The HeForShe Podcast series is a platform to hear the stories of women surgeons and their experieces with sponsorship, allyship and advocacy. As we pay tribute to those we interview by acknowledging their contributions and support for the younger surgeon and those aspiring to be surgeons, we also gain some insight from their wisdom and experience so we can be better AWS allies. This episode features Dr. Aaron Richman, a trauma surgeon at Boston Medical Center, interviewed by Dr. Kobzeva.

Welcome to AWS Knots for Thoughts: a podcast designed to help you succeed in your surgery clerkships. This podcast is produced by the Association of Women Surgeons National Medical Student Committee and hosted by Jennifer Kunes and Tamilarasy Vasanthakumaran, along with guest hosts from the rest of the student committee. Music by Hart Fogel.   In this episode, Mary and Gowri taught us how to prepare for our cases the week before, night before, and morning of our day in the OR.               How to Suture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFwFMav_cpE             Toronto Video Atlas of Surgery: https://pie.med.utoronto.ca/TVASurg/

Welcome to AWS Knots for Thoughts: a podcast designed to help you succeed in your surgery clerkships. This podcast is produced by the Association of Women Surgeons National Medical Student Committee and hosted by Jennifer Kunes and Tamilarasy Vasanthakumaran, along with guest hosts from the rest of the student committee. Music by Hart Fogel.   In this episode, Jamesa and Gopika discussed important considerations for seeing pre-operative patients in the surgical setting, as well as what to watch out for when getting a patient ready for surgery.    BOLDCARTS: Baseline, Onset, Location, Duration, Character, Aggravating/Relieving Factors, Timeline/Treatments, Severity   American Academy of Family Physicians Pre-Op H&P: https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2000/0715/p387.html

Welcome to AWS Knots for Thoughts: a podcast designed to help you succeed in your surgery clerkships. This podcast is produced by the Association of Women Surgeons National Medical Student Committee and hosted by Jennifer Kunes and Tamilarasy Vasanthakumaran, along with guest hosts from the rest of the student committee. Music by Hart Fogel.   In this episode, we discussed what to wear to the OR and how to get scrubbed in. We recommend the following resources: A guide to Hijab in the OR: https://hijabintheor.com/ Video guide to scrubbing your hands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpZqLbWL0c0 Guide to scrubbing, gowning, and gloving: https://geekymedics.com/surgical-scrubbing-gowning-gloving-guide/

The HeForShe Podcast series is a platform to hear the stories of women surgeons and their experieces with sponsorship, allyship and advocacy. As we pay tribute to those we interview by acknowledging their contributions and support for the younger surgeon and those aspiring to be surgeons, we also gain some insight from their wisdom and experience so we can be better AWS allies. This episode features Dr. Anna Sabih interviewing Dr. Katherine Morris about mentorship, sponsorship, and more.

Welcome to AWS Knots for Thoughts: a podcast designed to help you succeed in your surgery clerkships. This podcast is produced by the Association of Women Surgeons National Medical Student Committee and hosted by Jennifer Kunes and Tamilarasy Vasanthakumaran, along with guest hosts from the rest of the student committee. Music by Hart Fogel.   In this episode, we discussed the following resources: - For OBGYN: Procedure Ready/Pimped Podcast - Kenhub anatomy: https://www.kenhub.com/en/start/anatomy  - StatPearls: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430685/  - UpToDate: https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions/uptodate - GeekyMedics: https://geekymedics.com/ - NinjaNerd: https://www.youtube.com/@NinjaNerdOfficial/featured Textbooks: - Surgical Recall, Blackbourne - Surgery: A Case Based Clinical Review, de Virgilio - Surgical Anatomy and Technique, Skandalakis (for case by case, you do not have to read cover to cover!)

The HeForShe Podcast series is a platform to hear the stories of women surgeons and their experieces with sponsorship, allyship and advocacy. As we pay tribute to those we interview by acknowledging their contributions and support for the younger surgeon and those aspiring to be surgeons, we also gain some insight from their wisdom and experience so we can be better AWS allies.

The HeForShe Podcast series is a platform to hear the stories of women surgeons and their experieces with sponsorship, allyship and advocacy. As we pay tribute to those we interview by acknowledging their contributions and support for the younger surgeon and those aspiring to be surgeons, we also gain some insight from their wisdom and experience so we can be better AWS allies.