Kent Roundy and Tom Rayner
USHMedstudent
This is USHMedstudent podcast! Find interesting information about the world of psychiatry with a focus on information for medical students. This is moderate yield information for MS III/OMS III students in their clerkship. Built by third and fourth year medical students rotating at the Utah State Hospital and best used driving. The format is that of an Expert Interview led by Kent Roundy, MD/Tom Rayner, MD. Podcasts will be annotated to define if they are higher yield for shelf prep or if they provide more context for the learning. Follow us @USHMedstudent on Twitter for announcements!
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Kent Roundy and Tom Rayner
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Latest episode
Apr 29, 2026
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Episodes
Emergency Department Management of Schizophrenia 29.04.2026 1:09:31
Thank you Katie 'The Voice' Werman, OMS III, MS for developing this podcast! Thank you Joseph 'The Hitman Jones' Davenport, OMS III, for being a great sidekick. This podcast contains high yield content regarding emergency room aspects of the shelf exam. The podcast then discusses the the management of patients with schizophrenia in the ED with respect to agitation and suicide. This...
The Overlap of Psychiatry and Empathy in the Emergency Department 29.04.2026 1:00:37
Thank you Joseph 'The Hitman Jones' Davenport, OMS III, for developing this podcast! Thank you Katie 'The Voice' Werman, OMS III, MS for being a great sidekick. This podcast contains personal anecdotes about the benefit of spaced repetition. The podcast then discusses the challenges of mental health treatment in ED settings and possible solutions. We enjoyed our discussion and hope...
Oral Health and the Interplay with Schizophrenia (DMFT and Inflammation) 07.04.2026 58:40
Thank you Alex Kimberling, OMS IV, for developing this podcast! Thank you Chad Quilling, OMS III for being a great sidekick. This podcast contains a high yield section on psychotic spectrum illnesses. The podcast then introduces the interaction between oral health and schizophrenia. There is some pretty interesting stuff about oral inflammation and schizophrenia. We enjoyed our discussion and hope...
Estrogen and the Treatment of Schizophrenia 04.03.2026 47:08
Thank you Abigail Garza, OMS IV, for developing this podcast! This podcast is part two of a podcast looking at how estrogen and psychosis are related. This podcast dives deeper into how estrogen has been used to treat psychosis spectrum illnesses. We enjoyed our discussion and hope you do too! Thank you to the medical students physicians that have blazed the podcast pathway over the last half deca...
Suzetrigine and the NaV 1.8 Sodium Channel 04.03.2026 59:18
Thank you Chad Quilling, OMS III, for developing this podcast! This podcast contains a high yield section on opiate use disorder. The podcast then introduces Suzetrigine and the Sodium Gated Voltage Channel 1.8. We discuss how it addresses pain and how it may be used in psychiatry eventually. We enjoyed our discussion and hope you do too! Thank you to the medical students physicians that have blaz...
Estrogen's Storied History in Psychosis 07.02.2026 56:08
Thank you Abigail Garza, OMS IV, for developing this podcast! This podcast does not start with a high yield section. There are a number of aspects that address questions that often come up regarding schizophrenia. The focus of this podcast is to introduce the history of our growing understanding of how Estrogen and Psychosis interweave. We enjoyed our discussion and hope you do too! Thank you to t...
The Evolving Story of Famine and Psychosis 17.12.2025 1:00:07
Thank you John Eri, OMS III, for developing this podcast! Thank you Gentry Ensign, DPT, OMS IV for being a great sidekick. This podcast has a high yield section focused on questions that relate to risk factors in schizophrenia. It then dives into a tangled relationship between famine, nutrition and epigenetics. We enjoyed our discussion and hope you do too! Thank you to the physicians that have bl...
Intro to Calcium Channel Blockade in Severe Mental Illness 17.12.2025 1:41:03
Thank you Cody Martin, OMS III for developing this podcast topic! Thank you John Eri, OMS III and Chris Abraham, OMS III for being great sidekicks. This podcast has a high yield section focused on questions that relate to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. It then dives into a description of Calcium Channel Blockers and the evolution of their use in Severe Mental Illness. We enjoyed our discussio...
Twins AND Narcolepsy: Chris' Psychiatry Rotation Experience 12.12.2025 54:27
Thank you Chris Abraham, OMS III, for developing this podcast! Thank you Gentry Ensign, DPT, OMS IV for being a great sidekick. This podcast has a high yield section focused on questions that relate to concordance in schizophrenia and how to consider questions about narcolepsy. It then dives into conversation about how Chris managed having TWINS in the middle of his rotation (and Narcolepsy). The...
An Introduction to SPECT and PET Imaging as a way to Understand the Brain in Schizophrenia 05.12.2025 51:18
Thank you Gentry Ensign, DPT, OMS IV for developing this podcast topic! Thank you John Eri, OMS III and Cody Martin, OMS III for being great sidekicks. This podcast has a high yield section focused on questions that relate to imaging and schizophrenia. It then dives into an introduction to SPECT and PET imaging and how to think about them. It then evolves to address how they were used historically...
Alpha 2 adrenoreceptors: A review 14.11.2025 1:02:37
Thank you Camila Ugaz OMS IV for developing this podcast topic! This podcast lacks a high yield section. We focused on a review of alpha2 receptors with a focus on dexmedetomidine. We enjoyed our discussion and hope you do too! Thank you to the physicians that have blazed the podcast pathway over the last half decade. Thank you to the new students that carry the torch! Thank you to the immortal Jo...
