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Med School is a Transformative Experience

  • PA 1 Kelsey, M1 Faith, M3 Rick, and M4 Ananya talk about the changes they’ve seen in themselves since arriving at medical school.
  • No matter how prepared you are, there are some things about being a medical student that can’t be understood until you are one…and until you’re almost done with medical school.
  • Listener Cathy, a registered nutritionist dietician, wants to go to medical school after 25 years in healthcare…but her physician friends think she’s crazy. Should she trust her gut, or the people ‘living the dream?’

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