This Clerkship Life

Hello everyone! On this episode of "This Clerkship Life" Jon and Trev discuss our time in Moshi, Tanzania on a recent clerkship elective. We talk about our experience during the elective and what exactly we did there. If anyone has any questions about our experience or how to set up an experience like this feel free to send us a message at [email protected]. If you've been doing any cool electives or have any comments about our elective in Tanzania feel free to get in touch with us!

On this episode of "This Clerkship Life" Jon and Trev are super excited to be able to have a conversation with NGO worker and Managing Director, Benjee Cascio who currently works for Pamoja Tunaweza (Together We Can) Women's Centre in Moshi, Tanzania. We talk about ways that medical students should approach working with NGOs, Benjee's personal experience with multiple organizations, as well as his experience with voluntourism. It was a great chat and we hope you enjoy it. As always send your feedback via voice memos or written pieces to [email protected] we love to hear from you. Enjoy!

On this week's episode of This Clerkship Life Jon and Trev discuss 'The Hidden Curriculum', which for those unfamiliar are "lessons learned but not openly intended, such as the transmission of norms, values, and beliefs conveyed in the classroom and the social environment." We discuss our experiences from preclerkship and clerkship where we have found unintended lessons creeping into our education. As always feel free to send us any suggestions or comments via audio clip or your written feedback to [email protected]. Enjoy!

We are back! On this episode of This Clerkship Life Jon and Trev discuss both of their unique experiences on their integrated rotations in Perth and Brockville. We chat about what we're going to miss most, some of the benefits of doing an integrated rotation and most importantly our best stories from our past 17 weeks. As always feel free to send any feedback or stories in written form or audio clip to [email protected]

On this episode of "This Clerkship Life" we have a special guest! Jon and Trev sit down with Dr. Anthony Sanfilippo to talk about his experience going through medical school, what brought him to where he is today and some advice that he has for future physicians.

As always please feel free to send us your opinions/feedback/love to [email protected], we love hearing from you!

On this week's episode of "This Clerkship Life" Jon and Trev discuss what it is like to have one of your own patients pass away from a medical student perspective. They also discuss some of their experiences where they learned something new from their patients rather than from their regular teachers. Enjoy!

As always feel free to send any voice memos, feedback or your own stories to [email protected]. We love hearing from you!

On this week's episode of "This Clerkship Life" Trev and Jon discuss what they wish they had done in their first year of medical school, as well as, what social media and apps they are using in clerkship. They also discuss what podcasts they're listening to right now!

As always feel free to send any feedback or comments to [email protected]

On this week's episode of "This Clerkship Life" Jon and Trev discuss their experience with having to pick what they want to be when they grow up. When is the best time? Is it too late to switch what you're thinking? Spoiler: We don't have the answer. They also discuss their feelings about having to finally write cc4 on all of their notes. Pro: You get money, Con: People think you know what you're talking about.

As always send any feedback or comments to [email protected]. Feel free to add voice clips and we will add them to the show!

Enjoy!

On this week's episode of This Clerkship Life Trev and Jon discuss their experience with electives, what they are theoretically for, what we have heard they are currently being used for and how we can improve them. They also discuss their experience with regional rotations and some of the pros and cons that go with them.

In this episode of This Clerkship Life Jon and Trev discuss some of their classmates and their own 'medical student moments'. (Times where their level of training certainly catches up with them). They also discuss some stories where their classmates have made a big impact for their patients.