This is Humans of Medicine - A podcast where we interview and learn about different types of people in medicine and research.

Today’s conversation is interesting if you’re curious about how another student is thinking about balancing alternate careers alongside being a doctor.

I chatted with Helena, a 3rd year MD student at the University of Melbourne. Whilst being a gun in medicine, a part of the General Practice Students Network and Melbourne’s Surgical Society teams, she’s also got an alter ego - exploring the Venture Capital and startup world at the firm Rampersand.

As two early, career-curious med students, we had fun chatting about her experiences through medicine, how she hopes to combine general practice with venture capital in the future, and cool startups looking to change healthcare like harrison.ai and mindset health. Hope you enjoy!

If you'd like to reach out, feel free to message her on Linkedin or email her at [email protected].

00:51 Why medicine?

1:50 Experiences in Melbourne University

4:30 Specialties and variety in medicine

5:40 Fitting Venture Capital with General Practice

6:50 What is a VC?

7:33 Harrison.ai and Mindset Health: Medtech Startups

11:14 Medicine and other careers

13:05 Why VC?

16:25 Medicine in the future

18:40 80/20 and Efficiency