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Who gets to wear the white coat, and what does that ultimately mean for the people across from them? Look around a Dutch medical lecture hall, then look around a medical waiting room. The pictures don't match. So where are people leaking out of the pipeline to medical professional, and why does it matter for excellent patient care? We talk to Soumeya Mezian (medical student and multilingual translator) and Dr. Lianne Mulder (sociologist, PhD) about the Moroccan patient whose vitamin D was never tested, the Turkish woman who calls an igloo an oven, PhD vacancies that never make it online, and why "the curriculum is already full" is not a good reason to skip addressing these issues.

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Why does filling out feedback forms feel like a ritual nobody believes in? What if the most powerful feedback you ever received wasn't on a form at all?

In this episode, we sit down with Professor Rola Ajjawi - physiotherapist turned feedback researcher, professor of medical education at the University of British Columbia, and editor-in-chief of Medical Education. Rola takes us inside the science of feedback cultures: why surgery and ICU produce wildly different learning conversations, how emotions can freeze or fuel your growth, and why starting with "what's your goal today?" might matter more than any assessment rubric. We talk about vulnerability, what feedback literacy means, and why uncoupling feedback from grades could change things. Whether you're a student trying to make it through your next clinical placement or a supervisor wondering why your feedback doesn't quite land, this one's for you.

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“Climate change presents a fundamental threat to human health.” (WHO). Everyday we are confronted with discussions about being more green. But is that really a topic that a doctor should care about? At least our expertise lies elsewhere.

Luise Bödecker and Lukas Radema joined us for this episode to give a comprehensive overview about why we indeed should care. With a lot of passion, combined with philosophy and a research background in the field of planetary health they explain why it is ok to be hypocrite, how doctors react to being confronted with the underlying science, how we could teach the next generation and what role patients autonomy plays in this matter.

Despite being a potentially depressing topic, we managed to keep up an optimistic talk and Luise and Lukas gave quite some motivating perspectives. So join us for this episode to get an overview, understand why people are motivated to change things and get ideas about how everyone could contribute their bit.

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