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.
Episode 18: Dr. Kristin Miller - UMHS Alumni Association president
Dr. Kristin Miller was in the first graduating class of UMHS in 2011. She comes on the podcast to share her experience, what she’s done since graduation, and why she wanted to start up the UMHS Alumni Association.
Dr. Miller completed a residency at Florida State University Family Residency Program at Lee Memorial Hospital in Ft. Myers, Florida. She is now a family physician, life coach and motivational speaker in Oklahoma.
Follow Dr. Miller on Instagram @doctor_k_miller and visit her website https://drkristinmiller.com/
27 Apr 2021
Episode 17: Lujain Qureshi - Introduction to Clinical Medicine
UMHS medical student Lujain Qureshi talks about her experience in Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) and explains what standard patient encounters are and how to excel at them.
14 Apr 2021
Episode 16: Lisette Lerma - Lessons from a pathology TA
UMHS student Lisette Lerma talks about her experience as a Pathology I TA and gives tips and advice on how to succeed in pathology in Dextrocardia Podcast Episode 16.
31 Mar 2021
Episode 15: Milagros Rivera Cora - Lessons from a physiology TA
Milagros "Mila" I. Rivera Cora is a Puerto-Rican second year medical student at UMHS, where she TA's the Physiology course. Listen in as Mila shares tips for how to succeed in this difficult medical school class.
17 Mar 2021
Episode 14: Caroline Vargas - Lessons from an Epidemiology TA
With public health and a historic pandemic on everyone's minds, epidemiology couldn't be more important in the state of medicine. Epidemiology TA Caroline Vargas shares her tips and tricks to succeed in this relevant and crucial course.
2 Mar 2021
Episode 13: Divya Krishnan - How to maximize Med 3 and 4 through extracurriculars and electives abroad
Find out how to get the most out of your clinical rotations. UMHS alumni, Dr. Divya Krishnan talks about her medical school experience pursuing extensive extracurricular activity and clinical electives abroad.
16 Feb 2021
Episode 12: Samantha DeFilippis - Lessons from an Immunology TA
What's your favorite lymphocyte? T-cells or B-cells? Immunology will give you a whole semester to figure out this important question. On your journey immunology, TA Samantha DeFilippis will teach you everything you need to know to do well in this low-unit but high-workload class.
2 Feb 2021
Episode 11: Kerthy Sugunathevan - what happens in the Portland 5th semester?
UMHS basic science students often wonder what it’s like once they leave St. Kitts for the pre-clinical semester in Portland, ME. Clinical student, Kerthy Sugunathevan, talks about this transition and answers all of your burning questions about what happens in the Portland 5th semester.
19 Jan 2021
Episode 10: Dr. Hope Mitchell (Black Lives Matter #4)
Medical education has faced backlash for not including enough examples of how pathologies present on darker skin tone. Does this effect medical diagnosis? How do we diagnose conditions without being able to see them on the skin? Dermatologist Dr. Hope Mitchell dives in on these questions and shares her opinions for how we can reach racial health equity.
5 Jan 2021
Episode 9: Aaron D'Souza - Lessons from a Genetics TA
MECP2, RAS, and TP53. JAK2, RET, and BCR-ABL. Genetics is full of abbreviated names, pedigrees, and surprisingly, math. Not to worry, though - genetics TA Aaron D'Souza shares best practices to succeed in this class.
8 Dec 2020
Episode 8: Dr. David Otohinoyi – Doing research and getting published in medical school
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.
24 Nov 2020
Episode 7: Raven Goodwin - Lessons from a neuroscience TA
Neuroscience can be one of the most difficult courses in medical school, as it covers the brain, the spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system. Fear not, Raven Goodwin, Neuroscience TA, breaks down her class and tells us how our brain can best learn about itself.
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.
27 Oct 2020
Episode 5: Gloria Torres Ayala - Lessons from a medical school histology TA
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.
13 Oct 2020
Episode 4: Felix Toussaint (Black Lives Matter #2)
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).
29 Sept 2020
Episode 3: Keyla Acevedo - Lessons from a medical school biochemistry TA
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.
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.
31 Aug 2020
Episode 1: Stephanie Vang - Lessons from a medical school anatomy class TA
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).
26 Aug 2020
Introducing: Dextrocardia
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.
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