The OSA Insider

Feb 28 2025 100 ep. 23 mins 84
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A podcast about medical student life and the journey to becoming a physician. Featuring survival tips, wellness strategies, inside scoop on major milestones, and interviews with inspirational faculty members, residents, and students. Join host Dr. Neda Frayha and find out what doctors wish they knew when they were in medical school. From the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Office of Student Affairs.

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Episode 122: Three MS4s on the Transition to Third Year

Feb 28 2025 30 mins  
The Student Clinician Ceremony is a rite of passage for our medical students as they finish their preclinical years and enter clinical rotations. As a companion piece to the upcoming Student Clinician Ceremony, we are delighted to bring you the wisdom and perspectives of three wonderful MS4s: Indira Jetton, Dennis Morozov, and Gurbani Singh. They share stories of humanism in their

Episode 121: MS3 Kerrigan Dougherty and the Skylight Boutique

Feb 18 2025 25 mins  
Many medical students pursue passions and hobbies alongside their medical studies. Kerrigan Dougherty, MS3, was featured in The Baltimore Banner for their work with the Skylight Boutique in Baltimore. In today’s episode, they share some of their life story, their nonstandard path to medicine, their joy in working with the Skylight Boutique, and some tips and tricks for superb tim

Episode 120: Motivational Interviewing with SOM Alum Dr. Michael Baca-Atlas

Jan 22 2025 19 mins  
No matter which field of medicine we go into, counseling patients can be an enormous part of our daily practice. Motivational interviewing, a patient-centered technique, allows us to better address our patients' readiness for change and support them as best we can. Dr. Frayha got to interview SOM alum Dr. Michael Baca-Atlas from the class of 2015 on how to become an expert motivati

Episode 119: Fourth Year Scheduling with Dr. Beth Lamos

Dec 10 2024 27 mins  
It is that time of year again: 4th year scheduling season is here for our MS3s. Dr. Beth Lamos clarifies, demystifies, and reassures us about Advance Phase Scheduling - essentially everything that comes after Step 1, with a focus on the individual experiences that come after clerkships. She shares clear, practical information and concrete strategies to make the best of 4th year. R

Episode 118: Grief, Debriefing, and Decompartmentalization with Dr. Marissa Flaherty

Nov 30 2024 16 mins  
During the course of our medical careers, we see a lot of hard things. We're in the room when patients die. We see the effects of enormous physical, emotional, and psychological trauma. We watch our peers and colleagues go through really hard times. We often compartmentalize this pain in the moment because we have to move forward and see the next patient. But we don't always make a

Episode 117: Situational Awareness and Judgment with Dr. John Allen

Oct 30 2024 25 mins  
Situational awareness and judgment are two of the most important ingredients to success in life and definitely medical school, especially the clinical years. Even if you don't know what you're doing on day 1 of a new rotation, or even where the bathrooms are, situational awareness will allow you to clue in to the dynamics around you, avoid mistakes and gaffes, and help you shine th

Episode 116: Medical Student and Physician Safety with Dr. Marissa Flaherty

Sep 26 2024 23 mins  
Sometimes, patients may exhibit agitated or even violent behavior in the clinical setting. It is so important to understand background and context, try to preserve the therapeutic relationship, and also ensure our and our patient's physical safety in these challenging circumstances. Dr. Marissa Flaherty from the OSA and the Department of Psychiatry is a wealth of information on thi

Episode 115: Catastrophic Thinking with Dr. Beth Lamos

Sep 04 2024 20 mins  
Does your brain ever jump to worst-case scenarios, no matter the situation? Many of us in medicine can relate to this phenomenon. It’s called catastrophic thinking, and in this episode, Dr. Beth Lamos helps us understand what it is, why we do it, why it may be adaptive, all the ways it can be harmful, and concrete tools and strategies to de-catastrophize our way of thinking. Res

Episode 114: Step 1 P/F, Residency Applications, & More with Dr. John Allen

Jul 25 2024 24 mins  
The UMSLE Step 1 exam going pass/fail in 2022 has been a huge change in medical education. In this episode, the OSA's Dr. John Allen talks through how the change has impacted our students at the UMSOM, the OSA's approach to residency and career advising, Step 2 CK prep, and the residency application process in general. This conversation is filled with wisdom to help students surviv

Episode 113: Caring for the Formerly Incarcerated Patient, with Dr. Evan Ashkin

Jul 04 2024 34 mins  
Nearly ten million Americans are currently incarcerated, on parole or probation. This population has specific health care needs, especially those who were formerly incarcerated. Today, we bring you a very special conversation featuring two UMSOM alums, Dr. Michael Baca-Atlas and Dr. Matt Zeitler, as they interview their UNC Family Medicine mentor, Dr. Evan Ashkin, about how we can