The Bridge

In this closing episode, we reflect on this podcast series on medical student success and emphasize the themes that have emerged and lessons learned.

In this episode, we explore alternative careers in medicine beyond becoming a clinician and how students can identify alternative career paths.

In this episode, we explore how students can prepare for the residency application cycle through understanding what matters most to residency programs, showcasing their strengths, and articulating their narrative.

In this episode, we explore the AAMC Careers in Medicine framework used by the medical school and how students can understand their career values and goals, explore options, and choose a specialty.

In this episode, we discuss the range of mistreatment behaviors in the learning environment and explore how students, staff, and faculty can be upstanders to mistreatment events and how to connect students with school and campus resources.

In this episode, we define imposter phenomenon, explore how historical oppression contributes towards imposterism, and identify actions students can take to combat imposterism by celebrating strengths, acknowledging the seeds of doubt, and taking action towards combating self-doubt.

In this episode, we explore how perfectionistic tendencies are learned and reinforced and how students can practice mindfulness in their own way and benefit from emotional awareness.

In this episode, we explore how students can identify their clinical learning goals, center patients as the priority, work effectively in teams, and manage time with other academic and personal priorities.

In this episode, we explore how students can be proactive in connecting with academic resources, focus on strategies that have proven effective in studying, and identify the range of learning resources.

In this episode, we explore how students can create their mentorship team, identify qualities of good mentor-mentee relationships, and make the most of the mentoring conversation and relationship.

In this episode, we explore how students can identify shared values, build community, maintain long-distance relationships, balance time, and communicate with others what they are doing.

In this episode, we explore how relationship-centered communication can help students build effective and sustainable relationships with all members of the medical school community.

The Bridge - From Surviving to Thriving in Medical School is a medical student podcast on success and belonging at UCSF. In this 13-episode series, we explore the secret sauce of medical student success at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. This episode features Erick Hung, Alvine Ngouonga, and Nakai Corral.