Today we’re excited to announce the launch of the brand new Med Mindset Podcast. Each week, we will be bringing you incredible tips, strategies and interviews with phenomenal medical students and residents. You can listen online (below), download it to listen later, on your smartphone: all for free.

In this episode we will share the journey, our Co-Host, Nana Agyeman took, from immigrating to the United States at 16 years old, to working in a factory and eventually shifting his path to successfully pursue medicine.

In This Week’s Podcast, We’ll Explore

• How to navigate working full time and being a successful premed
• The DON’TS of CARS
• Applying to medical school and undergrad as an immigrant
• Using one’s passion and motivation outside of medicine as a fuel for pursuing medicine
• How to enjoy your time when having slim to none of it 

Books Mentioned in the Podcast

• Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future

Each week, we will be bringing you incredible tips, strategies and interviews with phenomenal medical students and residents. You can listen online (below), download it to listen later, on your smartphone: all for free.

On this week’s episode we had the singular privilege of interviewing the amazing Nicole Jordan. In this episode we will share the journey Nicole took, from setting aside the sewing machine for a stethoscope. 

In This Week’s Podcast, We’ll Explore

• The challenges of changing careers and going back to school after a long absence
• How Nicole’s sought and obtained experiences in public health and research
• A brief overview of applying to medical school during the pandemic
• General advice on staying on task and getting good grades in college
• The financial considerations one ought to consider as a premed
• The importance of support systems

Books Mentioned in the Podcast

• Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Each week, we will be bringing you incredible tips, strategies and interviews with phenomenal medical students and residents. You can listen online (below), download it to listen later, on your smartphone: all for free.

Now find us on Instagram!

In this week’s episode, we are blessed with the presence of the amazing Maddie Henwood. She shares her journey to medicine with a focused view of how she’s managed to be a phenomenal student despite the challenges of living with Anorectal/Cloacal Malformation: a congenital fusion of the urinary, reproductive, and digestive tracts.      

In This Week’s Podcast, We’ll Explore

• Deciding when to enroll in a post-baccalaureate (post-bac) program
• The power of resiliency
• Surmounting the burden of living with a chronic illness
• Taking on ‘weed-out’ pre-med classes and moving forward after failure
• The significance of great mentors and their invaluable role in the life of a pre-med
• Pearls of wisdom from Maddie’s blog

Books Mentioned in the Podcast

• When Breath Becomes Air

Links from the Show

• Read about Maddie’s Journey on Her Blog!
• Alberto Peña, M.D.

Each week, we will be bringing you incredible tips, strategies and interviews with phenomenal medical students and residents. You can listen online (below), download it to listen later, on your smartphone: all for free.

Now find us on Instagram!

In this week’s episode, we are blessed with the presence of a frontline Covid ICU nurse turned medical student. Carter Glenn brings to the forefront a unique perspective stemming from his experiences as a nurse and the moments that prompted him to switch to a career in medicine. He elegantly showcases an innate ability to introspect and draw unique values from his experiences in a manner that makes it a learning experience for all listeners.     

In This Week’s Podcast, We’ll Explore

• How to arrive at ‘why medicine’ as a nurse
• Working as an ICU nurse during the Covid 19 pandemic
• The power of mindset
• Importance of familiarizing oneself with the day to day functionalities of a healthcare setting
• Defining one’s future career from lessons of the past
• Circumventing the perils of working full time as a student
• Selecting college based on earning a spot as a college athlete
• Pearls of wisdom on succeeding in school and defying the odds

Books Mentioned in the Podcast

• Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
• The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

Each week, we will be bringing you incredible tips, strategies and interviews with phenomenal medical students and residents. You can listen online (below), download it to listen later, on your smartphone: all for free.

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In this week’s episode, we are blessed with the presence of our colleague Brianna Bangert, Bri as she prefers to be called. Bri comes from a humble upbringing and has defied the odds in all aspects of life. She provides the listeners with deep intimate accounts of her journey through high school and college. She delves into the highs and the lows, the ups and downs, and the value of being persistent and taking care of your mental health through it all. Bri openly shares her struggles on the MCAT and, despite her low MCAT score, how she developed a stand-out application. Enjoy!  

