Going to the doctor is probably not at the top of anyone’s list of enjoyable activities, but when we do go, we expect and deserve to be heard, to have our concerns listened to and our questions answered. However, most, if not all, of us have at some point felt unheard, dismissed, or even gaslit by our healthcare provider. What is it about the doctor-patient ... Show More
Mar 24
Ep 204 Cancer Part 3: How do we treat it?
A century and a half ago, the list of effective cancer treatments was essentially a single entry: surgery. Today, in 2026, you’d need pages to contain the number of treatments available, and multiple notebooks to delineate all of the various therapies currently in development. It ... Show More
1h 32m
Mar 17
Special Episode: Lawrence Ingrassia & A Fatal Inheritance
For centuries, physicians noticed that cancer sometimes ran in families, but until the 1960s, an answer to this mystery remained out of reach. Only then were scientists beginning to unlock the cellular dynamics underlying cancer, and what they found finally allowed grief-stricken ... Show More
45m 30s
Mar 10
Ep 203 Cancer Part 2: Why does it happen?
Each of our cells can become cancerous. It’s an uncomfortable, yet unavoidable truth. Nor is it a truth restricted to our species - cancer is a consequence of complex life. The features that make a cell cancerous are those that, under other circumstances, are beneficial, essentia ... Show More
1h 18m
Jan 2025
The Secret to Getting Better Health Care: Be Different
Do Patients Have to Perform to Be Taken Seriously in Medicine? How does “respectability politics” play out in healthcare, and specifically, pain management? PA1 Chloe Kepros, M1 Zach Grissom, M1 Srishti Mathur and M3 Jeff Goddard unpack how patients often adjust their behavior an ... Show More
57m 19s
May 2022
Is Medical Knowledge Enough? - The importance of empathy and communication in patient care with AMBOSS physician Blaise Joseph
This episode, hosts Sophie Neale and Dr. Tanner Schrank discuss putting that medical school knowledge into practice, focusing on the importance of communication, empathy and strong interpersonal skills when working directly with patients. Exploring this topic from both a physicia ... Show More
20m 25s
Aug 2024
New MD and PA Students: Why Medicine?
Med Students discuss what led them to med school Dave welcomes newly minted medical and PA students at the Carver College of Medicine to share their first-week experiences and the challenges of adapting to medical school. M1s Sydney Skuodas, Michael Arrington, Alex Murra, Luke Ge ... Show More
48m 53s
Nov 2024
154| Long COVID – A Conversation With Dr. Lucette Cysique
<p class="MsoNormal">This episode is a conversation with Dr. Lucette Cysique about long COVID. We discuss terminology, symptom profiles, epidemiology, biological mechanisms, psychological and sociocultural factors, overlap with chronic fatigue syndrome, overlap with functional ne ... Show More
1h 33m
Jan 2023
Ep. 12 Physician Wellness with Dr. Angela Chaudhari
In this episode, Drs. Amy Park and Mark Hoffman welcome Dr. Angela Chaudhari, Chief of Gynecology and Gynecologic Surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, to share her experience promoting a culture of physician wellness as the Director of the P2P Network for Physician Peer Sup ... Show More
1h 9m
Oct 2024
The Doctor Will See You, and Stop Judging You, Now
How do you stop implicit bias from getting in the way of better health? This doctor wants to make learning how to manage bias as important as learning how to suture.
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Have you ever felt judged at the doctor’s office, even before you said a word? Unfortunately, that’s ... Show More
19m 2s