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  • Surgery - General Surgery w/ Dr. Douglas Cassidy
    2025/04/23
    This episode will help you stand out during your General Surgery Rotation. Dr. Cassidy expertly guides us on what post-op questions to ask patients when pre-rounding, how to encourage learning from your preceptors as a medical student, and gives advice for students who are working in the OR for the first time.

    Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on a minimally invasive surgery service, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the MIS OR or any OR on your surgery rotation!

    Dr. Douglas Cassidy earned his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and he completed his general surgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), including a two-year Surgical Education and Simulation Research Fellowship. His research interests include surgical simulation and resident education, and he serves as the Director of Surgical Simulation for the MUSC surgical residency. He is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

    For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.com

    Book/Resource recommendation: Dr. Pestana’s Surgery Notes - Carlos Pestana MD, ACS/ASE Medical Student Core Curriculum, Behind the Knife Podcast
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    36 分
  • Surgery - Pediatric Surgery w/ Dr. Jeffrey Gander
    2025/04/04
    This episode will help you stand out during your Pediatric Surgery Rotation. Dr. Gander expertly guides us on how to pre-round on our pediatric patients in the mornings, how to work-up abdominal pain in a child, and gives advice for students who are working in the OR for the first time.

    Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on a pediatric surgery service, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the pediatric surgery OR!

    Dr. Jeffrey Gander trained in both general and pediatric surgery at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. He joined as faculty at University of Virginia Health Children's in August 2014. He specializes in surgery for children and is particularly interested in minimally invasive approaches to surgery for childhood diseases. Dr. Gander is passionate about medical student education and is the Surgery Clerkship Director for the UVA School of Medicine.

    For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.com

    Book/Resource recommendation: The Essentials of General Surgery- Peter Lawrence MD, Medical Student Core Curriculum

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    35 分
  • Internal Medicine - Rheumatology w/ Dr. Diane Kamen
    2025/02/26
    This episode will help you stand out during rheumatology clinic during your IM or rheumatology rotation. Dr. Kamen expertly guides us through the joint and skin exam, how to think through all of the biologic treatments available, and many pearls on how to think through a patient with a complicated presentation.

    Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the rheumatology clinic, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the rheumatology clinic.

    Dr. Diane Kamen is a rheumatologist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education and is a very accomplished researcher, focusing on the underlying etiologies of rheumatologic diseases, particularly lupus. She is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

    For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.com

    Book/Resource recommendation: American College of Rheumatology Website (specifically the “Rheum2Learn” modules for trainees
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    57 分
  • Pediatrics - Newborn Nursery w/ Dr. Claire MacGeorge
    2025/02/23
    This episode will help you stand out in the newborn nursery during your pediatrics rotation. Dr. MacGeorge expertly guides us through a medical student's role in the newborn nursery, how to do a newborn exam, and gives advice for students who have little experience interacting with newborns.

    Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the newborn nursery, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the nursery!

    Dr. Claire MacGeorge is a pediatrician at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student education, and has done many projects with students including evaluating student education in the newborn nursery rotation as well as teaching the newborn exam to first year medical students. She is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

    For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.com

    Book/Resource recommendation: UWorld or Amboss Question Bank

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    17 分
  • Dermatology w/ Dr. Richard Marchell
    2025/02/16
    This episode will help you stand out during your dermatology rotation. Dr. Marchell expertly guides us through a medical student's role in the dermatology clinic, how to do a thorough skin exam, and many pearls on how to formulate your presentation to the attending.

    Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the dermatology clinic, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the dermatology clinic.

    Dr. Richard Marchell is a dermatologist at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, serving as the dermatology residency program director and director of the medical student dermatology externship. He is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

    For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.com

    Book/Resource recommendation: “How to Win Friends & Influence People” by Dale Carnegie

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    35 分
  • Psychiatry - Child and Adolescent Inpatient w/ Dr. Carlisle Hiott
    2024/12/11
    This episode will help you stand out on the child and adolescent psychiatry service during your psychiatry rotation. Dr. Hiott expertly guides us through taking a mental status exam in a pediatric patient, how to navigate group rounds, and going through key differences in psychiatry vs medicine wards.

    Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on the child psychiatry service, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day on child and adolescent psychiatry wards.

    Dr. Carlisle Hiott is a child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at the Medical University of South Carolina. She has worked closely with medical students both in clinical settings and as a member of MUSC’s psychiatry residency committee. She is a passionate educator and gives great advice for students that is great for all clinical rotations. We hope you enjoy!

    For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.com

    Book/Resource recommendation: “Concise Guide to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry” by Mina K Dulcan, “The Undifferentiated Medical Student Podcast” by Ian Drummond, “Running with Scissors” by Augusten Burroughs, “Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s” by John Elder Robison, “Girl, Interrupted” by Susanna Kaysen

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    40 分
  • Neurology - Epilepsy w/ Dr. Sarah Schmitt
    2024/11/22
    This episode will help you stand out in epilepsy clinic during your neurology rotation. Dr. Schmitt expertly guides us through taking a history in patients presenting with loss of consciousness, how to think through anti-epileptic medications, and several pearls on being a caring physician.

    Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the epilepsy clinic, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the epilepsy clinic.

    Dr. Sarah Schmitt is a neurologist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, serving as the neurology clerkship director and vice chair of education. She is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

    For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.com

    Book/Resource recommendation: “Clinical Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases” by Hal Blumenfeld
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    22 分
  • Neurology - General Inpatient Wards/Consults w/ Dr. Shefali Dujari
    2024/09/27
    This episode will help you stand out on the general neurology inpatient service during your neurology rotation. Dr. Dujari expertly guides us through a couple common chief complaints and what she wants to hear from a medical student that is presenting to her. She also leaves us with many actionable ways to immediately impress our attendings. This is an episode you don’t want to miss!

    Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on the inpatient neurology service, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day on the neurology wards.

    Dr. Shefali Dujari is a neurologist at Stanford University. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, serving as the neurology residency associate program director, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

    For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.com

    Book/Resource recommendation: “Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology”

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    30 分