In This Week’s Podcast, We’ll Explore

• Pearls of wisdom on succeeding in school, with insurmountable amounts of responsibilities
• How to overcome a low MCAT score on your application
• Working 6 jobs without losing her sanity
• Strategies to overcome procrastination
• Highlighting the values Bri learned during her upbringing, being intimate with the juxtaposition between wealth and poverty
• What makes a ballerina fall in love with medicine
• The power of mental health and therapy to avoid burnout
• Women-centered organizations providing research opportunities to high school and college students
• How to overcome a low MCAT score on your application
• The approach one ought to adopt when searching for a research position
• How shadowing impacted her application

Books Mentioned in the Podcast

• The Silent Patient

Links from the Show

• Unlocking Us with Brené Brown
• Center of Excellence for Women & Technology
• Cancer Summer Research Program

Each week, we will be bringing you incredible tips, strategies and interviews with phenomenal medical students and residents. You can listen online (below), download it to listen later, on your smartphone: all for free.

Now find us on Instagram!

In this week’s episode, we are blessed with the presence of fellow first year medical student Cameron Reinisch, Cam as he prefers to be called. Cam shares his journey of starting a non-profit organization dedicated to lowering the social isolation that patients with Alzheimer's face. While bringing this idea to life, Cam also took several younger premed students under his wing and successfully mentored them through medical school applications and onto acceptance into their desired programs. Enjoy!

In This Week’s Podcast, We’ll Explore

• How to go beyond checking boxes for your pre-med experiences 
• Steps to starting a non-profit organization
• How having a strong team makes you achieve your goals 
• Effectively conveying your story on a medical school application
• Entrepreneurship as a premed
• Why meaningful experiences make you shine on your medical school application 
• Sharing his admissions secrets he uses to mentor premed students

Books Mentioned in the Podcast

• The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline

Links from the Show

• A Caring Place
• Alzheimer's Association

Each week, we will be bringing you incredible tips, strategies and interviews with phenomenal medical students and residents. You can listen online (below), download it to listen later, on your smartphone: all for free.

Now find us on Instagram!

In this week’s episode, we present our amazing colleague, Kevin Piczer. His path to medicine seemed very conventional, but after our discussion, probing into the details of his experiences, it appears he’s indeed not your average premed. Kevin provides earnest, intimate accounts of his time working at the suicide prevention hotline in Columbus, and many more. If you want to develop productive insights into the skills that lends one to work suicide prevention, become a co-founder of a non-profit, or learn the intricacies of Kevin’s journey to medical school, stay tuned and enjoy! 

In This Week’s Podcast, We’ll Explore

• How to go beyond checking boxes for your pre-med experiences 
• Experience as biochemistry major
• How to approach gaining research experiences 
• Reflections and accounts of the suicide prevention hotline
• Confounding a nonprofit
• Kevin’s personal philosophy on how to find or create meaningful experiences for oneself 
• Hobbies, or, aptly put, passion for making drinks as a bonus!

Books Mentioned in the Podcast

• Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
• Is It Me or My Meds?: Living with Antidepressants
• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Links from the Show

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• MetroHealth Cleveland
• Cleveland Clinic

Each week, we will be bringing you incredible tips, strategies and interviews with phenomenal medical students and residents. You can listen online (below), download it to listen later, on your smartphone: all for free.

Now find us on Instagram!

In this week’s episode, we present our amazing colleague Grace Zhang. Grace’s entire journey is littered with illustrations of advocacy. She identifies key moments in her life where a particular encounter or sets of them, I should say, enjoined her to be a factor in the solutions to problems afflicting her community. Her leadership skills are apparent. While in High school, Grace began a free street store in Indiana for homeless people to “shop with dignity,” she asserted. Furthermore, she became a bridge for many people to the healthcare system as a mandarin interpreter at a clinic frequented by Asian immigrants in the Cleveland area. For this and more, tune in and join this episode!

In This Week’s Podcast, We’ll Explore

• Tips on becoming an astute writer
• Issues pertaining to tackling her identity
• How to Start an organization in high school
• Becoming a successful pre med albeit beginning college with uncertainty to pursue medicine
• Thoughts on providing culturally competent medical care
• How to get involved in healthcare as a translator
• How to approach the application cycle

Books Mentioned in the Podcast

• Milk and Honey

Links from the Show

• The Street Store
• Medical Translators 
• Wheeler Mission
• Design for America