The Medic Filter

We've taken a little bit of a break! Join us on this episode as we catch-up, and also talk about our lives on surgery from both a medical student and junior doctor perspective covering some high-yield, tangible tips and tricks to make the most of your time on a surgical rotation. We've touched on some strategies to help prepare for a career in surgery if this picks your fancy - message us any other things you might be doing that we've missed!

Being the best version of yourself starts with looking after your physical and mental health. This episode we've invited Dr Linden Scholes to shed some light on life as a junior doctor, burnout, sleep and everyday actionable strategies to protect your mental health. Be sure to join the discussion and let us know your strategies and what works for you! 

It's one of the most confronting issues to grapple the world's attention lately, but what really happened between Ukraine and Russia that catapulted this conflict this far? In this episode, we track down some key incidents through history that have led to one of the biggest military operations of the 21st century. We also touch on major short-term and long-term ramifications that such a global conflict has on healthcare both within Europe and throughout the globe.

A Part 2 to our initial episode: So you've finally hit the wards and doing stuff that makes you feel that one step closer to being the health professional you always dreamed of being. We've realised that learning on the wards is so much more different to your textbooks. Here we've discussed some of the changes we've noticed and some of the strategies that have been working for us in coping with this - food for thought for all our fellow colleagues. We hope that some of our stuff may work for you too :) 

Congratulations to the new batch of med students, welcome to the club! We thought we would put together a list of things we wish we knew if we started medschool again. We deep dive into the principles to have in mind when starting, how to study and how to make the most out of things outside academics too! If only we heard this when we started, big rip 

Aight we actually doing this, get your popcorn and listen to two med students make a fool out of ourselves answering this impossible question. Left with more questions than answers by the end of it, we've attempted to come to terms with values, goals, sense of happiness and identity. We hope to leave you with some good food for thought! 

Catch up with us as we explain what we've been up to with med school, exams, research and work in our podcasting break during 2021! Warning: Some spicy personal life information may be present

Operating side by side with robots? Having an AI machine tell you your diagnosis? Seems a bit like a page out of a Transformers movie that never quite released. But it may not be that fictional after all! In this episode, join us as we sit down with the National Public Health Officer with AMSA International, 5th year UNSW Med Student, and a Consulting Director for one of the worlds largest not-for-profits, Tajwar Ali Khan, as we delve into what the future of health care may look like for you. 

What even is failure? Well as Henry Ford puts it; "Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently". Here we've attempted to deconstruct the stories of some notable failures (including Mr Ford :) ) in order to tangibly highlight the value of failure. So, sit tight and join us in our deep dive into failure and the integration of it into your success story! 

With Social and Mainstream Media flooding us everyday with new kinds of diets that promise much, it's hard to know what's the best way to eat. In this episode, we breakdown the fundamentals of diet and shed light on what the ultimate diet looks like. Hint: The answer is surprisingly simple!