MedFamily

by Eric Acker

Hosts Eric and Karen discuss the week’s happenings and provide insight on the life of a medical student’s journey to become a doctor will balancing life with a wife and 4 kids.

Episodes

Nights, Vacation, and Van

54m · Published 01 May 08:00

Nights, Vacation, and Van Sorry for the delay in getting back on this podcast. We completed 2 weeks of nights, did a vacation where the sleep cycle slowly reverted to normal and 2 weeks of floors. We had a minor accident and the van is gone. Lastly, we briefly go over a study on AF […]

Match Week, Busy Hearts, Mint Trial

1h 13m · Published 18 Mar 08:00

Match Week, Busy Hearts, Mint Trial Congrats to all MS4s who matched this week. We are truly happy for you and hope you enjoy the period before residency starts… I wish I could say residency was a breeze. We also recap a busy week on cardiology service, and lastly have a conversation regarding the new […]

Clinic Culture Reversal

47m · Published 11 Mar 08:00

Clinic Culture Reversal When everyone hates one thing it is hard to not join in but you forget the personal mental space charged by doing it. Changing how we think about the things we don’t like makes us dread doing them when we have to do them anyway. We also go into a couple of […]

Customer Service and Comfort Care

54m · Published 21 Feb 08:00

Customer Service and Comfort Care Back again after 2 weeks on floors. 1 week on acute and another one on stepdown. We discussed some of the things we learned. I.e. ramblings on comfort care, medical students, and cutting down on to-dos during floor weeks.

New Baby, New Study Plan

45m · Published 31 Jan 08:00

New Baby, New Study Plan We’re back from your hiatus with a brand-new baby. All are healthy and doing well. We discuss on this episode the birth, and the time off. Additionally, Eric is back at the clinic and starting a few new ideas to try to further his medical education during residency.

Pulm Consults and Fellowship App Advice

44m · Published 10 Jan 08:00

Pulm Consults and Fellowship App Advice Another week on pulmonology and consulting in the hospital for the service. Thoracentesis, cancers, and bronchoscopy. Additionally, Eric had a brief conversation with a 3rd year resident who matched into a Cardiology fellowship and will relay some of the advice given.

Consult Life with Pulm

38m · Published 05 Jan 08:00

Consult Life with Pulm After weeks of floors and 1 week of clinic we are back on a consult service and life isn’t so bad. Karen is due in 1-2 weeks and we’re getting ready for the new arrival. Quick update this week, hope you all are good.

The Burnout

50m · Published 28 Dec 08:00

The Burnout 6 months into this residency, it feels like I’ve hit a wall. The good news is, everyone else feels this way too. We talk about what led up to this moment and what we are doing about it. Just keep swimming.

Night Shifts

1h 2m · Published 05 Dec 08:00

Night Shift We are on night shift rotation. This episode discusses the sleep/wake schedule and its impact on family life. Additionally, we go over the day-to-day tasks and how the night is broken up. Its a busy rotation and not without its stresses. Sorry for the missed week.

ED Rotation, Continuity Clinic, and 50 MME Max

49m · Published 22 Nov 08:00

ED Rotation, Continuity Clinic, and 50 MME Max We finished our last week of ED and started continuity clinic. We discussed some lessons learned about maximum morphine mil-equivalents in opiate naive patients and got to sort of run a code.

MedFamily has 235 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 168:39:02. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 27th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 9th, 2024 11:12.