The Short Coat (Audio): An Inside Look at Getting Into and Getting Through Medical School

What would you do if you were the Dean of a medical school?  Heck, how would you even get to be a dean, anyway?  What are the priorities of the person in charge of it all?  It's a long road, and a lot of hard, deliberate work to get to the top spot; and there's not that many top spots available.  Fortune 500 CEOs are a dime a dozen, but there are only a relative handful of dean positions out there.  For this episode, Cole Cheney interviewed our own Dean Deb Schwinn to find out the answers to those questions and more, and Zhi Xiong, Greg Woods, and Corey Christensen pitched in with their reactions.

What would you do if you were the Dean of a medical school?  Heck, how would you even get to be a dean, anyway?  What are the priorities of the person in charge of it all?  It's a long road, and a lot of hard, deliberate work to get to the top spot; and there's not that many top spots available.  Fortune 500 CEOs are a dime a dozen, but there are only a relative handful of dean positions out there.  For this episode, Cole Cheney interviewed our own Dean Deb Schwinn to find out the answers to those questions and more, and Zhi Xiong, Greg Woods, and Corey Christensen pitched in with their reactions.

Hey, sports fans! This week, Aline Sandouk, Kaci Mcleary, John Pienta, and Corey Christensen talk about sports injuries, particularly football. Lately John Urschel of the Baltimore Ravens and Chris Boreland of the 49ers have brought this issue back into the spotlight, as Boreland quits the game and Urschel continues despite risking the intellectual capabilities that have enabled him to be a published mathematician.

Hey, sports fans! This week, Aline Sandouk, Kaci Mcleary, John Pienta, and Corey Christensen talk about sports injuries, particularly football. Lately John Urschel of the Baltimore Ravens and Chris Boreland of the 49ers have brought this issue back into the spotlight, as Boreland quits the game and Urschel continues despite risking the intellectual capabilities that have enabled him to be a published mathematician.

The excitement was palpable as we waited for the clock to strike 11 a.m. CST. Or maybe it was fear, hope, dread...whatever it was, we were waiting for the results of Match Day 2015, when med students throughout the country found out where they'd be going as newly minted residents to finish their training for the next few years. After the drama had played out, and the happy (and one or two not-so-happy) faces had left the building to start celebrating, Damien Ihrig--he's the registrar here at the College of Medicine--sat down with Nathan Miller, Melissa Palma, and Jordan Harbaugh-Williams to talk about Match Day and everything that lead up to it.

The excitement was palpable as we waited for the clock to strike 11 a.m. CST. Or maybe it was fear, hope, dread...whatever it was, we were waiting for the results of Match Day 2015, when med students throughout the country found out where they'd be going as newly minted residents to finish their training for the next few years. After the drama had played out, and the happy (and one or two not-so-happy) faces had left the building to start celebrating, Damien Ihrig--he's the registrar here at the College of Medicine--sat down with Nathan Miller, Melissa Palma, and Jordan Harbaugh-Williams to talk about Match Day and everything that lead up to it.

Nathan Miller, Kaci McCleary, Corbin Weaver, and Eric Wilson explore the attention marijuana is getting lately from the medical and legislative/legal communities.  On the medical front, what are the uses of pot?  Do we actually know anything useful about the uses of pot?  What are the ramifications of the legalization of recreational marijuana?  Have med schools caught up with these new views on pot?  Are there other countries that have successfully legalized MJ without collapsing into anarchy or suffering from the effects of potheads' endlessly innovative bong-making drives?

Nathan Miller, Kaci McCleary, Corbin Weaver, and Eric Wilson explore the attention marijuana is getting lately from the medical and legislative/legal communities.  On the medical front, what are the uses of pot?  Do we actually know anything useful about the uses of pot?  What are the ramifications of the legalization of recreational marijuana?  Have med schools caught up with these new views on pot?  Are there other countries that have successfully legalized MJ without collapsing into anarchy or suffering from the effects of potheads' endlessly innovative bong-making drives?

Medical School is damn hard. Between the vast amounts of information to memorize and the vast amounts of concepts to understand, along with the vast amounts of time you'll spend on it all, it seems ripe for technological intervention. Can an app really help you memorize anatomy? Can a website really help you make medical decisions? Can a table really help you get organized? We recently surveyed students here at the UI Carver College of Medicine and on Reddit, asking them for recommendations and tips on using tech during medical school. Cole Cheney, Aline Sandouk, John Pienta, Lisa Wehr, and Greg Woods wade through the results.

Medical School is damn hard. Between the vast amounts of information to memorize and the vast amounts of concepts to understand, along with the vast amounts of time you'll spend on it all, it seems ripe for technological intervention. Can an app really help you memorize anatomy? Can a website really help you make medical decisions? Can a table really help you get organized? We recently surveyed students here at the UI Carver College of Medicine and on Reddit, asking them for recommendations and tips on using tech during medical school. Cole Cheney, Aline Sandouk, John Pienta, Lisa Wehr, and Greg Woods wade through the results.