Episodes
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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!
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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 -
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!
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Book/Resource recommendation: “Clinical Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases” by Hal Blumenfeld -
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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!
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Book/Resource recommendation: “Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology” -
This episode will help you stand out in the clinic and on the wards of your Child Neurology rotation. Dr. Larsen gives us expert tips on the pediatric neurology exam, common pitfalls that students make, and dives deep into the diagnosis and management of epilepsy in children.
Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in child neurology, and 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 with pediatric neurology patients.
Dr. Douglas Larsen is a pediatric neurologist at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, with a masters in education and he serves as the vice chair of education in the department of neurology. He is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!
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Book/Resource recommendation:
“Fenichel’s Clinical Pediatric Neurology” by J. Eric Piña-Garza & Kaitlin C. James
“Neurologic Exam” (video series) by the University of Utah -
This episode will help you stand out in your neuromuscular neurology clinic as well as any outpatient clinic during your Neurology rotation. Dr. Leung understands the struggles of medical students and breaks down how to be efficient as we start a neurology rotation. We spend time discussing both general neurology pearls, as well as neuromuscular medicine, which is a subspecialty of neurology focused on the peripheral nervous system.
Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the neuromuscular 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 clinic.
Dr. Kenneth Leung is a neurologist at Stanford University. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, serving as the neurology clerskship director, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!
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Book/Resource recommendation: “The Only Neurology Book You’ll Ever Need” by Alison I. Thaler and Malcolm S. Thaler -
This episode will help you stand out in the general OBGYN clinic during your OBGYN rotation. Dr. Cowherd helps us feel comfortable taking care of the broad range of patients that are seen in clinic. We learn some amazing mnemonics for certain chief complaints and dive deep into the nuances of how gynecologists think.
Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the OBGYN 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 clinic.
Dr. Rachel Cowherd is an obstetrician and gynecologist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!
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Book/Resource recommendation: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot -
This episode will help you stand out in the adult emergency department clinic during your EM rotation. Dr. Samuelson explains the ins and outs of the ED, how to get involved as a medical student, and how to think like an emergency physician. Lots of pearls in this episode!
Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the ED, 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 ED.
Dr. Lisa Samuelson is an emergency medicine physician at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!
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Book/Resource recommendation: EM Clerkship Podcast -
This episode will help you stand out on the vascular (stroke) neurology service and stroke clinic during your neurology rotation. Dr. Yamada walks us through the notorious stroke service and gives us the tools to show up prepared and ready to engage with the team on Day 1. Time is brain!
Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on the stroke 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 of stroke wards.
Dr. Lidia Yamada is a vascular neurologist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!
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Book/Resource recommendation: Case Files - Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases by Hal Blumenfeld -
This episode will help you stand out in the pediatric genetics clinic and any other pediatric clinic during your Peds rotation. Dr. Lancaster gives such a passionate perspective on pediatric genetics, but also leaves us with innumerable pearls for standing out in any pediatric clinic that we will encounter. This is the clinic where you will see all of the rare conditions you read about during your preclinical education, so get ready to freshen up on lots of cool conditions!
Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in pediatric genetics, 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 of pediatric genetics.
Dr. Kristen Lancaster is a pediatric geneticist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!
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Book/Resource recommendation: Case Files - Pediatrics, 6th Ed -
This episode will help you stand out on your pulmonology service and clinic during your IM rotation. Dr. Rissmiller gives us actionable tips for how to evaluate pulmonology patients, and takes a deep dive into why the specialty can be so challenging, but also fascinating and rewarding. Our favorite quote was, “For medical students, it’s not smartest one that stands out; it’s the one with the most enthusiasm for the material”. You won’t want to miss this episode!
Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in pulmonology, 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 of pulmonology..
Dr. Richard Rissmiller is a pulmonology and critical care specialist at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, 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:
The Washington Manual Pulmonary Medicine Subspecialty Consult by Shifren, Byers and Witt
West’s Respiratory Physiology by Luks and West -
This episode will help you stand out on your pediatric inpatient service during your pediatrics rotation. We compare and contrast the care of the hospitalized pediatric vs adult patient, and why we need to approach kids differently. There are so many nuances to inpatient pediatrics that Dr. Oddo beautifully describes and gives several pearls that you won’t hear anywhere else!
Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on inpatient peds, 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 of inpatient peds.
Dr. Betsy Oddo is a pediatric hospitalist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!
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Book/Resource recommendation - The Harriet Lane handbook -
This episode will help you stand out in both inpatient and outpatient nephrology during your IM rotation or 4th year nephrology elective. Medical students are naturally terrified of the kidneys, but Dr. Sturdivant assures us that it isn’t that hard, and that it can actually be very fun!
Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in nephrology, 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 of nephrology.
Dr. Rachel Sturdivant is a nephrolgist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, 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 - “Internal Medicine on Call” by Steven Haist & “Nephrology in 30 Days” by Mark Perazella -
This episode will help you stand out in the pediatric ED during your pediatrics rotation. As we will hear from Dr. Kane, the peds ED is a very chaotic place, but there is a rhyme to the reason and it can be very fun and exciting once you figure out the flow. Join us in getting a headstart so we can start helping the team and standing out on day 1!
Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the pediatric ED, 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 peds ED.
Dr. Ian Kane is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, 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 - “Scrubs” TV show -
This episode will help you stand out on the inpatient internal medicine wards during your IM rotation. This is the rotation that embodies your third year of med school, and is one we all want to honor! Dr. Holmes-Maybank leaves us with tons of actionable pearls and easy ways to make IM an incredible experience!
Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on inpatient medicine, 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 of IM.
Dr. Keri Holmes-Maybank is an internist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, 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 - “Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic” by Sam Quinones -
This episode will help you stand out on the general inpatient psychiatry wards during your psychiatry rotation. This is a uniquely challenging rotation for medical students and can be very scary in the beginning. Dr. Pelic rips off the bandaid and gives us an inside look into the best ways to prepare for the psych interview, mental status exam, interacting with the team, and so much more!
Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on the psychiatry wards, 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 of psychiatry.
Dr. Christopher Pelic is a psychiatrist at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, 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 - “Success on the Wards: 250 Rules for Clerkship Success” by Rajani Katta and Samir Desai -
This episode will help you stand out in your family medicine clinic during your Family Medicine rotation. To quote Dr. Adams, “this clinic is where you will see all people, of all ages, for all problems!” This is quite daunting, especially for a med student. Dr. Adams breaks it down for us and leaves us with several simple things that a student can do on day 1 to stand out.
Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in family medicine 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 of family medicine.
Dr. Cristin Adams is a family medicine physician at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, 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 - “AFP: American Family Physician Podcast” -
This episode will help you stand out in your movement disorder clinic during your Neurology rotation. This clinic is where you will see patients with neurodegenerative or otherwise acquired movement issues like tremor, rigidity, and gait changes. As you’ll hear, common diagnoses like Parksinson’s disease and essential tremor can be MUCH more complicated than they appear, and Dr. Rodriguez gives us an important reminder that we must stay humble as clinicians.
Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in movement disorders, 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 movement disorder clinic.
Dr. Federico Rodriguez-Porcel is a movement disorder and cognitive specialist at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, 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 - “House of God” by Samuel Shem -
This episode will help you stand out in your pediatrics outpatient clinic during your pediatrics rotation. This clinic is where you will see kids ages 0-18 with all kinds of chief complaints and diagnoses! Pediatrics is very unique for medical students because it is often the first time we are assessing and examining an infant, or discussing ADHD treatment with an adolescent. It is very challenging, but Dr. Khawaja drops a ton of pearls on how we can be ready on day 1 and impress our preceptor.
Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in outpatient pediatrics, 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 general pediatric clinic.
Dr. Morgan Khawaja is a general pediatrician at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!
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Book/Resource recommendation - “Peds in a Pod” Podcast -
This episode will help you stand out on your antepartum inpatient service during your OBGYN rotation. This inpatient service is where you will take care of the acutely ill pregnant patient. This is a challenging service for students with many ethical dilemmas, and as Dr. Chang says "Antepartum goes from 0 to 60 very quickly".
Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on antepartum, 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 of antepartum.
Dr. Eugene Chang is a maternal fetal medicine specialist at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!
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