Archive for the ‘Pre-Med Podcast’ Category

Cancer Lecture

Episode 24: Doctor Dan gives part 2 of his Cancer lecture series available in full at www.Medical-Mastermind-Community.com.

 
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Cancers and Associated Diseases - Part II

Xeroderma pigmentosa – sun exposed areas, auto recessive, can cause all skin cancers (BCC, SCC, and melanomas), and the defect is in DNA repair enzymes. Other DNA repair defects are associated [...]

Health Care Reform

Have you read the Health Care Reform Bill H.R. 3590? Come on, it’s only 2,409 pages! Doctor Dan has read it. Watch this video to learn all about it.

 
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H.R. 3590
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed H.R. 3590, the most sweeping health care legislation bill in our nation’s history.
What is in the health care bill?
Doctor [...]

Pre-Nursing Decision Factors

Episode 23: Doctor Dan interviews Naheeds Ali, M.D., who is a pre-nursing adviser and college professor.

 
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Pre-Nursing Advice
Over the years, I’ve had a lot of questions about other medical careers besides becoming a physician.
Today’s interview with Dr. Naheeds Ali covers a few basic pieces of pre-nursing advice:

Study your career field in advance from people who are [...]

Biological Sciences - MCAT Lecture 2a

Episode 22: Download all of the MCAT Podcasts now. Dr. Brett Ferdinand  teaches one of the seven Biological Sciences lectures.

 
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Now all of the MCAT science exams are available here: 
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Dr. Brett Ferdinand has been teaching and authoring MCAT books and DVD’s for nearly 2 decades. Recently, he co-authored a book with Dr. Flowers, [...]

MCAT Biology Podcast

Episode 20: Welcome to the MCAT Podcast series, where Doctor Dan will cover the actual science material required for the MCAT. Starting off with an overview of Biological Sciences topics, we’ll get increasingly more specific as time passes.

 
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Biology for the MCAT

Classes of Organic Molecules

Four major classes of organic molecules found in living organisms [...]

Pre-Med Help - 15 Things Every Future Doctor Must Know

 
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Episode 18: Over 6 years of Pre-Med Advising put online in one place! Doctor Dan organizes all of it and thoroughly describes how you can use this information to gain advantage over your competition.
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Ever feel lost in the Pre-Med grind, not knowing what to do next?
Have specific questions about the medical education process and get [...]

How to drink water from a fire hydrant

 
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Episode 23: Doctor Dan outlines Phase 1 in the Evolution Of A Physician-In-Training, part of his work/life balance initiative that seeks to prevent burnout among medical students and doctors.
SEE THE FULL REPORT HERE: Evolution of a Physician In Training: Effects of the medical education pipeline on personal and professional development.
Daniel M. Williams, MD
The 5 phases [...]

Free course: Speed Reading for Medical School

 
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Episode 22: Save time, learn different study techniques, relax with a system that you trust will work for you - Dr. Dan explains how you can get his Speed Reading Course for Medical School absolutely free.

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MCAT Verbal Reasoning

 
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Episode 21: Interview with neurolinguistic programming expert Karen van Hook and test anxiety expert, and founder of Test Prep New York, Bara sapir.
Because no two people read the same MCAT passage exactly the same, it’s important to harness your internal dialogue to interpret passages, stay calm, and score higher - all at the same time. [...]

MCAT Test Prep

 
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Episode 20: MCAT Prep like you’ve never heard before. Dr. Ferdinand and Dr. Dan discuss the MCAT from a physician’s point of view. With both doctors actively coaching premedical students, their synergy on this subject is nothing short of a Mastermind!

Dr. Ferdinand’s tells us about his not-so-secret performance on the MCAT and [...]

Be A Doctor - Premedical Solutions That Work, an interview.

 
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Episode 19: Premedical Solutions that work, changing priorities as a physician, levels of Pre-Med commitment, and how to get the “I’m going to be a doctor” mentality.
In this interview with Randy Freeman, a Premedical University DVD Home Study Course graduate, we delve into 4 major areas:

How to get the “I’m GOING TO be a doctor” [...]

MCAT Scores - Interpreting Practice Tests and Raw MCAT Scores

 
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Episode 17: What do people really score? And, how to interpret practice tests so you can accurately predict your score on the real MCAT.
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Meet Doctor Dan: The First Pre-Med Internet Adviser That Started In Residency

 
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Episode 15: PreMed Video Blog - watch in “Video Podcasts” on your iPod.
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I hope you enjoy the fact that I’m switching to video. You can still just listen on your iPod if you prefer, but I’ll be showing you tons of on-screen tutorials. You can see the video version by looking in the Video Podcasts [...]

Time Sensitive Announcements

 
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3rd Annual Medical School LIFE Conference will be May 29-30, 2010. The first one was a weekend series for the American Medical Student Association chapter at the University of Houston. Out of those conferences, the Pre-Med DVD Course was build as a sort of basic training. The following year charter members of the Medical Mastermind [...]

How to find support as a PreMed and medical student. Have what it takes to be a lifelong learner?

