Episodes 150
Avg. Duration 14m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jul 2021
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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Episodic
Consistency
75%
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About This Podcast

Meet medical students and residents, clinicians and educators, health care thought leaders and researchers in this podcast from the journal Academic Medicine. Episodes chronicle the stories of these individuals as they experience the science and the art of medicine. Guests delve deeper into the issues shaping medical schools and teaching hospitals today. Subscribe to this podcast and listen as the conversation continues. The journal Academic Medicine serves as an international forum to advance knowledge about the principles, policy, and practice of research, education, and patient care in academic settings. Please note that the opinions expressed in this podcast are the guests' alone, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the AAMC or its members.

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Recent Episodes

Seeing Medicine: Learning to Read Between the Shadows

Jun 01, 2026 4m

Every shadow on a scan carries weight. And every patient deserves someone who knows how to read between the shadows—and then, to speak gently about what they see. Sonal Kumar reflects on clinical…

The Valley of the Shadow of Death

May 18, 2026 4m

Medicine was not just about what we did for patients—it was about how we walked with them through life and death. A typical day for me might be a patient's most vulnerable and life-defining moment. …

First Impressions

May 04, 2026 5m

The candles ignited my pants that evening. But the real culprit was my anxiety over making a good first impression: in an effort to avoid the approaching dean, I unwittingly backpedaled into an open…

Scholarship at Night: Building a Successful Career as an Academic Nocturnist

Apr 20, 2026 34m Transcript

Discussing the unique role of the nocturnist, or the night shift clinician, in academic medicine, are Jessica Chambers, MD, MPH, Alex Rittenberg, MD, and John George, MD. They offer opportunities for…

The Severance of a Thread

Apr 06, 2026 7m

We do not always rage against the dying of the light. Sometimes, we allow the light to fade gently, with grace, in the presence of love. Nezienwa Ezenwa reflects on a patient who demonstrated that…

The Heart of Hope

Apr 03, 2026 4m

Something shifted after that conversation. It wasn't a dramatic overnight change, but it was there—the slightest flicker of fight in him again. He started pushing himself a little more, engaging in…

The Heart of Hope

Mar 25, 2026 4m

Something shifted after that conversation. It wasn't a dramatic overnight change, but it was there—the slightest flicker of fight in him again. He started pushing himself a little more, engaging in…

The Responsible Use of AI for Peer Review

Mar 10, 2026 29m Transcript

Discussing Academic Medicine's and MedEdPORTAL's new policy guiding the use of AI tools in the peer review process are editors-in-chief Laura Roberts, MD, MA, and Lauren Maggio, PhD, MS(LIS),…

More Than a Stethoscope

Feb 23, 2026 6m

Mrs. Jones didn't need a cure. She needed a witness to her grief—someone to sit with her in the silence, to validate the love she had for her husband and the life they built. She needed to be heard. …

No Estás Sola

Feb 09, 2026 5m

Dora taught me that care is not just found in grand gestures or lifesaving procedures. It is in the quiet moments when someone chooses to listen, to sit beside another in their suffering, and to act…

Listening Beyond the Monitors: A Lesson from Joe

Jan 26, 2026 4m

In the fast-paced world of health care, it's easy to focus on numbers, treatments, and protocols. But humanism requires us to pause, to listen, to acknowledge the fears, hopes, and humanity of our…

Being Intentional: How Space, Place, and Pace Influence Equity in Workplace-Based Assessment

Jan 12, 2026 42m Transcript

Discussing new research into how the physical and social context of the clinical learning environment shape power dynamics and influence equity in assessment for residents are author Hannah Kakara…

A Big Deal

Jan 05, 2026 4m

Our stories make us human and shape the doctors we become. Yet, we rarely let our pasts show from beneath our white coats. Sydney Katz reflects on how little trainees and attendings know about one…

Presence Beyond Language: A Medical Student's First Day in Clinic

Dec 15, 2025 5m

Although discussions about language services like interpreters or translators, patient–provider concordance, and linguistic equity merit much greater consideration, I can offer one reflection: the…

Denatured

Dec 08, 2025 4m

When I am in the hospital, there is at least a semblance of humanity. In a room with a patient, there is the possibility of the unexpected. Alone with my computer, there is only the ruthless pursuit…

Picturing Practice as a Medical Student

Dec 01, 2025 3m

As I brought the blade to the patient, I tried to infer the right depth, weight, and speed by matching to my pictured recollection of all the other incisions I had seen—an act, perhaps, akin to Ansel…

Reflections After Testifying at an Asylum Hearing

Nov 17, 2025 6m

My hope is that, by learning to recognize how physicians interface with injustice in systems early in their training, learners will be better prepared to navigate and, when necessary, defy these…

Trust the Process

Nov 03, 2025 4m

In the years since this experience ... I have sought to encourage trainees and students to reorient their focus from patient outcomes as a referendum on their competency and to focus instead on the…

Transitioning Identities: The Dual Identities of Medical Student Parents

Oct 27, 2025 43m Transcript

Discussing a new study into how medical student parents navigate their dual identities as physicians-in-training and parents are author Emily Carroll, MD, MEHP, Research in Medical Education…

The "Uninsured" Patient

Oct 06, 2025 3m

I never saw Andrew after that night, but I think of him often. I hope that our interaction played a small part in getting him the care he needed. Sujal Manohar reflects on the importance of digging…

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Academic Medicine Podcast has published 150 episodes since July 2021, covering topics in Education, Health & Fitness.

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