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In this week’s episode, we are blessed with the presence of the amazing Maddie Henwood. She shares her journey to medicine with a focused view of how she’s managed to be a phenomenal student despite the challenges of living with Anorectal/Cloacal Malformation: a congenital fusion of the urinary, reproductive, and digestive tracts.
In This Week’s Podcast, We’ll Explore
- Deciding when to enroll in a post-baccalaureate (post-bac) program
- The power of resiliency
- Surmounting the burden of living with a chronic illness
- Taking on ‘weed-out’ pre-med classes and moving forward after failure
- The significance of great mentors and their invaluable role in the life of a pre-med
- Pearls of wisdom from Maddie’s blog
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