Medicus

About Medicus

If you're a healthcare professional, student, or just someone interested in the many facets of medicine, you've come to the right place! We are a team of medical students discussing a broad range of topics with peers, physicians, researchers, administrators, and allied health professionals. You'll hear about hot topics in medicine, practical advice, success strategies, research, and much more. Look for a new episode every other Wednesday!

Publisher

Medicus

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Jan 2019

Latest episode

13 May 2026

Latest episodes

13 of 176 episodes have a transcript.

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   13 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ep176 | Specialty Spotlight: Nuclear Medicine

   Host [Host Name] interviews Dr. Erica Major, Assistant Chief of Nuclear Medicine, about how this specialty redefines precision medicine through cellular-level disease insights.

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   1 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ep 175 | Inside the World of Healthcare Simulation with Dr. Alex Croft

   What does it take to prepare healthcare providers for the cases they'll never see coming? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Croft, a fellowship-trained simulationist and emergency medicine physician, to explore the world of medical simulation. Dr. Croft breaks down what simulation actually is, why readiness, not perfection, is the ultimate goal, and how techniques borrowed from the aviation and oil drilling industries are reshaping how clinicians learn. We also dig into in situ simulation: what it means to run training scenarios inside a live hospital, how it uncovers hidden safety threats, and why it sometimes just takes a carafe of coffee to get everyone on board. Plus, Dr. Croft shares the story of Operation Cobra, a preparedness drill for one of the world's most dangerous snake bites. If you're curious about medical education, patient safety, or just want to know what a simulationist's week actually looks like, this one's for you. Episode produced by: Griffin K Johnson Episode recording date: 01/28/2026 www.medicuspodcast.com (http://www.medicuspodcast.com) | medicuspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:medicuspodcast@gmail.com) | Donate: http://bit.ly/MedicusDonate (http://bit.ly/MedicusDonate)

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   8 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ep174 | From the U.S. to the U.K.: One Anesthesiologist's Life in Two Healthcare Systems w/ Dr. Brock Andreatta

   What actually happens when a US-trained physician packs up and moves their practice to another country? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Brock Andreatta, an anesthesiologist who has spent the last 11 years splitting his practice between the United States and the United Kingdom. Dr. Andreatta walks us through the year-long credentialing process required to practice in the NHS, the day-to-day differences in the OR, from anesthetic rooms to team briefs to the complete absence of billing codes, and what a nationalized healthcare system really looks like from the inside. Whether you're a med student curious about international medicine or just want an inside perspective of the NHS vs. the US healthcare system, this one is for you. Episode produced by: Griffin K Johnson Episode recording date: 01/27/2026 www.medicuspodcast.com (http://www.medicuspodcast.com) | medicuspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:medicuspodcast@gmail.com) | Donate: http://bit.ly/MedicusDonate (http://bit.ly/MedicusDonate)

Inside a recent episode

Ep176 | Specialty Spotlight: Nuclear Medicine

Published 13 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So even though we use different types of radiation, then CT MRI ultrasound, where we're actually injecting people with radioactive material and our patient kind of becomes the radioactive source, it was very much still like a diagnostic based specialty. And so that's why in many institutions kind of became part of radiology rather than its own stand -alone department. However, there's this whole other area within nuclear medicine that nowadays is called theirnostics, where we're actually swapping diagnostic isotopes for therapeutic isotopes and treating different types of cancers. And when I was going through training, there were a few that came and went. […]

Who has been a guest on Medicus

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• Jordan Meckel
• Shawn Choe
• Andre Moore
• Jonathan Theros
• Dr Paul Tran

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

39 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

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Quality

74

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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