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What's Up Docs

Jason Zhou, a medical student from the University of Toronto, and Dr. David Hsu, a family physician from Toronto, talk about life, medicine, medical school, and beyond.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in the podcast are solely of the authors and do not represent any organizations they may a part of. Topics are meant to be reflective and entertaining and not to be regarded as professional or medical advice.

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Freedom At Last from 2022-01-04T00:48:20

After a long break, Jason (AKA Dr. Zhou) and Dr. Hsu return to Whats Up Docs to talk about Jason's life as a newly minted family medicine resident.

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Dr. Vincent Chan - The Life of the Cardiac Surgeon Part 2 from 2020-11-02T13:45:46

In the second part of our conversation with Dr. Vincent Chan, we discuss hierarchy in medical training. Jason shares his thoughts about being at the bottom of the totem pole and the group try to...

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Dr. Vincent Chan - The Life of the Cardiac Surgeon Part 1 from 2020-10-20T02:14:24

In the first of a two part conversation, Jason and Dr. Hsu sit down with Dr. Vincent Chan, cardiac surgeon from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Assistant Professor in the Department...

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Clerkship Journals - The Verdict is In from 2020-07-25T03:08:24

As clerkship resumes after a Covid induced hiatus,  Jason talks about leaning towards family medicine as he heads into his last year of medical school. Then Jason and Dr. Hsu ponder the fut...

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Clerkship Journals - That Chinese Virus from 2020-05-25T02:55:16

In this month's episode, Jason and Dr. Hsu catch up on what they've been doing as the Coronavirus rolls on and Jason's clerkship enters its third month of hiatus. Jason talks about finding clari...

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Clerkship Journals - How Coronavirus Changes Everything from 2020-04-05T20:33:19

In this month's episode, Jason and Dr. Hsu discuss the new reality they face now that the Coronavirus has flipped everything upside down. Jason delves into identity loss as clerkship has been su...

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Clerkship Journals - Pediatrics and Talking About a Career In Family Medicine from 2020-03-18T02:50:01

In this month's episode*, Jason and Dr. Hsu start by reviewing Jason's recent pediatrics rotation. Jason talks about what its like to interact with children, change his first diaper, and talk to...

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Clerkship Journals - OBGYN & The Value of Expertise from 2020-01-22T04:23:05

On this month's episode, Dr. Hsu and Jason meet to discuss Jason's time on the Obstetrics and Gynecology rotation and his first time seeing a delivery! Dr Hsu takes us back to his obstetrics rot...

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Clerkship Journals - Family Medicine from 2019-11-23T02:05:50

In his second month of clinical clerkship, Jason wraps up his Psychiatry block and recounts an emotional goodbye to patients on the last day. As Jason moves on to a suburban Family Medicine clin...

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Clerkship Journals - Psychiatry from 2019-10-18T15:56:01

Dr. Hsu and Jason discuss the opening weeks of Jason's clerkship, his psychiatry rotation.

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Starting Clerkship from 2019-09-05T03:48:44

Dr. Hsu and Jason return after a month of holiday to discuss Jason's medical school journey as he prepares to embark on year 3 of medical school,  the much anticipated clinical clerkship. Listen

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Life in Medical School: Not Fitting In from 2019-07-09T02:22:05

In this episode, a continuation of Episode 1's discussion about failure and anxiety, Jason and Dr. Hsu talk about the struggle to fit in after arriving in medical school, and how their friends a...

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Emulating Success: Finding a Mentor in Medicine? from 2019-07-02T01:22:26

On this week's episode, Jason and Dr. Hsu discuss the role of mentors and mentorship in medical training. From day one, medical students are told they need to find good mentors, someone they can...

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Failure and Anxiety in Medicine: Does It Ever End? from 2019-06-24T02:29:22

Working in medicine brings forth a great deal of anxiety and failure. This anxiety starts right away as soon as medical school begins and the failure isn't far behind. Today Jason and Dr. Hsu di...

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