Progress Note

Join the ramble on this year's residency interview season. This episode gives a general overview and timeline, what to expect, how to spiral in uncertainty, and then how to recover for a smooth landing into interview day.

Also, can someone send us new microphones? Riley sounds like he called from the cockpit of a Spirit airliner. If we give out his mailing address, will someone with microphone knowledge hook him up?

Lastly, thank you as always for listening! Find us on Instagram and Tik Tok. Share with your friends. Hide it from your enemies. Whatever. But thank you for tuning in!

Riley used to keep balance between the pre-meds, preclinical medical students, and applicants at various points in their training. But that all changed when the Intern Year attacked. Apologies to anyone who hasn’t gotten around to watching the Avatar The Last Airbender series. Just look up the intro sequence… then come back for this episode.

Anyway, Riley has re-emerged - the Charleston Chump, the Mount Pleasant Peasant, the Folly Beach Fool. He’s back to save us with Intern Year wisdom.

Join Riley and Jack to chat about Riley’s life as an orthopedic surgery intern in South Carolina. Listen to hear what intern year is like, experiences that have changed his perspective, and finding balance in life outside of training.

WARNING: We get into topics relating to addiction from beginning of this episode. Please understand this is how Cody tells his story and continues on his journey - we recognize this can be jarring to listeners who are meeting him where he is at now!

Join Jack as he listens to Cody’s story, as this episode is for everyone. Hear how resilience, goal-setting, and trained-discipline helped Cody climb from his rock-bottom to being a competitive triathlete and gaining acceptance into one of the best universities in the US.

Continuation of Part 1! Here we talk about ethics relating to the field, life considerations/family planning, and key takeaways from our discussion overall!

Our guest today is Mackenzie Mitchell, who at the time of recording, successfully matched into residency for OBGYN. We chat about her journey into the field from undergraduate studies through her time as a medical student in NYC. This episode is a great listen, especially for anyone interested in OBGYN or training in a busy city.

Shouts out to Riley for setting us up with important topics to cover, despite being away for the taping of this episode - we missed him.

Part 2 coming soon!

Jack and Riley help map out what third and fourth year of medical school should look like, both for those applying to highly competitive and those applying to more general specialties. This is a good look into how the second half of medical school operates, and how to prepare for scheduling aways, applications, and testing.

Join the fellas as they recap the last few months and reflect on match day which happened one week ago today. Tons of life updates and information on how the match process works. As always, let us know if you have any suggestions or questions!

Today we are joined by one of our closest friends and colleagues, Kyanna Alleyne, to talk about her journey to medical school as a student athlete. A lot of the advice we give today applies to any student looking to better their application but struggle to find the time. Let us know your thoughts!

Despite our greatest intentions, we did not talk about Emergency Medicine in this podcast - do not be fooled by the intro! We spoke about residency application season, 4th year electives, research opportunities, and things to look forward to in the year ahead. We recorded this on a livestream, with real-time listener interactions! Thank you for joining us.

- Riley and Jack

Everything we’ve learned about being a good sub intern, all in one place. Today we talk about our experiences with away rotations, ways we can be helpful, and going from regular clerkships to the increased responsibility as a sub-I.