Understanding and Improving Medical Student Test Taking 22.10.2025 1:21:53
Thank you Spencer Downs, 'I'm chill' OMS III for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Jessica 'Keen' Bagley, OMS III for being a great sidekick! This podcast lacks a high yield section, unless you want to spank the tests you are required to take. In that case, it is all high yield! We enjoyed our discussion and hope you do too! Thank you to the physicians that have blazed t...
Cytokines and Schizophrenia 21.10.2025 56:10
Thank you Jessica 'Keen' Bagley, OMS III, for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Spencer Downs, OMS III and Camila 'The Pseudonyms' Ugaz, OMS IV, for being great sidekicks! This podcast starts with high yield information about schizophrenia risk factors. The discussion then dives into how we understand cytokines and schizophrenia tying together maternal risk and GWAS. We enjo...
Synchrony, PV Interneurons and a touch of the Default Mode Network 03.09.2025 1:25:32
Thank you Cynthia Sharma, OMS IV, for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Sabrina 'The Unyielding' Tran, OMS IV, for being a great sidekick! This podcast starts with high yield information about the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia. The discussion then dives into the nuances of the nature of oscillations synchrony and how there are handoffs in brain activity. This is a technical d...
Food for Thought: Navigating Medication Absorption and Metabolism After Bariatric Surgery 03.09.2025 1:29:19
Thank you Sabrina 'The Unyielding' Tran, OMS IV, for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Cynthia Sharma, OMS IV, for being a great sidekick! This podcast starts with high yield information about SSRI discontinuation syndrome and Lithium toxicity. The discussion then dives into the nuances of how either a Roux-and-Y or Sleeve Gastrectomy may affect blood levels of various medications....
Growing up with Schizoaffective Disorder: A Student Experience 22.08.2025 1:07:04
Thank you Andrew 'Chuck' Blotter, OMS III, for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Bryson Edwards, OMS III, and Cynthia Sharma for being great sidekicks! This podcast starts with high yield information about how Schizoaffective disorder seems to be tested in the shelf exam. The discussion then dives into Andrew's experience growing up with a family member with Schizoaffective Diso...
The Microbiota: An Update! 11.04.2025 1:14:03
Thank you Jayce Blomquist, OMS III, for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Dr. Gentry Ensign, DPT, OMS III, for being great sidekick! This podcast starts with high yield information about autism spectrum disorder, Rett Syndrome and some question details regarding alcohol/opiate use disorder maintenance treatment vs. withdrawal. The topic then dives into a description of what we are now learn...
Linking Depression to Neuroanatomy via MS using DTI 07.04.2025 1:15:16
Thank you Dr. Gentry Ensign, DPT, OMS III, for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Jayce Blomquist, OMS III, for being great sidekick! This podcast starts with high yield information about depression questions, adjustment questions and a few imaging questions. The topic then dives into a description of Diffusion Tensor Imaging and how insights from DTI are providing some understanding of the...
Propofol and Treatment Resistant Depression 05.04.2025 1:10:17
Thank you Alex Kimberling III, for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Kasey Doney OMS MS III for being great sidekick! This podcast provides some high yield information about Benzos and Barbiturates that start of the podcast. The remainder is about an emerging treatment for Treatment Resistant Depression--Propofol! Thank you to the physicians that blazed the podcast pathway over half a decad...
CJD: An Update 26.03.2025 1:03:36
Thank you Kasey Doney OMS III, for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Alex Kimberling OMS III for being great sidekick! This podcast addresses the state of understanding regarding CJD. It is an update from a previous podcast. I hope this leads to great things for Kasey! There is some high yield at the beginning at the podcast for the shelf exam. Thank you to the physicians that blazed the po...
Stalking and Mental Illness 12.02.2025 46:49
Thank you Ben Ballard, PMHNP-S for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Kasey Doney OMS III and Alex Kimberling OMS III for being great sidekicks! This podcast addresses the use of stalking and the overlap with mental illness. This was fascinating and provides insights into how to consider this challenging behavior. There is some high yield at the beginning at the podcast for the shelf exam. T...
Esketamine Treatment in Treatment Resistant Depression 05.02.2025 47:11
Thank you Ben Ballard, PMHNP-S for developing this podcast topic! This podcast addresses some details regarding Esketamine for the use of treatment resistant depression and updates a previous podcast that looked at this medication. Thank you to the physicians that blazed the podcast pathway over half a decade ago. Thank you to the new students that carry the torch! Thank you to the immortal Jordan...
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): An introduction 20.11.2024 51:28
Thank you Sierra "emotional support" Taylor, OMS III for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Paige Douty, OMS III for significant contributions. This podcast has a substantial high yield component that looks at the various eating and feeding disorders. It also looks at a disorder new to the DSM V! It is our first podcast addressing this topic in any form. We enjoyed our conversation and hope...
Estrogen in Psychosis: Menopause Associated Psychosis as a Starting Point 15.11.2024 1:09:53
Thank you Ysatis Ruiz, OMS III for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Sierra "emotional support" Taylor, OMS III, for being a great sidekick. This podcast has some high yield information about schizophrenia at the onset. It looks at how estrogen may affect psychosis and what this may mean in terms of treatment. We enjoyed our conversation and hope you do too! Thank you to the physicians that...
The Gut-Brain Axis: A Different Perspective From 2020 13.11.2024 1:02:57
Thank you Alex McRae, OMS III for building this podcast podcast! Thank you Carter Moon, OMS III, for being a great sidekick. The last podcast these two did revisited a podcast from 2020 by Dr. Steven Doyle that included sidekicks Dr. Valentina Bonnefil and Dr. Gio Montesano. Amazingly, this podcast looks at a podcast from the same era where Dr. Bonnefil is the leader and Drs. Montesano and Doyle a...
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