UnsCripted Medicine

“One Last Time” we say goodbye to an Unscripted Founding Father, Dr. Robbie Daulton. In this episode, we go through the highs and lows of Robbie’s med school experience. All along the way, he gives the tips and tricks that has helped get him to where he is today. You don’t want to miss this one: whether you are an M4 or still a pre-med in undergrad, Robbie’s wisdom will be important for all to hear!

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Third year clerkships are an exciting opportunity for medical students to apply their knowledge and skills, care for real patients, and discover more about themselves. However, this year also harbors many fears in the minds of medical students: fears of judgement from harsh preceptors, fears of pimping in the wards and the OR, and fears of not living up to one's personal expectations. These fears drive many to adopt a fixed mindset in which they feel everything constantly scrutinized and pressured to perform perfectly at all tasks. Thoughts such as these can be incredibly stressful and damaging to students, resulting in emotional trauma and stunted learning.

In this episode, we discuss how to break away from this "fixed mindset" and how to embody a positively-focused "growth mindset". Join us as we explore how to set healthy goals for clerkships, how to manage anxiety and find harmony in stressful clinical environments, and how to grow as a clinician and learner.

Show notes:
1. Mindset (Carol Dweck, PhD)

2. The Shame Conversation (Will Bynum, MD) 

3. Words Matter: Removing the Word Pimp from Medical Education Discourse

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Whether you happened into the Pediatrics AI (Acting Internship) or have already committed to a career caring for children, this will be a great episode for you! We discuss all things peds with the delightful Dr. Laura Elliott, a Pediatrics Resident at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. You'll find pearls on how to starting thinking like a true intern, even though you're just acting like one. 

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Dust off your stethoscope, break out your rounding shoes, and review/forget hyponatremia causes for the hundredth time, because it's time for the Internal Medicine AI! Every medical student has the distinct privilege (read: required rotation) of being an acting intern in IM, so it's probably worth discussing how to survive/thrive, depending on your goals. Thankfully, Drs. Memon and Ludvigsen have you covered.

Dr. Sarah Ludvigsen and Dr. Ahmed Memon are both PGY-2 Internal Medicine residents at University of Cincinnati, and are both future chief residents, as well! Total rockstars. Tune in as they discuss with Zach and Kevin how to carve a niche on the IM team. They'll talk resources, pager anxiety, success strategies, and more. They'll also convince even the hardest of hearts to love their time on this rotation! You won't want to miss this one.

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Trauma, shock, and ED boarding, oh my! Stepping into the Emergency Department as an acting intern can be daunting. Things move quickly and people can be really sick. Have no fear, though, because Dr. Chris Zalesky is here!

Dr. Zalesky is a second-year Emergency Medicine resident at University of Cincinnati and joined the podcast to talk all things EM AI. Listen in to hear about the best EM apps and podcasts, the normal rhythms of the ED, and how to sleep when the sun's out!

SAEM Example Presentations

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2.  Second
3.  Third 

Other Helpful Links

• SAEM M4 Curriculum
• Dealing with difficult patients

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Medical school is hard. We are constantly told that we need to check various boxes in order to “succeed” as a medical student, but is it really worth crying at 3 AM, fully clothed in your bathtub, eating your stress food of choice? 

In this episode, we are joined by Nicole and Ana, two medical students from the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and co-hosts of the Impersonating Doctors podcast. We talk about everything from media representations of doctors, to maintaining your mental health in medical school, to finding your own lane in medicine. We hope this conversation brings you as much joy as it did us! 

Pro-tip: Check us out on their podcast, too! 

Clean-Up: 

At 18:02, Ana says that memories are consolidated in N-REM stage 3 which is incorrect. It’s actually in REM. (She formally apologizes to her psych preceptor.)

Connect with Impersonating Doctors!

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• Instagram: @ImpersonatingDoctors

Email: [email protected] 

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All throughout medical school, you have dedicated countless hours perfecting the craft of learning. BUT — with residency, the student now ascends to master (sorta, not really). It is now time to teach those your very own medical students whose strife you know all too well. In this episode, our UnsCripted alum Dr. Madison Epperson sits down with her former podcast team to walk us through the transition from M4 to residency. She offers up 6 quick tips on how to be an effective teacher while still balancing the responsibilities of being a resident physician.

Common and Critical Intern Dilemmas Part 1 

Common and Critical Intern Dilemmas Part 2 

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Ever wonder what goes on beyond the doors of the pathology department? What ever happened to that tissue biopsy that the surgeon sent, or the blood smear that the medicine team ordered? Most importantly, who are those people in those dimly-lit microscopy rooms and what are their lives like? Well here to shine light on this mystery is none other than Dr. Steve Gilday.

Dr. Gilday is a fourth-year resident at the UCMC Department of Pathology and a former UC College of Medicine MD-PhD graduate. In this episode, he describes his journey into pathology, what the day-to-day life of a pathologist looks like, and shares helpful advice to students who may be interested in this medical subspecialty as a future career. 

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Have you ever opened ERAS and closed it immediately out of fear? Or maybe never opened it at all? Well, UnsCripted is here to help. Tune in as now-matched M4s Kevin, Robbie, and Zach share their personal insights and strategies on writing personal statements, filling out ERAS, and taking that first plunge in applying to residency. Banter and shenanigans ensue.

P.S. peep the episode image for Rachel in a Cincinnati Zoo ad.

Show Notes

1.  Dr. Bryan Carmody's #MedEd blog, The Sherriff of Sodium
2.  NRMP's Charting Outcomes data
3. Check here for updated calendars and ERAS guides.
4.  For personal statements, we definitely recommend proofreading for grammar and spelling errors. We do not, however, recommend obsessing over every vocabulary word.

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It doesn’t get much better than watching kidney reperfusion while jamming to Beyonce. At least, that’s what Dr. Silski thinks and we kinda agree. In this installment of our virtual shadowing series, Dr. Latifa Silski walks us through the highs and lows of transplant surgery. Dr. Silski, one of only a few black female transplant surgeons in the US, is a pioneer in more ways than one. Feel free to follow her on Twitter or reach out directly if you want to connect further!

Show Notes:

1. Here is a Twitter post celebrating the trailblazing women of color in transplant surgery

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