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Behind the Retractor

Behind the Retractor is a podcast for med students by med students interested in surgery. We want to get know exactly why med students go into surgical fields, the different paths surgeons take to get... Read more

Popular All episodes

This means there isn't enough episodes to provide the most popular episodes. Here's the rankings of the current episodes anyway, we recommend you to revisit when there's more episodes!

Ranked #1

S1E7 - A Non-Traditional Path to Colorectal Surgery: Jennifer Hrabe, MD

Everyone's path into medicine is different. While many of us go directly into medical school after undergrad, many more ... Read more

13 Jul 2021

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38mins

Ranked #2

S1E6 - Working With Athletes in Orthopedics - Rob Westermann, MD

Orthopedic surgery is known for being one of the most competitive surgical subspecialties to apply to residency in. Host... Read more

29 Jun 2021

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35mins

Ranked #3

S1E5 - Military Medical Training - Sophia Williams-Perez, MD

Making it through medical school is already a massive undertaking in its own right. Doing it while being an officer in t... Read more

15 Jun 2021

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53mins

Ranked #4

S1E4 - Pursuing Passion and Battling Burnout - Amy Pearlman, MD

In trying to understand why medical students become surgeons, and the kind of people that people become surgeons, we lea... Read more

1 Jun 2021

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1hr

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Ranked #5

S1E3 - Minority Mentorship in Surgery - Iowa Ophthalmology

How do we get more minority medical students into ophthalmology? Is mentorship really necessary to succeed in medical sc... Read more

18 May 2021

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43mins

Ranked #6

S1E2 - Cardiothoracic Surgery - Sharon Beth Larson, DO

What are the implications of Step 1 going pass/fail for residency programs? How do you keep up with your friends and fam... Read more

4 May 2021

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39mins

Ranked #7

S1E1 - Iowa General Surgery Residency - Jacklyn Engelbart, MD

Dinner with the dog before taking a helicopter ride for an organ transplant? Can you be a surgeon and have a life? What ... Read more

20 Apr 2021

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37mins

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