Meghan Tveit, MS3: The Healer's Journey, Episode Three | The Healing Grove Podcast

The Healing Grove Podcast

Our favorite third-year medical student, Meghan Tveit, has joined us yet again to give us another glimpse into her medical training. This time we caught up right after she finished her general surgery rotation.
Meghan is a third year medical student at George Washington School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. A member of the 2020 graduating class of Harvard and my eldest son's girlfriend, Meghan appeared on my doorstep when the world shut down and then spent 6 weeks "bubbling" with my family during quarantine, during which time I developed a deep love for her bright, fun, compassionate, thoughtful, and curious approach to Pretty Much Everything. I know you are going to love not only Meghan, but what she has to share about her journey on the path to becoming a doctor.
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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Meghan talks about the differences between this general surgery rotation and her trauma surgery rotation (00:01:46)

3. She speaks about the lack of relationship building with general surgery patients (00:03:26)

4. The differences in general surgery culture versus trauma surgery culture (00:04:39)

5. Meghan opens up about a “spark” moment during this rotation (00:06:22)

6. An explanation of what happens during a general surgery residency (00:11:40)

7. The possibility of Meghan doing a research year during medical school and the stress that comes with that (00:13:46)

8. Meghan shares about her self-care practices during this busy time in her life (00:15:47)

9. The next chapter in Meghan’s medical training (00:17:43)

10. Highlights and observations from this rotation (00:19:21)

11. How she is handling being observed and judged constantly during this time (00:22:43)

12. The most difficult and memorable lessons learned during her surgery rotations (00:27:38)

13. Meghan shares about her gratefulness for the process of becoming a doctor and the many things that she is learning along the way (00:31:19)