18 episódios
I Want to Be a Doctor Dr. Robin Dickinson MD
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A pre-med club for everyone, I Want to Be a Doctor gives listeners an invitation into the often privileged and impenetrable world of becoming a physician. Join host Dr. Robin Dickinson MD as she answers questions from medical hopefuls or curious bystanders. About half of our listeners are families with kids who are interested in a medical career and most of our questions come from pre-med or medical students. Why? Because it's never to early to start asking questions and thinking about a medical career! So whether you are in medical school trying to choose a specialty or in elementary school dreaming of your career, there are episodes for you!
Now is the time to submit your questions! Email podcast@docrobinschool.com and please include your first name and grade/class level if you want to be acknowledged.
****Every episode is sponsored by Dr. Robin's School, the pre-med curriculum for kids! Visit docrobinschool.com to learn more****
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18- How to Choose a Medical Specialty?
Today's question is from a 3rd year medical who asks: Help! Everyone on my rotations keeps asking me what I'm going into and I DON'T KNOW! How do I choose a specialty?!
Well I wish I could give you a simple answer. Take this test, sort yourself into the correct Hogwarts house, hold this thing in your hand and it will turn the color of...
But no, I'm going to start by saying there's no wrong answer but there's no right answer. Kind of like -
17-Embryology?!?!
Today's question is from a first year medical student who asks "I'm so confused with embryology. What do I do?"
As someone who is still confused with embryology, let me tell you, you are not alone. I don't know any practicing physicians who are really clear on embryology unless they did research in the field before medical school. It's a really confusing subject.
It helps to
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16-Manage Time
Today's question is from a college freshman who asks: How do you remember to do all the things on your calendar? I'm constantly forgetting to do something.
Yeah, me too. Which is why I don't rely on my memory at all. Ever.
I know a lot of people who try to remember to do things and that's totally fine if it works for you. For me, my brain is so overloaded with everything else that I just can't. And if you can't either, that's okay.
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15- Passing Out
Today's question is from a first year medical student who asks "Did you ever pass out during a procedure?"
Why yes, I did! And I'm here to tell you that you can have a tendency to pass out, overcome it, and no one will remember long term that it was you.
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14-What Training for Whom?
Today's question is from an 8th grader who asks what is the difference between a doctor, a nurse practitioner, a nurse, and a physician’s assistant?
You are not the only person who wonders that! It can be very confusing understanding all the different roles in caring for a patient.
The two main differences are the training and what the person is able to do.
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13-Being Human
Today's question is from a number of you who asked, “Where have you been the last couple weeks? Why haven’t any new episodes dropped?” So today I’m going to talk about something that most physicians and aspiring physicians struggle with. Being human.
So to answer the easy part of this. Where I’ve been the last two weeks was recovering from a concussion and then covid.
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