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In this episode of D.O. Or Do Not, Dr. Tonni Bacoat-Jones shares her story with us. Dr. Bacoat graduated with a degree in mathematics from Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina. She attended medical school at Des Moines University and completed a traditional osteopathic rotating internship in Brooklyn New York. Dr. Bacoat completed a residency in anesthesiology and a pain management fellowship at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. Ultimately, she went on to work and teach at Nova-Southeastern University on the Clearwater campus, where she is currently the post-baccalaureate gross anatomy course director and assistant course director for first-year medical students. Dr. Bacoat holds a Master of Public Health that she obtained through George Washington University.

In this interview, Dr. Bacoat will tell us about her journey as a non-traditional medical student who raised her five-year-old daughter during her studies at Des Moines. She describes how an early family mentor led her to choose osteopathic medicine and will give students her study strategies to be successful in medical school. We hope you enjoy listening to Dr. Bacoat’s journey.

Hosted by Tiffany Carlson
Edited by Nicholas Buskill