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The Pre-Med Playbook is the definitive roadmap for the next generation of physicians, hosted by Casey Pearce to deconstruct the pre-med journey from freshman year to the White Coat at NYITCOM at Arkansas State. This series provides a localized, end-to-end perspective on the medical school pipeline, offering direct access to the faculty and students navigating the Arkansas healthcare landscape. By transforming the daunting path to medical school into actionable steps, Casey and his guests provide the structure to turn a dream into a clinical reality at Arkansas State.
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Choosing a medical specialty dictates the trajectory of your entire career and daily work-life balance. Dr. Sam Palmer breaks down how family medicine training equips physicians to handle everything from rural ERs to private outpatient clinics. General practitioners face massive patient loads and constant schedule disruptions. Palmer explains how maintaining an adaptable schedule and finding personal value in patient interactions combats high rates of physician burnout. Medical students will ...
Medical school debt dictates the future of too many young physicians. With tuition costs climbing and federal loan programs shifting, finding alternative funding paths is an immediate priority for incoming medical students. Student Dr. John Brown, Student Dr. Isabella Managbanag, and Dr. Amanda Deal join the show to explain how the military’s Health Professions Scholarship Program funds medical education in exchange for service. We get into the exact mechanics of the military track and how it...
Burnout is a silent career killer for first-year medical students. With orientation season wrapping up and the academic pressure cooker officially turning on, aspiring physicians need to know exactly what they are walking into before the workload becomes unmanageable. Casey Pearce sits down with veteran NYITCOM students Meghana Kumaran, Amaya Britton, and Nicholas Loudermilk to unpack the intense realities and practical strategies for surviving the transition into medical school. We get into ...
The shift from undergraduate studies to medical school will quickly punish anyone relying on last-minute cramming. With incoming classes preparing to step onto campus and pre-meds planning their future applications, understanding the daily realities of professional education is critical to avoiding early burnout. We sit down with incoming student Jenna Brown and second-year medical students Larry Turner and Gracie Folks to unpack what it actually takes to survive and thrive at NYITCOM Arkansa...
You are going to be that age anyway, so you might as well be that age with a medical degree. The fear of being the "old" student in the lecture hall stops too many capable people from pursuing a career in medicine, but non-traditional applicants actually have a massive hidden advantage. T.J. Moore and Dakota Roberts, two non-traditional medical students at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, share how they pivoted from established careers in public health and the Coast Guard to tackle their...
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