The Premed Years

I’m a flight surgeon in the air force, and in today’s episode, Allison is going to interview me all about it. What is life like as a flight surgeon? And what’s the path I took to aerospace medicine? All that and more, coming up!

• 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: Military Medical School and Medical Officer Life.
• Related episode: Ex-Army Dermatologist Talks About His Path Through USUHS.
• 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, I talk to Dr. Greg Polites for the second time on this show (the first time was in Session 23). This time we’re covering how to fix your application after starting off poorly as a premed, solutions to some possible scenarios, and red flags in your application and how to avoid them.

• 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: Can I Recover from a Bad GPA to Get into Medical School?
• Related episode: From a 2.7 Undergrad GPA to First Year Medical Student.
• 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 Marteney, otherwise known as @premedprincess_ on Twitter with over 9,000 followers and spreading the premed gospel on Twitter.

Full Episode Blog Post

Examkrackers Books

Kaplan

Princeton Review

Check out Session 2 and Session 17 for more great info about the MCAT, as well as the MCAT and MCAT Prep posts.

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.

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In this episode, Ryan and Allison talk about their experiences as they transitioned into medical school. First off, congratulations to Allison for graduating from her residency training and she’s now out in the “real” world.

Full Episode Blog Post

Pancakes Every Day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5RapBjos3I

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].

Last week’s 8 Pieces of Information Every Premed Should Know got great responses, so we decided to follow it up with today’s episode: medical school tips and, specifically, the 7 things you should know as you enter 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: 10 Traits You Need to Succeed in Medical School.
• 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!

The premed world is full of myths and misinformation. Let’s set the record straight about some of these things today. In this episode, we talk about 8 pieces of information and advice that every premed should hear as they’re going through this journey.

• 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 I Wish Every Premed Would Know.
• Related post: Premed 101: What You Need to Know to Get into Medical School.
• 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, Ryan talks with Lt. Col (Dr.) Aaron Saguil, the Assistant Dean for Recruitment and Admissions at F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, better known to most people as USUHS (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences) or, in layman’s terms, the military medical school. 

• Full Episode Blog Post
• Related episode: Shadowing a Military Physician, HPSP, and More
• Related episode: Ex-Army Dermatologist Talks About His Path Through UHUHS
• 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, I talk with Dr. Zubin Damania, a.k.a. ZDoggMD, a hospitalist, healthcare visionary and internet personality. We talk about his path to medicine, his struggles, and the exciting Downtown Project in Las Vegas, Nevada.

• Full Episode Blog Post
• ZDoggMD YouTube Channel
• Downtown Project Homepage
• Free Will (book by Sam Harris)
• My article on Tiger Woods and the Premed Gunner Mentality (at KevinMD.com)
• Related episode: What I Wish Every Premed Student Would Know
• 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 talks with Dr. Mike McInnis, Chief Educator at Doctors in Training, a small company that focuses mainly on test prep specifically for USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Exam) and COMLEX (Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination) to help medical students pass the boards.

• Full Episode Blog Post
• Doctors in Training
• USMLE webite
• Step 1 Question Formats /  Step 2 CK Question Formats
• Step 2 CS Tools / Step 2 CS Patient Notes
• Related post: USMLE Step 1 Basics: Learn What Step 1 Is All About
• 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!