All Access: Med School Admissions

Checking in midway through the 2022-2023 application cycle with updates and tips for current applicants and advice for prospective applicants.  If you find this podcast to be a helpful resource, RATE, REVIEW, & SUBSCRIBE please!  It helps others find it! Send me your recommendations for future medical schools that you'd like to hear featured! Send it to: allaccess@case.edu     Visit our website fo...

The podcasting community is a small, supportive community and when I heard of this new podcast from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, I knew I had to share it with you, my premed listeners. It is called, " The Clinical Excellence Podcast " and can be helpful and provide insight for our premed listeners to hear how physicians navigate the various challenges of this profession. ...

If you want to know more about Medical Scientist Training Programs (MD/PhD) , then this is the episode for you! You will hear from a leader in the MSTP community, Mr. Brian Sullivan , the Executive Director of the MSTP at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis .  As Director of the largest MSTP in the US, Mr. Sullivan brings a wealth of knowledge as he walks us through the intricaci...

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has developed a situational judgment test called, PREview Professional Readiness Exam , that is being used by eighteen medical schools for the 2022-2023 application cycle. I am joined in this episode by two representatives from the AAMC who are intimately involved in the development and delivery of this new assessment tool. You will hear details...

I'm joined by Agasia Lanier , an Admissions Counselor, at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine.  Hear about one of the newest medical schools in the US and how they are training change agents and future physician leaders. We discuss curricular highlights and how their admissions and interviewing process works.  If you find this podcast to be a helpful resource,  RATE, REVIEW,...

The AMCAS Application for the 2022-2023 cycle opened on May 3rd. Christian Essman, the host and Senior Director of Admissions & Financial at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, provides tips and advice for fine tuning your application. Learn how you can potentially differentiate yourself from other applicants in the pool.  Also, listeners of his podcast show are invited to a specia...

Hear from three prominent members of the Admissions and Student Affairs team at the largest medical school in Texas - The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School . Listen in as Director Schouten-Kresser and Drs. Mihalic and Rubin go in depth about their admissions process and highlights of their "newer" curriculum.  If you find this podcast to be a helpful resource, RATE, REVIEW, & SUBSCRI...

Special Episode:  Your host, Christian Essman, provides some interesting updates about this application cycle compared to last year.  More importantly, he recommends that future applicants begin early application preparation over winter break!  If you find this podcast to be a helpful resource, RATE, REVIEW, & SUBSCRIBE please!  It helps others find it! Send me your recommendations for future medi...

Off to picturesque New England to hear all about the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth from the Associate Dean for Admissions, Dr. Roshini Pinto-Powell .   My conversation with her was incredibly enjoyable and you are sure to learn much about their curriculum and admissions process. If you find this podcast to be a helpful resource, RATE, REVIEW, & SUBSCRIBE please!  It helps others find it!...

We're taking you back to Boston to hear from the Associate Dean for Admissions, Dr. Kristen Goodell , for the Boston University School of Medicine .  BUSM is known for a lot of "firsts" in medicine and as a social justice medical school.  If you find this podcast to be helpful resource, RATE, REVIEW, & SUBSCRIBE please!  It helps others find it! Send me your recommendations for future medical scho...

*SPECIAL EPISODE* 'Tis the Interview Season and we're bringing you lessons learned from our first interview season that was conducted completely online.  Hear reflections and advice from Dr. Lina Mehta, Associate Dean for Admissions, and Mr. Christian Essman followed by a compliation of Pro Tips from current first-year CWRU medical students who were just in your "Zoom shoes" a year ago!   If you f...

After many listener requests, I am thrilled to bring you the admissions team from Stanford Medicine !  Dr. Iris Gibbs , the Associate Dean for MD Admissions , and Sri Vemparala , the Executive Director , discuss everything from their curricular innovations, research, leadership programs, & tips for their admissions process.   If you find this podcast to be helpful resource, RATE, REVIEW, & SUBSCRI...

