The COM Pod: an unfiltered look at life at Idaho's first medical school

The Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine has launched a new program for current students called the OPP Undergraduate Fellowship. Third-year student, Spencer Fitch, is one of the first students who have been accepted into this new program and joins hosts Brian Atkinson, Stephanie Dillon and Dr. Dennis Rau to discuss the Fellowship.
 
Links mentioned during this episode:  

• OMT Video Library

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Prior to his departure from ICOM, former Dean and Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Thomas Mohr, joined the podcast to recap exciting milestones achieved during the 2021-22 academic year. 

Links mentioned during this episode:  

• Dean Announces Departure from ICOM
• ICOM Celebrates First Match Day
• ICOM Graduates Inaugural Class
• ICOM Achieves Full Accreditation 

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Forming a strong social circle in medical school can help students maintain a nice work-life balance and excel academically. Depending on your personality, making friends can either be easy or daunting; but once you've created your friend circle, you'll have a great support system. 

Third-year ICOM students, Dorothy Yen, Kristie Nguyen, and Madison Summers share their experiences with making friends in medical school and how they curated their seven-member "girl gang" that helps them through the highs and lows of med school.

Links and emails mentioned in the podcast:

• Clinical Experience: https://www.idahocom.org/academics/clinical-experience/ 

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The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) -- also known as "The Match" -- is used to place U.S. medical school students into residency training programs, and occurs during a student's fourth-year of medical school.

ICOM alumni Jenna Farmer, DO and Marcus Capizzano, DO  join Brian, Stephanie and Dr. Rau to discuss their experiences navigating the NRMP and offer advice to med students. 

Dr. Farmer is currently completing her Family Medicine residency with the Family Medicine Residency of Idaho in Nampa, ID; and Dr. Capizzano is currently completing a Family Medicine residency at the Osteopathic Medical Education Consortium of Oklahoma in Tulsa, OK.

Links mentioned during this episode:  

• National Resident Matching Program
• ICOM Celebrates First Match Day
• WATCH: Match Day Party at ICOM
• ICOM's Match Rate

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We're baaaaaaaack! The COM Pod -- the official podcast of the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine (ICOM) has returned for its second season.

Hosts Brian Atkinson, Director of IT; Stephanie Dillon, Director of Communications & Marketing; and Dr. Dennis Rau, Assistant Dean of Osteopathic Integration are excited to bring you some fresh content this season!

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Now that ICOM’s inaugural Class of 2022 is nearing the end of its first year of clinical rotations, Student Doctors Yalda Chalabi and Nick Scapini share their experiences with hosts Brian Atkinson, Stephanie Dillon and Dr. Dennis Rau. Get advice, words of wisdom, and learn about “pimping” -- the OTHER kind of pimping --  from these experienced third-year students. 

Links and emails mentioned in the podcast:

• Clinical Experience: https://www.idahocom.org/academics/clinical-experience/ 

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Dr. Todd Coffey, Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Research and Biostatistics chats with hosts Brian Atkinson, Stephanie Dillon and Dr. Dennis Rau about the research landscape at ICOM. Listen to this episode to learn about research opportunities available to students throughout the pre-clinical and clinical years. 

Links and emails mentioned in the podcast:

• Research: https://www.idahocom.org/research/ 
• Dr. Coffey’s email: [email protected]

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Hosts Brian Atkinson, Stephanie Dillon and Dr. Dennis Rau are joined by Nicole McMillin, ICOM’s Director of Financial Aid, to discuss financing your medical school education. From information on loans and scholarships to tuition and fees, consider this episode as “Financial Aid 101” for prospective ICOM students. 

Links and emails mentioned in the podcast:

• Financial Aid: https://www.idahocom.org/admission-aid/financial-aid/ 
• Nicole’s email: [email protected]
• Carlene’s email: [email protected]
• Tuition & Fees: https://www.idahocom.org/students/student-accounts/ 

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Hosts Brian Atkinson and Stephanie Dillon are joined by returning guest, Ellie Matthews, ICOM's Recruiter Extraordinaire. On this episode, Ellie answers a variety of frequently asked questions from prospective students. If you're looking to apply to ICOM, you'll want to listen to this episode!

Links and emails mentioned in the podcast:

• FAQs: https://www.idahocom.org/about/faq/ 
• Ellie's email: [email protected]
• Admissions email: [email protected]
• "Beyond the Minimums" episode: https://bit.ly/2VRyPuM 
• Virtual Tour: https://youtu.be/xy3KkGMM1jI 

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Hosts Brian Atkinson, Stephanie Dillon and Dennis Rau are joined by Kristie Nguyen, OMS-I and Christopher Thompson, OMS-I. These first-year students share how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted and influenced the medical school experience.  

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