Dear D.O.

In this week's episode, Dr. Ladson and I talk about her phrase coined in her TEDx Talk at MSU, "If you can see her, you can be her". We also talk about what "STEMinism" means and why it matters. Even as medical school populations are now majority female, there is still work to be done. Listen to find out more!

Final Recs: Hidden Figures - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wfrDhgUMGI

Dr. Ladson's TEDx Talk link: https://www.ted.com/talks/brittany_ladson_steminism_if_you_can_see_her_you_can_be_her?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

Are you about to start medical school? Or maybe trying to decide if you should do a gap year? This week, I answer your questions from social media about transitioning to medical school from undergrad! Questions include "how to balance time?", "is anki really necessary?", or just "how do you prepare?". All this and more, from my perspective as I'm now on the other side of medical school. Listen for my number one piece of advice and top tips for you as you enter medical school!

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Original music by Kalon.

This week, I sat down with Dr. Delaney Bieber, DO and we talked about mentorship in undergrad vs in medical school as students without family ties to medicine. We muse over how AWFUL premed advisors can be, even if they have good intentions. We discuss how stressful it can be during third year with the pressure to pick a specialty, so we give some advice on how to ask for guidance, some ways to get extra experience without a formal rotation, and more. Then we dive into Delaney’s journey during her 4th year with only 3 interviews, but *spoiler alert* she still managed to match her #1! We speculate about the supplemental ERAS application and program signaling towards the end, which is full of important information for any third or fourth year medical student!

Dr. Bieber's final rec: OBGYNstudent.com, which is helpful for anyone in an OBGYN clinical rotation

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Original music by Kalon. Recording and production by Michaele Garrison, DO.

This week we tackle your questions about the home loan process as a physician! Some questions we answered include "when do you qualify for a physician home loan?", "what kinds of properties qualify?", and "how much do you need in the bank to buy?". We also discuss some myths of home buying, which I myself fell for prior to going through the process.

Disclaimer: We are not financial advisors or real estate professionals. This information is derived from a slew of sources, but predominantly based on personal experience.

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Original music by Kalon. Recording and production by Michaele Garrison, D.O.

Have you heard of the physician's loan? Do you know how it compares to a conventional loan? Do you know the difference between a FRM and an ARM? What can you do now, as a medical student, to set yourself up to buy a home after Match Day? We answer all this and more in this episode!

Dr. Meredith Herman, D.O. is an incoming PGY-1 pathology resident, newly married, and a new homeowner! She is an absolute icon, and shares her personal journey through the home-buying process using a conventional loan. We talk about mortgages, equity, real-estate agents, open houses and more! Be sure to listen to this episode if you're thinking about buying, or just looking to see what all the hubbub is about!

Stay tuned for next week's episode as we answer YOUR questions from instagram about the physician home loan, you do not want to miss it.

Visit deardopod.com for more information. Original music by Kalon, recording and production by Michaele Garrison, D.O.

In this week's episode, Dr. Gunnar Orcutt and I talk about medical school, residency applications, auditions and couples match. We muse about Anki, how it helped both of us, and why some students may not has as much success with it. Gunnar was a major inspiration for me throughout medical school, and I hope you can appreciate him as much as I do.

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This week Dr. Herrell brings his top tips for tackling clinical rotations and intern year. We go through the "What, Why, and What If" scenarios you should be asking yourself during your day-to-day, how to look up information yourself, as well as why being skeptical of everything and everyone in medicine will make you a better physician!

If you found these tips useful and would like more clinical reasoning knowledge from Dr. Herrell, check out his book, Clinical Reasoning: How Doctors Should Think, available on Amazon. https://a.co/d/gb7wFsl

Be sure to check out Dr. Herrell's podcast with Dr. Antonia Roberts, Thinking About OBGYN, if you are looking for fresh and evidence-based perspective on everything obstetrics and gynecology. https://open.spotify.com/show/0rrVZMh03pcwdBdJHuBStX?si=6690fa1210f3419c

This week I have the absolute privilege of speaking with Dr. Blake Buletko, MD in this portion of the podcast titled "The Human Behind the White Coat". We talk about things from the residency application and interview season success, to how mindfulness in residency can shift your perspective to make you a better physician. We go through his personal journey to neurology and medicine and bust the myth that "neurologists don't actually treat patients." And of course, we had to muse over the magic of clinical neurology and the future of the field.

Whether you are going into Neurology or not, this conversation is both subjectively relatable and provides insight to residency application season from the perspective of a program director. One of my favorite things he says is "you are not your application"; exemplifying the holistic application review residency committees are leaning more towards year after year.

Be sure to check out Dr. Buletko's podcast with Nupur Goel, Neurophilia, available wherever you get your podcasts!