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Hosts Eric and Karen discuss the happenings and provide insight on the life of a medical student’s transition into residency to become a doctor while balancing life with a wife and 6 kids.
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S1E140 Pivoting Forward: Residency, Fellowship Setbacks, and Finding the Next Step
In this episode of Med Family, Eric and Karen continue their open discussion about life after an unexpected fellowship match outcome and what it means to pivot when carefully laid plans fall apart.…
S1E139 A Hard Pivot: Family, Fellowship, and Faith
After a long hiatus, Eric and Karen return to Med Family with a candid New Year check-in. In this episode, they catch up on the past six months of family life, residency, and the realities of…
S1E138 We're Back, CV Stuff, Coop Stuff, Just Minor Updates
We're back after a little break. In this episode, we try to catch you up on the goings-on and the new changes. We talk about how we're going to join a Coop, and Eric is going to CO for an away…
S1E137 ICU Nights and Fellowship Prep
ICU Nights and Fellowship Prep Long time hiatus, but we’re back on ICU nights. Updates from the prior weeks but the family is good and we’re grinding through the night rotation. Also, looking ahead…
S1E136 Catch Up: Admits and Pulm Rotations
Catch Up: Admits and Pulm Rotations Multiple weeks since our last update. Halloween, election, admissions and pulmonology rotations have occurred. Additionally, we talk about the stress of being a…
S1E135 Stepdown to Admissions
Stepdown to Admissions Two weeks of Stepdown are over and now we are back on admissions. Karen joins this week and we discuss being a senior on stepdown, the end of life conversations, and research…
S1E134 CGMs, Endocrine, and Testosterone
CGMs, Endocrine, and Testosterone Karen is back this week and we discuss the home life, clinical week, and Endocrinology. Lots covered in the topic and possibly some TMI regarding cycle tracking and…
S1E133 Mini Upate: GI Bleeds and BiPAP
Mini Update: GI Bleed and BiPAP Mini Update. Night shift is a wrap and we are now in the clinic. For this update we review GI bleed management and BiPAPs. Hopefully, making them less scary.
S1E132 Mini Update: Night Shift
Mini Update: Night Shift Quick night-time update. We’re on nights and 3 weeks in. Being a “senior” now entails Step down coverage and helping the interns. We cover procedures, ICU consult, and then…
S1E131 Mini Update: Pericarditis and Afib
Mini Update: Pericarditis and Afib New mini-update experiment, trying something new with semi-weekly updates. This week is on pericarditis and afib. If you guessed Eric’s on a cardiology rotation you…
S1E130 ICU Month
ICU Month After 4 weeks of ICU days with 1 day off per week and some minor illnesses, we are back. We talk about the differences between a Step-down rotation and an ICU rotation and some of the…
S1E129 Care Completion vs Continuity ICU Up Next
Care Completion vs Continuity ICU Up Next The last few weeks included Infectious disease, clinic week, care clinic, and getting a new doomsday vehicle. It’s been busy and we talked about all the past…
S1E128 Nights, Vacation, and Van
Nights, Vacation, and Van Sorry for the delay in getting back on this podcast. We completed 2 weeks of nights, did a vacation where the sleep cycle slowly reverted to normal and 2 weeks of floors. We…
S1E127 Match Week, Busy Hearts, Mint Trial
Match Week, Busy Hearts, Mint Trial Congrats to all MS4s who matched this week. We are truly happy for you and hope you enjoy the period before residency starts… I wish I could say residency was a…
S1E126 Clinic Culture Reversal
Clinic Culture Reversal When everyone hates one thing it is hard to not join in but you forget the personal mental space charged by doing it. Changing how we think about the things we don’t like…
S1E125 Customer Service and Comfort Care
Customer Service and Comfort Care Back again after 2 weeks on floors. 1 week on acute and another one on stepdown. We discussed some of the things we learned. I.e. ramblings on comfort care, medical…
S1E124 New Baby, New Study Plan
New Baby, New Study Plan We’re back from your hiatus with a brand-new baby. All are healthy and doing well. We discuss on this episode the birth, and the time off. Additionally, Eric is back at the…
S1E123 Pulm Consults and Fellowship App Advice
Pulm Consults and Fellowship App Advice Another week on pulmonology and consulting in the hospital for the service. Thoracentesis, cancers, and bronchoscopy. Additionally, Eric had a brief…
S1E122 Consult Life with Pulm
Consult Life with Pulm After weeks of floors and 1 week of clinic we are back on a consult service and life isn’t so bad. Karen is due in 1-2 weeks and we’re getting ready for the new arrival. Quick…
S1E121 The Burnout
The Burnout 6 months into this residency, it feels like I’ve hit a wall. The good news is, everyone else feels this way too. We talk about what led up to this moment and what we are doing about it.…
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