around digital health and digital medicine. The objectives of the track lined up perfectly with how I envisioned being an innovative future physician. Doctor Impostor “Doctor Impostor” is a podcast that was born out of the classic group study session tangent conversation. My classmate and friend Austin White and I frequently got sidetracked during our study time so at least this one resulted in something fulfilling! We were talking about how before medical school started, all we had heard about medical school was how horrible it was. We hadn’t had too many people tell us anything positive about the experience and how much more anxious it made us at the start of school. This got us thinking about why that was and why so many people who were top students in their undergraduate years then developed so much impostor syndrome during medical school. So, we decided to take our conversation and put it into podcast form to help premed and medical students all over! We hit on the hard parts of school with a helpful and positive outlook. We’ve had so much fun doing it throughout school. At certain points, we’ve not put out much content due to the crazy schedule of rotations, but we fully intend on continuing this into residency. Both of us matched into family medicine in the Phoenix area, so we’re excited to be close to each other to make recording episodes slightly easier! Advice for Premeds and Young Med Students There’s such a huge amount of stress put on your CV and making sure you have the “numbers” of each activity like research, clinical experience, volunteering and so on. It’s very easy to lose yourself in those endeavors to be as well-rounded as you can. Focusing on letting yourself shine through your CV and personal statements rather than the number of lines or words can be a tough undertaking. Be genuine about who you are when you’re doing the things you have to do to get into medical school or match into residency. There’s no rule that everyone has to take the same path and do the same activities to achieve the same goal! You’d be shocked what people on admissions/ interview committees will want to talk about during your interviews. I can’t tell you how many times the majority of the interview I talked about Star Wars and Jordan sneakers because that’s what’s in my background in my office at home or other random things when I was prepared to do a deep dive into the research projects that I was a part of. Do what you love! Remember that you are a human being first and investing time in things that truly interest you will make your experience before and during medical school richer and more fulfilling which, in turn, will make you a better applicant. 23 |
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