Podcast | Practice of Medicine | March 27, 2024

Dr. Robert Israel on Teaching Kitchens and how to use Nutrition as an Effective Medicine

Ben Loftis, BS, SMA's Personal Development and Wellness Subcommittee Chair, and Robert Israel, MD, FACP discuss the importance of nutritional advice from the perspective of a Physician.

Podcast | Practice of Medicine | January 31, 2022

The Importance of Mentoring Relationships

Mentoring is important for both professional and personal development in medical education. In this podcast, Drs. Andrew Sephien, Danielle Gulick, and Ambuj Kumar discuss why mentoring is necessary, as well as provide insight into common qualities and barriers that medical students believe are associated with successful mentors and mentoring relationships.

Podcast | Practice of Medicine | June 7, 2021

Dr. Christopher Jackson on the match process and residency education

In this podcast, Dr. Christopher Jackson shares an inside view on the residency match and recent changes to the application process in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He additionally discusses his role as a clinician educator in shaping the training experience for internal medicine residents at UTHSC.

Podcast | Practice of Medicine | June 1, 2021

Association of Intrinsic Motivating Factors and Joy in Practice

This podcast explores the motivating factors for a physician experiencing “Joy in Practice”, a topic that will also be addressed in an upcoming issue of the Southern Medical Journal. 

Podcast | Practice of Medicine | April 5, 2021

Hospitalist Readiness to Assess and Evaluate Resident Progress

Join Dr. Doris Lin as she discusses the readiness of hospitalists to assess and evaluate resident progress, a topic on which she has written an article for the April 2021 issue of the Southern Medical Journal.

Podcast | Practice of Medicine | March 1, 2021

Residency Interviewing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insight from a Fourth-Year Medical Student and the Health Sciences Distinguished Professor/Previous Dean of the USC School of Medicine

Ryan Alexander, a fourth-year medical student at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and Dr. Donald DiPette, the Health Sciences Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina/University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia offer insight and perspective regarding residency interviewing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Podcast | Practice of Medicine | February 10, 2021

Social Media in Medicine Mini-Series: A conversation with @whereinmyworld about diversity in medical education and patient care for underserved populations

SMA PIT sat down again with Carmen Simmons, a M4 at Meharry Medical College, for a follow up conversation about her experiences as a black woman at a HBCU medical school and as a student providing care to underserved communities in Nashville, TN.

Podcast | Practice of Medicine | February 4, 2021

Social Media in Medicine Mini-Series: A talk with @Passion4pathology on how medical professionals can get involved in social media

SMA PIT sat down again with Sarah Garner, the director of the Pathologists’ Assistant Program and an adjunct assistant professor at Tulane, to discuss her experience with social media in medicine. In this episode, Sarah gives advice to medical trainees on establishing a professional presence on social media.

Podcast | Practice of Medicine | February 4, 2021

Social Media in Medicine Mini-Series: How @Passion4pathology is using Instagram to advance medical education

SMA PIT sat down with Sarah Garner to discuss her experience with social media and how she is using it to enrich medical education for trainees. In addition to having a robust Instagram profile that provides medical education to over 60k followers across the country, Sarah also discusses how social media has become an important aspect of her roles at Tulane.

Podcast | Practice of Medicine | January 29, 2021

Social Media in Medicine Mini-Series: Talking about the issues that matter on #medtwitter with @whereinmyworld

SMA PIT sat down with Carmen Simmons, who appeared on our radar after tweeting about the cost of medical education from @whereinmyworld. Carmen shared her perspective on the educational and professional value of participating in the #medtwitter community, ranging from discussing on the cost of medical education to finding new mentors. A M4 at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Carmen also shared what drew her to specialize in family medicine and her vision for family medicine obstetrics.

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