Real MD

Real MD

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Real MD episodes

  • S. 3 Ep. 11 - Ask People About Their Day

    Trisha and I had a great conversation about life as a medical student and staying grounded. We covered a lot in our interview but what struck me is her wisdom including the connection her life purpose has to her family, creating authentic relationships, learning how to lead, and bringing her culture including all intersecting identities with her wherever she goes. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

    50 min
  • S. 3 Ep. 10 - Relieve Suffering
    This week's episode of the RealMD podcast features first year medical student, Shi Liang. I have loved getting to know Shi over the past few months. In this episode, we talk about why he is pursuing medicine, finding community, overcoming failure in his life, and what he hopes for students in his class. He also expresses an overall desire to relieve suffering. This idea of relieving suffering is common, but I want to say, having worked with so many medical students over the years, that every time I hear this phrase from a student, there is an earnestness that I feel. This is not only a reflection from Shi, but a hopeful ambition, a deep seated desire of so many medical students out there.
    27 min
  • S. 3 Ep. 9 - Build Your Practice
    It is the end of the year and a time when many people naturally review the past year and think about what they want in the future. Frequently, I get asked by students and colleagues about self-reflection and what it means to have a regular practice. So I brought in the person who has had the greatest impact on me and my own inner journey, Tony Tsai. He is the director of Leadership and Career Development for University of Utah Health. Tony and I have spent the last almost 7 years working on RealMD with our students to encourage more self-awareness and self-discovery. But underneath it all has been a series of 1:1 conversations where I have learned from him what it means to listen to yourself and start doing daily activities that have helped me take control and start managing my own career. In healthcare there is a real need to build your own practice beyond your specialty to sustain you on the long road ahead. I hope this episode serves as a starting point and that Tony can help you begin figuring out how to start managing your own life as you enter a new year.
    40 min
  • S. 3 Ep. 8 - Serve the Community

    This week’s episode features Dr. Ivette Lopez. She earned her PHD in population health and from the moment she began her journey, she knew that everything she does from research to outreach would be for the benefit of the diverse and vibrant communities she has served for past three decades. Dr. Lopez tells her story of finding meaning in her career and talks about how our medical students have a unique opportunity to learn by working alongside community health workers.

    27 min
  • S. 3 Ep. 7 - Be the Architect

    This week’s episode features Dr. Mark Harris. He serves at the University of Utah as the Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education, Associate Chief Medical Officer, and Designated Institutional Official of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. We discuss his journey as a first-generation medical student in Glasgow, Scotland to coming to the US and switching specialties. Mark also talks about his love of academic medicine and improving professional identity development of residents. Lastly, Mark talks about how being a drummer makes him a better physician.

    34 min
  • S. 3 Ep. 6 - Don't be a Superhero
    Dr. Kyle Bradford Jones is an Associate Clinical Professor in Family and preventative care at the U of U school of medicine. In 2020, after three years of work, he released the book: Fallible: A memoir of a young physician’s struggle with mental illness. We talk about his journey as described in the book, his efforts to destigmatize mental illness for medical students, and debunk what it means to be a real physician as well as find fulfillment in your career.
    31 min
  • S. 3 Ep. 5 - Accept the Challenge
    Dr. Paloma Felga Cariello is Associate Dean of Health, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the U of U school of medicine and an infectious disease physician. In this episode, we talk about her journey into medicine, exploring specialty, her love of teaching and EDI work. She shares the unexpected life and career challenges she has faced and how self-reflection and a willingness to accept the challenges by focusing on the next step has helped her through.
    32 min
  • S. 3. Ep. 4 - Grief is like the Ocean
    Dr. Dominic Moore is an Associate professor and division chief of pediatric palliative care as well as the medical director of palliative care for intermountain healthcare. In this episode we talk about how grief, humor, and music play a part in his life and work.
    30 min
  • S.3. Ep. 3 - Be Creative in your Community

    This week’s episode features guest host Savannah Gelhard. She is a third-year medical students and serves as a RealMD facilitator. Savannah had a chance to sit down with fellow third-year Erik Tokita. He was driven to medicine by a desire to help those in his community. Throughout medical school, he has focused on balancing the rigorous workload with enjoying life and having fun with his classmates through memes.

    15 min
  • S. 3 Ep. 2 - Make the Connection

    This week’s episode of the RealMD podcast features Dr. Sara Wikstrom. She is an internal medicine physician and faculty member at the U of U and strong advocate for students and residents. In this episode we talk about her journey and connections she made to medicine. She also shares how she navigated choosing a specialty.

    28 min

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What is your purpose? The RealMD podcast strives to create a space that helps medical students find and maintain their highest purpose in medicine. These episodes are the daily, weekly reminder you…