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Student Doctors: Sandman, Ivy, and Hero
We are three medical students who just want to share our journey through medicine talking about various topics related to and unrelated to the journey. Hopefully we can inspire and share our passion for medicine through this podcast to whoever decides to stay and listen. There will be occasions when we talk about our awesome hobbies that we CAN STILL DO throughout medical school. DISCLAIMER: 1) Take our advice with a grain of salt, incorporate into your own approach to applying and do your best! 2) Our views DO NOT represent our school
Episode 10: Reflection of 1st Year Medical School
In today's episode we reflect on our experiences on our first year of medical school. Take into account that these are our personal experiences and won't reflect how you will feel in school. Though, there are good gems that are dropped in this episode so pay close attention!  To everyone who has listened this far we thank you for taking the time to hear our thoughts and opinions. Stay tuned for more episodes during our second year!
Jun 12, 2022
55 min
Episode 9: Life as a PM&R Resident ft. Dr. Sean Dreyer
Today's episode we are getting to know Dr. Sean Dreyer. We wanted to focus on finding more about resident work-life balance. As of this posting, Dr. Dreyer was finishing up his PM&R residency at Northwestern and moving on to the next chapter in his life with a spinal cord injury fellowship at Stanford! Congratulations on your next step and it was a great time getting to know you! Twitter: @SeanDreyer Youtube: SeanDreyerMD
May 17, 2022
1 hr 9 min
Episode 8: Aloha and Welcome to Medicine ft. Dr. Pascua
Aloha everyone! Dr. Lucio Pascua is a pediatrician currently practicing in Honolulu, HI. Dr. Pascua is very enthusiastic about his craft in pediatrics, every day is an opportunity to play but also to educate parents about how to tackle the illness that their child presents with. In this episode we talk about a variety of topics from pediatrics to teaching in a community college and how COVID has impacted Dr. Pascua clinically and personally. "Thank you Dr. Pascua for helping me get to where I am today." -SD IV. We hope you enjoy and look forward to the next episode
May 9, 2022
1 hr 9 min
Episode 7: Fitness and medicine Ft. Dr. Shnyra
Today we have our amazing immunology professor Dr. Alex Shnyra. Dr. Shnyra is well known for his passion for teaching immunology as well as his core and cycling classes for the medical students at Kansas City University. Dr. Shnyra talks about his journey from Russia to the United States as well as gives very insightful advice on how to stay mentally healthy during a rough curriculum. We hope you enjoy this episode and thank you again Dr. Shnyra it was an honor to have you!
Apr 29, 2022
1 hr 29 min
Episode 6: Hobbies in Med School ft. SD Justin
We want to bring insight from various classmates and students about medical school and general topics. Today we talked with SD Justin and discussed his reason for starting a PM&R club as well as his amazing progress with calisthenics. Thank you SD Justin for joining us! Next episode we will talk with our immunology professor Dr. Shnyra!
Apr 17, 2022
56 min
Episode 5: Symphony No. 5: The Anatomist ft. Dr. Anthony Olinger
Pardon the technical glitches. We’re learning as we go. :) In this episode we interviewed our anatomy professor Dr. Anthony Olinger about topics ranging from dissections in anatomy lab to music and Star Wars.  Dr. Olinger also composes music so please check him out on: Spotify  Youtube Thank you again Dr. Olinger! Stay tuned for another guest on the next episode ;)
Apr 12, 2022
48 min
Episode 4: How to navigate long distance relationships
This is more of a general topic as it seems to be quite the obstacle for many couples. We give our experiences on our personal relationships and how we all achieved a strong and healthy bond with our significant others while in medical school. See if you can apply any of our experiences to benefitting your relationship! We will have another guest on our upcoming episode! Stay tuned for more~
Mar 31, 2022
50 min
Episode 3: Imposter Syndrome and feeling overwhelmed
In this episode we talk about Imposter Syndrome and Burnout (in this case overwhelmed). Hopefully we could offer some advice on how to tackle these feelings that not only medical students, but everyone can experience. Stay tuned for a special guest on our next episode!
Mar 28, 2022
30 min
Episode 2: Applying to Medical School
In this episode we cover the application cycle. As per always, take our advice with a grain of salt, but these are our experience and thoughts about applying to medical schools and what we believe made us stand out as applicants. Here are the basic things we cover: GPA MCAT Primary App Secondaries Interview
Mar 15, 2022
44 min
Episode 1: Introduction
In this episode we summarize the current blocks (courses) that we have taken and our thoughts and feelings about them
Mar 4, 2022
29 min