 
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Episode 16: New medical mastermind community starting. Also volunteering, premed clubs  and committees may help you.
Call me, Doctor Dan, in one of our Medical Mastermind Support Groups and discover how to stay true to yourself during rigors of the medical education marathon.
Check the Medical Mastermind Group Schedule and login information. Hope to talk to you [...]

From medical school application to the first day of medical school: What’s in between?

 
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Episode 14: Life after the medical school application? How to preempt the unexpected with a surprising amount of foresight!
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The medical school application is only one phase of your life. In this podcast and blog, I put this event in to the context of the entire medical school application process, give you some things to look [...]

Medical School Life Lessons: What I would different if I could.

 
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Episode 13: Steps you can take NOW for balance in your medical career. You decide what’s important and implement a plan to keep it that way…
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Announcements:
Dropping a hint about my big project…got a high speed internet connection?
Also, for simplicity all CD’s will be mailed out during the last week of the month.
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Podcast topic
“If you had [...]

Osteopathic Physician Training: What’s so special about it, anyway?

 
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Episode 12: Ostopathic Medicine Training: What’s so special about it?
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There is more than one way to become a physician: Allopathic and Osteopathic. Today’s discussion is about the pathway to doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.)
In addition to all of the traditional aspects of physician work that you’re familiar with, osteopathic physicians theoretically have a few other tenants [...]

What are internships, residencies and fellowships?

 
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Episode 11: From MCAT to licensing - Overview of the entire medical education process. MCAT, First Year of Medical School, USMLE - and beyond…
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Announcements:
Happy New Year!
It’s now been 9 months of podcasting and we have over 21,178 downloads. I’m very encouraged by your emails and support.
In that short amount of time, hundreds of your questions [...]

What is medical school really like? Is it like the TV shows, such as Grey’s Anatomy, ER, and Scrubs?

 
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Episode 10: Part 2 of the interview with the second year medical student Celeste
Whisenant. She answers all your questions from the Grill The Guru survey.
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This is Part 2 of a telephone interview with Celeste Whisenant, a second year medical student.
She answers all the tough questions about what each year of medical school is like (at [...]

I actualy convinced this guy to go to Medical School!

 
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Episode 8: Interview with Tyler Relph, a former PreMed, covering the meat and potaoes of medical career decisions that all of us face. The interesting twist is that he chose to go to Chiropractic school. Explore your options and listen now!
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
I’m almost finished with my complete, A-Z, PreMedical video tutorial course! If you’re not already [...]

Pre-Med Competition: Here’s what they know…

 
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Episode 7: 50 Listener Questions and Special Requests: The Power Of
Exploiting Your Competition!
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In this episode:
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PODCAST UPDATE
Pre-Med E-book now a 17-week FREE course
$0.01 Pre-Med CD lays the groundwork for EVERYTHING Pre-Med!
LISTENER REQUESTS
Q & A

Financial Assistance For Medical School: An oxymoron?

 
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Episode 6: Medical school scholarships, tuition-for-hire, and military exchange programs. Get real quotes and understand the financial burdens of getting a medical education in the United States. ==================================================== In this episode, ANNOUNCEMENTS AVERAGE DEBTS AND INTEREST SCENARIOS THE RULE OF THUMB FOR MED SCHOOL MONEY MINORITY SCHOLARSHIPS UNDERSERVED [...]

The Perfect GPA - no matter what your grades! Sound ridiculous?

 
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Episode 5: Retaking and dropping classes? Learn when and how to objectively assess your undergraduate academic record to determine what, if anything, you can do to have the best medical school application possible! ==================================================== In this episode: ANNOUNCEMENTS YOUR PATTERN OF GRADES COMMON PROBLEMS COMMON SOLUTIONS DROPPING & REPEATING [...]

Letters of Recommendation: Getting Strong and Plentiful Letters

 
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Episode 4: Who and how to ask for a STRONG letter, FREE 16-Step guide, & upcoming coaching course!
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In this episode:
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PREPARING: What is my competition doing?
HOW TO GET A STRONG LETTER
TO SEE OR NOT TO SEE: There is no question.
WHEN TO ASK
QUICK TIP: Questions to ask in order to choose the right letter writer.
QUICK REFERENCES

I am [...]

Is medicine right for me? Secrets of physician training exposed.

 
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Episode 3: Take the premed quiz, formulate notes for your personal essay, learn the factors that affect medical student choices This material comes directly from my book, Diary of a Pre-Med Student which you can get emailed to you for FREE. Simply sign up for automatic updates in the upper right corner of www.MedicalMastery.com
Contents of [...]

Steps To Become A Doctor

 
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Episode 2:  Know the medical school entrance requirements and 4 different electronic application services.
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This topic is covered in Chapter 3 of my book, Diary of a Pre-Med Student. You can get the entire book emailed to you automatically by signing up for FREE updates in the upper right corner of www.MedicalMastery.com!
Now, reading the lists of [...]

You want to be a doctor? So did I. Here’s what went wrong…

 
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Episode 1: Learn recent statistics on medical school acceptance, Hear Dr. Daniel Williams candidly describe his experience and introduction you to Medical Mastery.com charity model.
Depending on your source, statistics will tell you that only one in ten premed students in college will actually become physicians. According to the American Association of Medical Colleges, 42% of you will [...]