Real MD

Real MD

University of Utah School of Medicine

Episodes 96
Avg. Duration 38m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (11)
Since Nov 2021
Latest Episode May 2026

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Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
83%
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About This Podcast

What is your purpose? The RealMD podcast strives to create a space that helps medical students find and maintain their highest purpose in medicine. These episodes are the daily, weekly reminder you need to keep believing in your purpose.

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Recent Episodes

S6E19 Brotherly Advice - Scott and Cody Orton

May 27, 2026 48m

At our medical school, we focus on community building a lot including intergenerational relationships. There is a clear benefit to having relationships with medical students who are further along in…

S6E18 Pay it Forward - Dr Randy Jensen

May 07, 2026 44m

Neurosurgeon Randy Jensen has worked at the U of U for 28 years. Because so many mentors came out of the wood work to help him navigate his career, he has carved out substantial time to mentor…

S6E17 Be Thankful - Taylor Stewart

Apr 22, 2026 1h 2m

It is hard to believe that Taylor Stewart is starting his third year of medical school. It seems like just yesterday he was starting medical school. In this episode we have a chance to catch up and…

S6E16 Spring Storytelling 2026

Apr 08, 2026 46m

This episode features a recording from our Spring Storytelling Night, centered on the theme Tradition:"Stories of rituals: inherited, invented, and interrupted. Of finding familiarity in the way we…

Bonus Episode: Building Relationships Through Student Coaching

Mar 18, 2026 21m Bonus

This week, we’re sharing a special bonus episode featuring a conversation from Scope Radio with Dr. Tom Hurtado, Director of Student Affairs.Joined by medical students Noah Danesh (MS3, Keck School…

S6E15 You Are Here For a Reason, For a Purpose - Sheherya Ali

Mar 04, 2026 47m

Today on the RealMD Podcast we are joined by Sheherya Ali, a second year MD/MPH student at the University of Texas, Medical Branch at Galveston. In this episode, Sheherya shares how the influence of…

S6E14 Be Curious - Sarah P Part 2

Feb 18, 2026 47m

This is part II of my conversation with third year medical student, Sarah Petelinsek. Her journey into research was organic, based on her own interests and unique background. It’s true that research…

S6E13 Believe in Yourself - TW Jones

Feb 04, 2026 40m

TW Jones is a Pediatric Infectious Diseases attending at the U of U. He was recommended to be guest on this episode so I really didn’t know what to expect. Which makes the happenstance of hearing his…

S6E12 Meet Patients Where They Are - Dr David Sandweiss and Abel Chavez

Jan 21, 2026 38m

The Tribal Rural and Underserved or TRU program was created to help students see that value of being immersed in the tribal and rural space both from a standpoint of future physicians who will…

S6E10 Curiosity Builds a Team

Jan 07, 2026 43m

In Healthcare, most of the time, you don’t get to choose your team, the patients do. This means the skillset to turn a group of people who have to work together into a high functioning team…

S6E10 Lean into the Dark - Jordan Broadway

Dec 17, 2025 43m

Jordan Broadway (Psychiatrist) helped build RealMD from the early days and we continue to collaborate. In this episode she talks about her career transitions from medical school to residency to being…

S6E9 Bigger Than Yourself - Dr. Richard Ingebretsen & Emma Lester

Dec 03, 2025 36m

The daunting task of finding and doing meaningful work is understandably hard to navigate. Often, we impose our own limits about what is possible in a career and what doors are open or closed. As a…

S6E8 Moving Through Failure - Ivan and Caroline

Nov 19, 2025 57m

Caroline and Ivan are second year medical students at Eastern Virginia Medical School and St. Louis University School of Medicine. On today's episode, guest hosts Elise and Poi talk about their…

S6E7 Redraw the Boxes - Sarah Petelinsek Part 1

Nov 05, 2025 46m

Sarah Petelinsek is a third year medical student who has made it a point to not define herself with the medical student label alone. In this episode we talk about asking for help, experiences that…

S6E6 Support Your Support Night

Oct 22, 2025 42m

We have a special episode of the RealMD podcast based on an event we do for our incoming students, significant others, family, friends, parents, and siblings called Support Your Support Night (SYSN).…

S6E5 Fall Storytelling

Oct 08, 2025 54m

Our Real MD students recently held their annual fall storytelling event, which always takes place in my backyard. The weather was perfect. This is a live recording, so you’ll hear the shuffling of…

S6E4 Wisdom Comes From Struggle - Greg Memmott

Sep 24, 2025 34m

Greg Memmott (Pediatrics) is a second year medical student who is already matched into pediatrics as part of an early match program called EPAC at the University of Utah. Greg and I have worked…

S6E3 Women in White Coats - Emily Hill

Sep 10, 2025 32m

In this episode, I interview second year medical student, Emily Hill, who cohosts her own podcast called Women in White Coats. What started out as a means to explore medicine as a premed has turned…

S6E2 Live the Questions - Dr. Jake Robson

Aug 27, 2025 46m

The poet Rilke has a well known poem about living the questions during life’s journey rather than seeking or expecting the answers to unfold in a predetermined way. A fundamental aspect of navigating…

S6E1 Become Yourself to Lead - Dr. Tom Hurtado

Aug 13, 2025 57m

In this episode the tables have turned and I had the privilege to be interviewed by second year students and RealMD facilitators, Elise Vandamme and Poi Gilmore. We talk about my journey into…

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