The Premed Years

Should you go to medical school? How do you know if medicine is right for you? In today’s episode, we talk about 5 reasons to go to medical school and 5 reasons to not.

• Full Episode Blog Post
• Check out my Premed Playbook series of books (available on Amazon), with installments on the personal statement, the medical school interview, and the MCAT.
• Related episode: How Do I Know If Medicine Is Right for Me?
• Related episode: Why You Should Still Consider a Career in Medicine.
• Need MCAT Prep? Save on tutoring, classes, and full-length practice tests by using promo code “MSHQ” at Next Step Test Prep!

In today’s episode, I talk with Tony Sozzo for the second time on the show, this time about how to pay back your medical school loans.

• Full Episode Blog Post
• Check out my Premed Playbook series of books (available on Amazon), with installments on the personal statement, the medical school interview, and the MCAT.
• Related episode: Setting Yourself Up for Financial Success, Starting Now.
• Related episode: How to Provide for Your Family as a Premed.
• Need MCAT Prep? Save on tutoring, classes, and full-length practice tests by using promo code “MSHQ” for 10% off Next Step full-length practice tests or “MSHQTOC” for $50 off MCAT tutoring or the Next Step MCAT Course at Next Step Test Prep!

In today’s episode, Ryan talks with Owen Farcy, Director of MCAT 2015 at Kaplan and host of The Pulse, Kaplan’s monthly webinar series.

Full Episode Blog Post

Kaplan’s MCAT 2015 Page with sign up for the MCAT 2015 Practice Test

The Pulse – Monthly Pre-med Webinar Series

Save $225 on the Princeton Review’s MCAT Ultimate or MCAT Self-Paced Prep Course through March 30th 2016 by going to www.princetonreview.com/podcast

If you need any help with the medical school interview, go to medschoolinterviewbook.com. Sign up and you will receive parts of the book so you can help shape the future of the book. This book will include over 500 questions that may be asked during interview day as well as real-life questions, answers, and feedback from all of the mock interviews Ryan has been doing with students.

Are you a nontraditional student? Go check out oldpremeds.org.

For more great content, check out www.mededmedia.com for more of the shows produced by the Medical School Headquarters including the OldPremeds Podcast and watch out for more shows in the future!

Free MCAT Gift: Free 30+ page guide with tips to help you maximize your MCAT score and which includes discount codes for MCAT prep as well.

Hang out with us over at medicalschoolhq.net/group. Click join and we’ll add you up to our private Facebook group. Share your successes and miseries with the rest of us.

Check out our partner magazine, www.premedlife.com to learn more about awesome premed information.

Next Step Test Prep: Get one-on-one tutoring for the MCAT and maximize your score. Get $50 off their tutoring program when you mention that you heard about this on the podcast or through the MSHQ website.

Listen to our podcast for free at iTunes: medicalschoolhq.net/itunes and leave us a review there!

Email Ryan at [email protected] or connect with him on Twitter @medicalschoolhq

Tweet Allison @allison_mshq or send her an email at [email protected].

In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Brandi Sinkfield, an attending general anesthesiologist who had her fair share of struggles along the path to medical school.

• Full Episode Blog Post
• Check out my Premed Playbook series of books (available on Amazon), with installments on the personal statement, the medical school interview, and the MCAT.
• Related episode: Rejected from the Carribean! Now with a U.S. Acceptance.
• Related episode: How to Fix a Medical School Application After Starting Premed Poorly
• Need MCAT Prep? Save on tutoring, classes, and full-length practice tests by using promo code “MSHQ” at Next Step Test Prep!

In this episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Faye Reiff-Pasarew of The Art of Medicine Podcast. Faye is an artist by heart but seeing that being a physician was the best fit for her career-wise and it was something she would see herself doing day in and day out, she decided to dive into the world of medicine where she is currently a 3rd-year internal medicine resident at Mount Sinai in New York City.

Full Episode Blog Post

The Art of Medicine Podcast – iTunes Link

Columbia Postbac Program Podcast

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai – FlexMed Podcast

Course description for Narrative Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine

Academy for Medicine and the Humanities

The Art of Medicine Facebook page

Email Faye at [email protected]

Session 10: Interview with Columbia Postbac Premed Program

Save $225 on the Princeton Review’s MCAT Ultimate or MCAT Self-Paced Prep Course through March 30th 2016 by going to www.princetonreview.com/podcast

If you need any help with the medical school interview, go to medschoolinterviewbook.com. Sign up and you will receive parts of the book so you can help shape the future of the book. This book will include over 500 questions that may be asked during interview day as well as real-life questions, answers, and feedback from all of the mock interviews Ryan has been doing with students.

Are you a nontraditional student? Go check out oldpremeds.org.

For more great content, check out www.mededmedia.com for more of the shows produced by the Medical School Headquarters including the OldPremeds Podcast and watch out for more shows in the future!

