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Giving Yourself Permission to Change Course | Sarah Fairweather on Finding Your Voice and Pursuing Medicine (opens the original)
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What happens when the path you’ve been following no longer feels like your own? In this episode of the RealMD Podcast, Sarah Fairweather shares the long and unexpected journey that brought her to medical school after a career in physical therapy, marriage, and raising three children. Sarah reflects on growing up with strong expectations about what her life should look like, learning to listen to external voices instead of her own, and the fear that kept her from pursuing medicine for years. A pi
Designing the Future with Architect Celestia Carson: Vision, Teamwork, and the Architecture of a Life (opens the original)
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What can designing a building teach us about designing a life? In this episode of the RealMD Podcast, we sit down with Celestia Carson, principal architect at VCBO Architecture and a University of Utah alumna who has been part of the new Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine building project since its earliest planning stages in 2017. Celestia shares her unexpected journey into architecture, from an uncertain college freshman exploring everything from medicine to psychology to the moment she dis
The Long Arc of Becoming a Physician | Doreen Balmer on Medical Education and Qualitative Research (opens the original)
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What happens when we stop looking at medical training as a series of individual moments and start looking at the whole journey? Dr. Doreen Balmer joins the RealMD Podcast to discuss qualitative research, physician identity, and her new book, The Long Arc of Training: Six Stories of Aspiring Doctors . Together, they explore what can emerge when we follow learners over time, paying attention to the experiences, relationships, challenges, and growth that shape who they become as physicians. Balmer
Starting Medical School: A Conversation with an Incoming Medical Student Topher Calder (opens the original)
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Incoming medical student Topher Calder shares his journey to medical school and reflects on the excitement, uncertainty, and lessons that come with starting this new chapter. Together, they explore community, resilience, and how to stay true to yourself throughout the journey.
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