Bundle Of Hers

There will always be people who don’t trust the empirical evidence we have worked so hard to study. Listen as we discuss how to navigate mistrust with medicine.

Sometimes it can feel awkward to reach out to someone you notice may need support. Learning how to navigate and break through these feelings is a key part of being a compassionate doctor, colleague, and friend.

Native American voices and stories are very few in a lot of conversations—but that does not mean they are silent. Sometimes, one voice is enough to influence and create positive change. In this episode, Margaux and Harjit talk to Celessta Merrill, an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN), about the barriers she has had to overcome in the field of medicine, as well as health barriers for Native...

A common consensus in med school is that the hard part is getting in. But the truth is, a lot of us worry about whether or not we will actually become physicians. Med school can be filled with a lot of doubts, especially if you feel like you have not found stability in the field of medicine. In this episode, Harjit and Leen talk about the stress and burdens they have felt about stability—or lack t...

The stories we tell about who we are, who we have been, and who we want to become are important. Everyone deserves to have their stories told and heard, no matter the content. In this episode, we have a conversation with The Washington Post’s Eli Saslow about his book, Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist, and the importance of storytelling.

You know you’re a medical student when you cannot count how many times you’ve run after a resident… only to follow them to the door of a bathroom. It happens. We’re sharing some of our embarrassing, funny, confusing, and frustrating moments of third-year so far… because you shouldn’t have to go through medical school alone.

Going into medicine, a lot of us might fear delivering difficult news and information to patients and their families. After all, what's the "right" way to tell someone they've been diagnosed with cancer, or that their parent has passed? As doctors, is it better to be strong for the patient, or be vulnerable with them? In this episode, we talk about the importance of presentation of knowledge when...

Diversity can be a sensitive subject for some, and the line separating inclusion and tokenism can be blurry. Merriam-Webster defines tokenism as, "the policy or practice of making only a symbolic effort, as to desegregate." Have you ever been tokenized?

Your voice is powerful. In this episode, we discuss why—and how—we speak up regarding difficult issues and topics. And we dare you to do the same.

When you think about the future of medicine, what do you see? What do you envision? Together with our home teams, University of Utah School of Medicine and University of Utah Health, we traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, for the 2019 AAMC Annual Meeting to ask how the rest of the country is shaping the future of medicine.

In a new environment, it is human nature for most of us to want to fit in. We want to feel like we belong and are part of a community. But if we are trying to be like everyone else, at what point do we lose our own identities? Harjit and Margaux welcome back Bushra and Leen, and talk about adapting to new environments while on their away-rotations.

One’s reading journey is an interesting thing. We started with other people reading to us, then we read single words, then sentences. It began with picture books, then chapter books, textbooks, then research papers. We read for different reasons, too. For some people, reading is therapeutic. Others read for knowledge and understanding. Harjit and Margaux talk about how reading can introduce new pe...

It is easy to go with the flow—going against the current is the difficult task. And bringing up topics of race, prejudice, biases, and discrimination can be uncomfortable. But it is okay to be comfortable with being uncomfortable, because being an ally can be uncomfortable. Allyship is "the key to unlocking the power of diversity.” In part two of a two-part discussion, Harjit and Margaux talk to D...

Race and discrimination can be sensitive topics that people may find uncomfortable to speak about. But they do not have to be. Talking about race does not make you racist. Not talking about race does not mean you are not racist. Allyship is "the key to unlocking the power of diversity.” In part one of a two-part discussion, Harjit and Margaux talk to Dr. Amy Cowan about what it means to be an ally...

If a parent or sibling (or any family member) is also in the medical field, does that mean you are going into a family business? If you grew up in a medical family, you know what we are talking about—"Are you going to be a doctor, too?” How do you know if you are on this path because of passion or because the path is familiar? Harjit and Margaux talk to classmate Natalie Wall about the good and ba...

"The persistent inability to believe that one's success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills" is Oxford Dictionary’s definition of imposter syndrome. In this episode, Harjit and Margaux share stories about when they have felt like imposters in med school and how they have overcome the feeling of not deserving something.

Let's all agree to agree on food. We all need to eat—it is an essential part of living. But yet, some of us skip meals more often than our bodies can handle. The issue of finances or access to food aside, sometimes you just do not have time for food. Due to the nature of a lot of our jobs, sometimes we leave the house in the morning on an empty stomach, and it stays empty until later that evening....

You want to change the world, heal its wounds, and make it a better place … all while studying for next week’s test. But when you are worried about numbers and scores, the reason you are studying medicine in the first place can be hard to hold onto. Margaux and Leen talk about activism in med school and what it means to be an activist and advocate in health care.

“Where are you from?” — What prompts the question, and what is it really asking? Your ethnicity, culture, where you were born, raised, and where you call home are identifiers of who you are. Ideally, you should feel comfortable and proud of who you are. Unfortunately, many people of color in America, instead, can feel fear of not being “American” enough. Harjit and Bushra talk about their experien...

Safe to say, choosing a specialty is one of the most important decisions to make for any medical student. Do you choose the specialty, or does the specialty choose you? There can be a lot of expectations in the decision-making process—especially if you came into medical school with unintended biases—but how many of those expectations are actual realities? In the first episode of season three, we t...

It is the season two finale, and we are reflecting on memories from our third year of medical school: lessons we have learned, goals we have achieved, and challenges we overcame. And we also look forward to the future—preparing for the end of our medical school journey (!!!) and the conversations we want to continue on the third season of BUNDLE OF HERS.

We have never really considered ourselves as influences—we like to think we are just sharing stories about diverse experiences in medicine. But with more and more influencers using social media to expand their reach, what does it mean to be an authentic social influencer? In this episode, we talk about the responsibilities and accountabilities of social media.

There is a common stereotype that claims doctors are overly confident. That is actually true—it takes confidence to save a human life. But, having confidence does not equal being high and mighty. Being confident means believing in yourself. Believing you are more than a test score or a bad rotation. In this episode, we talk to thoracic surgeon Dr. Rosemarie Serrone about the importance of having c...

According to UNEnvironment.org , environmentalism is "any proclamation of a human right to environmental conditions of a specified quality." Access to clean air, drinkable water, and a safe environment are some of the basic human rights we sometimes take for granted, simply because we have access. In this episode, we talk about how, as health care providers, we can better help contribute to a more...

Rejection is not something a lot of people want to talk about, but it is probably safe to assume rejection happens to a lot of people. Whether it is rejection from med school, from a mentor, or even from friends who are not in the mood for hanging out, rejection is hard. But rejection does not have to be the end. In this episode, we talk about getting past rejections and not letting them define yo...