About Student Doc 101: Your Guide to Thriving in Med School
Hosted by Michael Stinnett, Student Doc 101 provides a high-level briefing on the academic architecture and strategic vision behind the NYITCOM Arkansas State partnership. Featuring deans and lead faculty, the series offers an "under-the-hood" look at how a world-class medical curriculum is designed to solve the physician shortage in the Mid-South. This is the definitive source for institutional credibility, proving how the convergence of academic rigor and regional impact creates an elite pipeline for the future of healthcare.
Financial Fatigue: The Hidden Cost of Applications
Systemic hurdles in medical education actively filter out the physicians communities need most. Michael Stinnett sits down with MS1 students Micah, Maya, and Quinesia to explore the unvarnished path of entering medicine as Black women. They unpack the heavy mental toll of isolation and the pressure of being the first in their families to pursue a white coat. The group tackles aggressive misconceptions surrounding diversity initiatives and breaks down the financial fatigue of prolonged applica...
8 Oct 2026
Learning Capacity: How Negative Thinking Destroys Focus
Medical school moves like a freight train, leaving unprepared students stranded at the station. Host Michael Stinette joins med students Caitlyn, Kanoka, and Jake to unpack the daily friction of managing an unforgiving curriculum. The panel dissects the mechanics of bouncing back from failed exams without letting a low score crush your clinical potential. They break down the non-negotiables required to survive the grind, from defending weekend breaks to actively refusing to pre-study before...
24 Sept 2026
Stop Wasting Time: Having Efficient Study Routines
Medical school breaks your focus long before it breaks your intellect. Host Michael Stinnett joins students Amaya, Dakota, and Braxton to map out survival mechanics for the academic grind. First-year students often trap themselves in passive note-taking. This conversation strips away the posturing to expose how these future doctors abandoned time-wasting habits for high-yield practice questions and automated flashcards. The panel explores the friction of medical training, detailing how worki...
10 Sept 2026
Stop Fearing Failure: The Med Student Mindset
The pace of medical education crushes students who tie their identity to a test score. Second-year osteopathic students Priyanka and TJ expose the daily grind of NYITCOM and how to actually survive it. They break down the shock of condensing undergraduate biochem into three short lectures. Relying on standard study frameworks like Anki and Qbanks only works if you set rigid boundaries, such as strict evening cutoffs, to avoid burnout. The discussion tackles the heavy mental weight of imposter...
27 Aug 2026
Let's Recap: Bringing Healthcare to the Delta
High stress and a massive volume of information break most medical students before they ever even touch a patient. With physician burnout at an all-time high, discovering how to maintain your humanity while learning to save lives is completely necessary for long-term success. We sit down with representatives from NYITCOM at Arkansas State University to unpack the osteopathic approach to rural healthcare, surviving medical school, and treating the whole patient. We get into the specific daily ...
13 Aug 2026
Failing Forward: Why Practice Questions Matter in Med School
Medical school is notorious for high burnout rates, relentless academic pressure, and a hyper-competitive atmosphere that isolates students. When every exam feels like a high-stakes obstacle, trying to carry the weight entirely on your own creates an environment of unnecessary anxiety and mental exhaustion. In this episode of Student Talk 101, host Michael Stinette sits down with third-year medical students Mostafa, David, and Nihaar to discuss how leaning into community and shared accountabi...
30 Jul 2026
Ditch the Clutter: Study Smarter in Med School
The transition from undergrad to medical school can feel like drinking from a firehose, and most students quickly realize that brute-force memorization isn't enough to survive. With high-stakes exams and massive workloads, understanding how to manage your time and protect your cognitive performance is crucial for any incoming student. In this episode of Student Doc 101, NYITCOM learning specialist Michael Stinette sits down with student doctors Erica Mosby, Kayeden Milne, and Aisley George to...
16 Jul 2026
Zero-Stress Prep: What to Actually Do Before Year One
Medical school will push you into panic mode if you let it. When adrenaline spikes and the heavy workload hits, the first things students usually throw overboard are sleep, nutrition, and exercise, the exact habits required to keep the brain functioning under pressure. This conversation is about stopping that desperation cycle before it starts so you can actually thrive during four grueling years of education. We sit down with medical student and former Division III college athlete Jacorey Ja...
2 Jul 2026
Embrace the Struggle: Mental Toughness for Med Students
Medical school will systematically strip away your identity if you let it. With physician burnout climbing and rural clinics struggling to keep their doors open, understanding how to mentally survive the gauntlet of medical training is more critical than ever. Georgie and Hunter Dance, fourth-year medical students at NYITCOM Arkansas, join the show to share their firsthand experience navigating the intense pressures of becoming osteopathic physicians. We sit down to explore the distinct adva...
18 Jun 2026
Master Your Schedule: A Med Student’s 168-Hour Strategy
Medical school is an absolute pressure cooker, and trying to survive it on pure adrenaline is a quick path to burnout. With nationwide physician shortages looming over the next decade, learning how to handle a massive academic load while keeping your mental health intact has never been more critical. In this episode, we talk with second-year medical student Helen Shi about her strategies for navigating the intense demands of medical training without sacrificing her well-being. We sit down to ...
4 Jun 2026
Elite Study Tactics: Mastering Spaced Repetition
Medical school can swallow your calendar, your identity, and your relationships if you let it, and plenty of people will tell you that’s just the price of admission. We push back on that idea with Jacob McKuin, a soon-to-be physician, former nurse, and father of three, who shares what it actually looks like to thrive in med school with a family. We talk about the hidden pressure of missing moments you can’t “make up later,” and why having a spouse and kids can be a stabilizing force instead o...
21 May 2026
The Comfort Trap: How to Embrace the Med School Grind
You can be driven, smart, and deeply called to medicine and still feel thrown off when med school gets uncomfortable. That’s why I sit down with three student doctors, Sam Turner, Tate Snider, and David Tiu, for an honest talk about what thriving in medical school really looks like when the workload is heavy, the learning curve is steep, and your confidence takes hits. We start with the real stories behind their paths into medicine, then get practical about osteopathic medicine, OMM, and why...
7 May 2026
Med School Survival: The Strategy for Success With Andrew Goode, Karley Bloesch, and Zariyae Moore
Medical school doesn’t usually knock you out with one bad day. It wears you down with a thousand small choices, skipped breaks, comparison spirals, and the quiet drift from “I’m fine” to “I’m behind.” We wanted a real conversation about how students actually stay successful and stay human, so we brought on three second-year student doctors from NYITCOM at Arkansas State University: Andrew Goode, Karley Bloesch, and Zariyae Moore. We talk about why they chose medicine and why osteopathic medi...
22 Apr 2026
Identifying the Invisible Challenges of Training in Medical School
Medical school moves so fast that “working harder” can quietly become the thing that breaks you. We sit down with Dr. Tracy Owens (Assistant Dean of Academic Achievement), Dr. Scott Henson (Director of Academic Achievement), and Stephanie Foster (medical education learning specialist) to talk about what thriving actually looks like when the volume is massive, the pace is relentless, and you’re expected to think like a doctor from day one. We also clear up the questions students keep asking a...
16 Apr 2026
First Look into: Student Doc 101: Your Guide to Thriving in Med School
Medical school advice is everywhere, but most of it is either too polished to trust or too bite-sized to use. We wanted something simpler and more honest, so we sat down with Michael Stanett, a medical education learning specialist at NYITCOM at Arkansas State University, to introduce Student Doc 101 and the idea behind it: let medical students explain, in their own words, how they actually thrive. We talk about the realities that don’t show up in a brochure. Medical school is hard for acade...
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