Free MCAT Gift: Free 30+ page guide with tips to help you maximize your MCAT score and which includes discount codes for MCAT prep as well.

Hang out with us over at medicalschoolhq.net/group. Click join and we’ll add you up to our private Facebook group. Share your successes and miseries with the rest of us.

Check out our partner magazine, www.premedlife.com to learn more about awesome premed information.

Next Step Test Prep: Get one-on-one tutoring for the MCAT and maximize your score. Get $50 off their tutoring program when you mention that you heard about this on the podcast or through the MSHQ website.

Listen to our podcast for free at iTunes: medicalschoolhq.net/itunes and leave us a review there!

Email Ryan at [email protected] or connect with him on Twitter @medicalschoolhq

Tweet Allison @allison_mshq or send her an email at [email protected].

In today’s episode, I talk with Hanna about MD/PhD programs, along with the many other dual-degree programs such as MD/MPH, MD/MBA, and more. Even DO schools have many options for dual-degree programs.

• Full Episode Blog Post
• Follow Hanna on Instagram and Twitter.
• Hanna’s Blog, MD/PhD to Be
• Related episode: Can I Start an MD/PhD Program at an Older Age?
• Related episode: MD/PhD Program Director Shares What You Need.
• Need MCAT Prep? Save on tutoring, classes, and full-length practice tests by using promo code “MSHQ” for 10% off Next Step full-length practice tests or “MSHQTOC” for $50 off MCAT tutoring or the Next Step MCAT Course at Next Step Test Prep!

In this episode, Ryan and Allison discuss a controversial topic, which is huge in residency today, specifically the residency work hour restrictions.

Full Episode Blog Post

Why doesn’t medical care get better when doctors rest more?

A brief history of duty hours and resident education

Libby Zion Law

Doctors-in-training spend very little time at patient bedside, study finds

Save $225 on the Princeton Review’s MCAT Ultimate or MCAT Self-Paced Prep Course through March 30th 2016 by going to www.princetonreview.com/podcast

If you need any help with the medical school interview, go to medschoolinterviewbook.com. Sign up and you will receive parts of the book so you can help shape the future of the book. This book will include over 500 questions that may be asked during interview day as well as real-life questions, answers, and feedback from all of the mock interviews Ryan has been doing with students.

Are you a nontraditional student? Go check out oldpremeds.org.

For more great content, check out www.mededmedia.com for more of the shows produced by the Medical School Headquarters including the OldPremeds Podcast and watch out for more shows in the future!

Free MCAT Gift: Free 30+ page guide with tips to help you maximize your MCAT score and which includes discount codes for MCAT prep as well.

Hang out with us over at medicalschoolhq.net/group. Click join and we’ll add you up to our private Facebook group. Share your successes and miseries with the rest of us.

Check out our partner magazine, www.premedlife.com to learn more about awesome premed information.

Next Step Test Prep: Get one-on-one tutoring for the MCAT and maximize your score. Get $50 off their tutoring program when you mention that you heard about this on the podcast or through the MSHQ website.

Listen to our podcast for free at iTunes: medicalschoolhq.net/itunes and leave us a review there!

Email Ryan at [email protected] or connect with him on Twitter @medicalschoolhq

Tweet Allison @allison_mshq or send her an email at [email protected].

In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Vineet Arora from FutureDocsBlog.com about the do’s and don’ts of writing your personal statements. These tips apply to medical school personal statements as well as residency personal statements.

• Full Episode Blog Post
• FutureDocs Blog / @FutureDocs on Twitter
• Check out my book all about the personal statement: The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School Personal Statement.
• Related episode: How to Start Brainstorming Your Personal Statement Draft?
• Related episode: What Should Nontrads Focus on in the Personal Statement?
• Need MCAT Prep? Save on tutoring, classes, and full-length practice tests by using promo code “MSHQ” for 10% off Next Step full-length practice tests or “MSHQTOC” for $50 off MCAT tutoring or the Next Step MCAT Course at Next Step Test Prep!

In today’s episode, we talk about life as a medical student on the wards. We talk about what it’s like to be a new 3rd-year medical student. There is no summer between 2nd and 3rd year. This is to match you up with the calendar of the residents coming in.

• Full Episode Blog Post
• Check out my Premed Playbook series of books (available on Amazon), with installments on the personal statement, the medical school interview, and the MCAT.
• Related episode: What Do the First Two Years of Medical School Look Like?
• Related episode: Top 7 Things You Should Know as a Medical Student.
• Need MCAT Prep? Save on tutoring, classes, and full-length practice tests by using promo code “MSHQ” for 10% off Next Step full-length practice tests or “MSHQTOC” for $50 off MCAT tutoring or the Next Step MCAT Course at Next Step Test Prep!