to join a really cool practice to start the next chapter of our lives which is really exciting and promising. Plus Becca studies for her never ending board exams. 
Oct 10, 2022
22 min
Diets- Best and Worse from Our Experience
In this one we go into our past with all different types of diets including: low fat, low carb, keto, intermittent fasting, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, etc. I have some thoughts on these as I've tried everyone of them. Plus some interesting banter between Becca and myself. This one was a lot of fun!
Aug 29, 2022
37 min
Easy Lifestyle Specialties | Cool Life Updates | High School Sweethearts in Science Olympiad
In this episode we catch up on some of the cool updates going on in our lives as Zac starts a reef tank, a newsletter, and soon remote podcasting and Becca gets ready for boards. We also discuss some of the better / easier lifestyle specialties. 
Aug 22, 2022
38 min
Answering Your Questions
In this episode we return from a long undeserved hiatus to answer some of your instagram questions from the story Q&A. Also updates on fellowship and trying to convince Becca theres's a spoon used to eviscerate eyeballs. 
Aug 8, 2022
21 min
The Exploding Boob
We're back! In this episode Becca and I catch up, explore how life is going and talk about some heavy topics in medicine, we also have an incident of an exploding breast on the set. 
Feb 21, 2022
27 min
Human Heads Are Expensive
In this episode we quit being wastemen and get back into the swing of things. We talk about life updates in medicine, fellowship, upcoming conferences, and a human head dissection course coming up soon. 
Jan 10, 2022
36 min
Best vs Worst Medical Specialties
We have fun in this episode as we explore our favorite options vs the worst options for medical specialties, in our humble opinions of course. While there's something to love about all medical specialties- some have more things to love than others. Let's dive in to this juicy episode. 
Nov 29, 2021
46 min