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On the most popular alternative path to becoming a doctor, the journey of a Caribbean medical student is fraught with ups and downs. From sleepless nights and dizzying lectures to the overwhelming relief upon passing Step 1, and the Olympic euphoria of matching into the residency of your dreams. Dextrocardia tells this story through conversations with medical students, faculty, and medical practitioners. We dispel common misconceptions about Caribbean medical schools and give practical advice to students in basic science, clinical rotations, and undergrad.
Episodes
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
For students who’ve never done research before, it can seem like a daunting, difficult endeavor. In this episode, Dr. Otohinoyi breaks down tips on how to get started and how to thrive in research. He shares a few of his secrets that helped him achieve more than 30 publications while pursuing his M.D.
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Episode 7: Raven Goodwin - Lessons from a neuroscience TA
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Episode 6: Allie Funderburk (Black Lives Matter #3)
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Black Lives Matter may be a recent movement, but the struggle for the rights of Black Americans is not. In this episode, we meet Allie Funderburk, who has been actively working to advance civil rights since her days in high school. She shares with us her experiences over the years and details some of the biggest racial disparities in healthcare. Allie is a second year medical student at Saba University School of Medicine.
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Episode 5: Gloria Torres Ayala - Lessons from a medical school histology TA
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Histology can be one of the most challenging courses for a student in medical school. Gloria Torres explains helpful tips for excelling in this subject, including how to develop image recognitions skills that can also be applied later on to classes such as physiology and pathology.
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Episode 4: Felix Toussaint (Black Lives Matter #2)
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Our BLM series continues as we speak with Felix Toussaint on activism and racial inequality in medicine. Felix is an MS1 at the American University of the Caribbean (AUC) School of Medicine on St. Maarten. At AUC he is involved in student government, the student-led wellness committee, Student Judiciary Committee, and works as an anatomy TA. Before starting medical school, Felix received a dual degree in Biology and Chemistry with a concentration in premedical sciences from Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM).
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Episode 3: Keyla Acevedo - Lessons from a medical school biochemistry TA
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
What is the best enzyme? How do you memorize an ungodly number of pathways? What is a hybrid class? Keyla answers these questions and many more as she tells us her secrets for doing well in biochemistry.
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Episode 2: Nahu Dimitri (Black Lives Matter Miniseries #1)
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
In this episode, Nihal interviews Nahu Dimitri, a first-year medical student at UMHS. Nahu shares his experiences as an activist in the Black Lives Matter movement in Virginia and speaks to the opportunities that medical school students have to address racial disparities in healthcare. This will be the first installment in a multi-part miniseries featuring discussions with Caribbean medical students that are also Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists.
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Episode 1: Stephanie Vang - Lessons from a medical school anatomy class TA
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
In this episode, Stephanie shares everything you need to know about doing well in Anatomy. She shares the strategies to implement, the resources to use, and the pitfalls to avoid. Stephanie has experience learning Anatomy both on-campus and via distance learning (due to COVID).
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Introducing: Dextrocardia
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
A new podcast for current and prospective medical students, hosted by second-year UMHS Caribbean medical school student Nihal Satyadev. Features interviews and conversations with fellow students, faculty and doctors.