Episodes

  • Neurology - Epilepsy w/ Dr. Sarah Schmitt

    Neurology - Epilepsy w/ Dr. Sarah Schmitt
    Nov 22 2024
    This episode will help you stand out in epilepsy clinic during your neurology rotation. Dr. Schmitt expertly guides us through taking a history in patients presenting with loss of consciousness, how to think through anti-epileptic medications, and several pearls on being a caring physician.

    Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the epilepsy clinic, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the epilepsy clinic.

    Dr. Sarah Schmitt is a neurologist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, serving as the neurology clerkship director and vice chair of education. She is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

    For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.com

    Book/Resource recommendation: “Clinical Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases” by Hal Blumenfeld
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    22 mins
  • Neurology - General Inpatient Wards/Consults w/ Dr. Shefali Dujari

    Neurology - General Inpatient Wards/Consults w/ Dr. Shefali Dujari
    Sep 27 2024
    This episode will help you stand out on the general neurology inpatient service during your neurology rotation. Dr. Dujari expertly guides us through a couple common chief complaints and what she wants to hear from a medical student that is presenting to her. She also leaves us with many actionable ways to immediately impress our attendings. This is an episode you don’t want to miss!

    Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on the inpatient neurology service, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day on the neurology wards.

    Dr. Shefali Dujari is a neurologist at Stanford University. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, serving as the neurology residency associate program director, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

    For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.com

    Book/Resource recommendation: “Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology”
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    30 mins
  • Neurology - Child Neurology w/ Dr. Douglas Larsen

    Neurology - Child Neurology w/ Dr. Douglas Larsen
    Sep 18 2024
    This episode will help you stand out in the clinic and on the wards of your Child Neurology rotation. Dr. Larsen gives us expert tips on the pediatric neurology exam, common pitfalls that students make, and dives deep into the diagnosis and management of epilepsy in children.

    Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in child neurology, and hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day with pediatric neurology patients.

    Dr. Douglas Larsen is a pediatric neurologist at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, with a masters in education and he serves as the vice chair of education in the department of neurology. He is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

    For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.com

    Book/Resource recommendation:
    “Fenichel’s Clinical Pediatric Neurology” by J. Eric Piña-Garza & Kaitlin C. James
    “Neurologic Exam” (video series) by the University of Utah
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    40 mins
  • Neurology - Neuromuscular w/ Dr. Kenneth Leung

    Neurology - Neuromuscular w/ Dr. Kenneth Leung
    Sep 9 2024
    This episode will help you stand out in your neuromuscular neurology clinic as well as any outpatient clinic during your Neurology rotation. Dr. Leung understands the struggles of medical students and breaks down how to be efficient as we start a neurology rotation. We spend time discussing both general neurology pearls, as well as neuromuscular medicine, which is a subspecialty of neurology focused on the peripheral nervous system.

    Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the neuromuscular clinic, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the clinic.

    Dr. Kenneth Leung is a neurologist at Stanford University. He is very involved with medical student and resident education, serving as the neurology clerskship director, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

    For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.com

    Book/Resource recommendation: “The Only Neurology Book You’ll Ever Need” by Alison I. Thaler and Malcolm S. Thaler
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    33 mins
  • OBGYN - Outpatient Clinic w/ Dr. Rachel Cowherd

    OBGYN - Outpatient Clinic w/ Dr. Rachel Cowherd
    Jul 18 2024
    This episode will help you stand out in the general OBGYN clinic during your OBGYN rotation. Dr. Cowherd helps us feel comfortable taking care of the broad range of patients that are seen in clinic. We learn some amazing mnemonics for certain chief complaints and dive deep into the nuances of how gynecologists think.

    Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the OBGYN clinic, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the clinic.

    Dr. Rachel Cowherd is an obstetrician and gynecologist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

    For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.com

    Book/Resource recommendation: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
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    49 mins
  • Emergency Medicine - Adult ED w/ Dr. Lisa Samuelson

    Emergency Medicine - Adult ED w/ Dr. Lisa Samuelson
    Jul 12 2024
    This episode will help you stand out in the adult emergency department clinic during your EM rotation. Dr. Samuelson explains the ins and outs of the ED, how to get involved as a medical student, and how to think like an emergency physician. Lots of pearls in this episode!

    Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in the ED, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day in the ED.

    Dr. Lisa Samuelson is an emergency medicine physician at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

    For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.com

    Book/Resource recommendation: EM Clerkship Podcast
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    28 mins
  • Neurology - Vascular (Stroke) Inpatient Service w/ Dr. Lidia Yamada

    Neurology - Vascular (Stroke) Inpatient Service w/ Dr. Lidia Yamada
    Jul 9 2024
    This episode will help you stand out on the vascular (stroke) neurology service and stroke clinic during your neurology rotation. Dr. Yamada walks us through the notorious stroke service and gives us the tools to show up prepared and ready to engage with the team on Day 1. Time is brain!

    Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time on the stroke service, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day of stroke wards.

    Dr. Lidia Yamada is a vascular neurologist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

    For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.com

    Book/Resource recommendation: Case Files - Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases by Hal Blumenfeld
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    28 mins
  • Pediatrics - Genetics Clinic w/ Dr. Kristen Lancaster

    Pediatrics - Genetics Clinic w/ Dr. Kristen Lancaster
    Jun 24 2024
    This episode will help you stand out in the pediatric genetics clinic and any other pediatric clinic during your Peds rotation. Dr. Lancaster gives such a passionate perspective on pediatric genetics, but also leaves us with innumerable pearls for standing out in any pediatric clinic that we will encounter. This is the clinic where you will see all of the rare conditions you read about during your preclinical education, so get ready to freshen up on lots of cool conditions!

    Join us in learning how we can prepare for our time in pediatric genetics, hear lots of tips and tricks for ways to stand out and impress your preceptors, and how you can actually be an invaluable member of the team. After listening to this episode, you should feel confident on your first day of pediatric genetics.

    Dr. Kristen Lancaster is a pediatric geneticist at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is very involved with medical student and resident education, and is a passionate educator as you will hear in the episode. We hope you enjoy!

    For more information visit our website - rotationreadypodcast.com

    Book/Resource recommendation: Case Files - Pediatrics, 6th Ed
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    45 mins