We're taking you to The Big Easy of New Orleans, Louisiana to hear about the Tulane University School of Medicine with their Director of Admissions .  As one of the oldest medical schools in the country, you will hear about some of their unique programs and clinics benefiting the New Orleans community and much more about their admissions process.    HELP US SPREAD THE WORD!   We'd love it if you c...

Next up… Another Osteopathic medical school and this time you'll be hearing from the Dean and Director of Admissions at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine or - OUHCOM .  Located along the Hocking River in the picturesque rural surroundings of Athens, Ohio, this school is the number one producer of primary care physicians in the country .  OUHCOM also has two additional ca...

We're taking you to the Pacific Northwest of the United States with Dr. Robert Cloutier, the   Assistant Dean of Undergradute Medical Education (UME) Admissions at the Oregon Health and Science University .  Listen in on this reflective and insightful conversation with Dr. Cloutier as he comments on their curricular and admissions philosophies.  HELP US SPREAD THE WORD!   We'd love it if you could...

Dr. Lina Mehta, Associate Dean for Admissions at CWRU School of Medicine , joins me for a very important conversation to walk through the process of the AMCAS Choose Your Medical School tool.  This is a very important part of the admissions process whereby accepted students have to indicate their decision as to where they intend to attend medical school.  Send me your recommendations for an admiss...

We're taking you to The Big Apple (aka New York City ) to hear from two admissions experts from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai .  Join me to hear Jessica Maysonnet, Associate Director of Admissions , & Jackie Chudow, Assistant Director of Admissions for Medical Education & Special Programs,  discuss all of the opportunities a medical school in an enormous city can offer.  Also, we spend...

Update letters, letters of interest, and letters of intent all have important meaning in the medical school application process but submitting the right letter at the right time can make a big difference in the admissions process.  In this episode, I'm joined by Kate Fukawa-Connelly , an expert pre-health advisor from Princeton University , to share her advice surrounding this topic.     Music: Se...

This is part 2 of the first two episodes for 2021 in which I want to start the year off with some inspiration and instruction for my listeners as many of you get ready to embark on the next application cycle. Dr. Kolberg has advised thousands of students and the advising team at Notre Dame have a robust program to prepare and support their students through the premed process.  I heard from some of...

As medical schools begin to wind down the 2020-2021 interview season and application, we know that the next cycle is right around the corner.  As these are the first two episodes of 2021, I wanted to begin the year with a two part series that is dedicated to inspiration and instruction for the next group of applicants that are preparing to apply this spring.   The conversation you're going to hear...

We're deviating from the usual programming of chatting with a medical school admissions person and bringing you a winter break bonus episode!   This a rather entertaining and fascinating conversation with our Associate Dean for Admissions, Dr. Lina Mehta , and, Dr. Mark Griswold , Professor of Radiology at CWRU, surrounding the application of Microsoft Hololens at our medical school and beyond. Ha...

Colorado - Home to gorgeous landscapes, wildlife, hiking, mountain biking, horse-riding, skiing to canoeing, and the only allopathic medical school in the state - The University of Colorado School of Medicine .  Listen in on my conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Soohoo, the Assistant Dean of Admissions, as he discusses an exciting new curriculum coming this year along with an in depth discussion regard...

This episode brings you to the Gateway City of St. Louis, Missouri and the Washington University School of Medicine .  Wash U SOM has had a lot of new and exciting things going on at their School, including a curricular renewal and a new scholarship program.  Listen in as Matt Taitt, the Director of Admissions, and I discuss all of these new changes and, most importantly, their admissions process...

THE DYNAMIC DUO! In this episode we have not one but TWO guests from the University of Minnesota Medical School where they share with us interesting and innovative highlights of their curriculum and admissions processes.  We hear from the Associate Dean for Admissions, Dimple Patel, and the Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Dr. Katherine Murray, as they walk us through all of the interesting aspects...

Listen in as we hear Dr. Linton Yee, the Associate Dean for Admissions, share with us curricular highlights and insight into the admissions process at Duke University School of Medicine .  Like what you're hearing on this show? Be sure to hit ' Subscribe ' so that you get future episodes as soon as they drop.  Leave a comment too! Have a question for the show, school suggestion, or just want to sa...