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

What med students do when they don’t know the right answer


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It feels risky to be wrong…here’s how to get used to that

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The Socratic method–teaching using questions–is a big part of medical education. It’s also often a big adjustment that medical students have to make when arriving at med school. Why is this method so important to med school profs, and how do you get comfortable speaking up in front of everyone when you know you’ve got no idea? Short Coats Emma Barr, Nick Lind, Holly Conger, and Tim Maxwell have all been there!

Also, since Dave is a news junky, he has the gang play a headline mashup game. Come along as we find out the controversial views of a professor about the function of bones!

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The Short Coat: An Inside Look at Getting Into and Getting Through Medical SchoolBy The Students of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

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