In the Same Vein Podcast
In the Same Vein - Season 1
Episode 1 – On Medical Error with Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD
Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast “In the Same Vein”! In this premiere, our student co-host is the second-year medical student Isabella Cantor, whose personal experiences as a reader and as a healthcare provider led her to want to chat with the remarkable Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD. In this episode, we primarily talk about Dr. Ofri’s 2020 book When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error. But in addition to discussing the complexities of medical error and how to process it, we also chat about emotions in medicine, the role of art and medicine in taking care of yourself as a doctor, and medical education.
Enjoy listening and please do subscribe so that you don’t miss any of the other episodes in Season 1!
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/43E5AF6Cf0hsD3snnKYZSp?si=0x4r0sXQR_SGhmwtGHfLEw
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-same-vein/id1768803040?i=1000671429267
Episode 2 – On Emotions and Surgery with Michael Brown, PhD
In this episode, second-year medical student Spencer Mehdizadeh chose to speak to the historian of medicine Michael Brown about his 2022 book Emotions and Surgery in Britain, 1793-1912. We discuss anesthesia, pain, emotions, surgery, history, and the experiences of both patients and surgeons in the nineteenth century and today.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0OKIES1xkidjaBPxhxbJai?si=Ist1gNCKTMm0PCXQETltug
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-emotions-and-surgery-with-michael-brown-phd/id1768803040?i=1000673194663
Episode 3 – On Medieval Lapidary Medicine with Nichola Harris, PhD
In this episode, third-year medical student Caleb Prus chose to speak to the historian of medieval medicine Nichola Harris about her sub-field of lapidary medicine, or, the use of stones and minerals for medicinal purposes. We discuss how objects like coral, pearls, diamonds, amber, loadstones, and eaglestones were utilized in the medieval period (and ancient and early modern periods) as cures and for general health and wellness.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ruGUZ6CgC5Uxpx22lvQW0?si=m83Jh8BkTNuPbD_3HGZYLA
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-same-vein/id1768803040?i=1000675340971
Episode 4 – On Beauty Ideals with Julie Starr, PhD
I had the absolute pleasure of working with second-year medical student Piper Schneider on this one. She's interested in plastic surgery and walked to talk to Julie Starr from Hamilton College about her book Modified Bodies, Material Selves: Beauty Ideals in Post-Reform Shanghai (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2023). In this episode, we discuss the concept of tizhi, anthropological methods and the “data problem” in that field, and how cultural beauty ideals influence health, wellness, and medicine.
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2SxhSybnu2pLhxWj0W1AAh?si=i94CULQDTaSSyn-ypU6n2g
On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-same-vein/id1768803040?i=1000677123550
Episode 5 – On Resource Allocation with Jonathan Herington, PhD
I had the absolute pleasure of working with the undergraduate student Maya Daniello on this episode, in which we speak to Jon about the recent article “Investigating Ethical Tradeoffs in Crisis Standards of Care through Simulation of Ventilator Allocation Protocols.” We discuss ventilator allocation, the Covid-19 pandemic, racial disparities in resource allocation, and the difference between saving lives and saving life years. We also dive into big questions about this type of work: How do we translate bioethics to medical audiences and to other audiences? What are some of the benefits and some of the drawbacks of using data to try to answer thorny bioethical questions?
Jon will be serving as co-host for the final episode of Season 1, to be released in two weeks. So keep your eyes & ears out for that!
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0xoojPJKcLkrguBEufZSK1?si=KTusTQYqTZK9hXSY2DWYMA
On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-same-vein/id1768803040?i=1000678927459