A chaotic, caffeine-soaked deep dive into the fever dream that is first year of medical school. In this episode, I break down everything I wish someone had told me before I walked into med school with my shiny new stethoscope and completely misplaced optimism.

From whether you need to pre-study (you don’t), to buying gear you’ll never use (looking at you, reflex hammer), to surviving anatomy’s personal vendetta against your sanity — we’re covering it all.

If you’re an IMG, we’re also talking about the pure emotional circus of moving countries, missing home, balancing relationships, and pretending you absolutely aren’t about to sob in the airport bathroom.

And then, of course, we get into the real first-year experience: the panic, the imposter syndrome, the unhinged group project dynamics, the delusion that you’ll “catch ...