420: When Becoming a Physician Is Illogical or Impractical

420: When Becoming a Physician Is Illogical o...

RYAN GRAYRYAN GRAY

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629: Financial Hardship and Stepping Away from an Acceptance to Apply Again

(00:00) — First spark for medicine: Medical kit, microscope, and a fascination with how life works.(03:01) — Surgical tech discovery: How a quarter-life crisis and financial strain led Karen to a trade-school OR program during a UCLA gap year.(06:58) — Working and studying simult ...  Show more

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628: From Nigeria to D1 Athlete to Med School: Dami's Nonlinear Path

(00:00) — Welcome and framing: What this conversation is for and who Dami is(00:40) — Growing up in Lagos: How health inequity planted the seed for medicine(02:16) — Medicine vs. public health: Why exposure shapes the choice(04:49) — Athletics first: Arriving in the U.S. and find ...  Show more

 . 42min 32sec

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