The Med School Zoom Party is a free online educational panel series designed to inspire and empower students (across all trainee levels) by providing them with valuable, often unspoken wisdom on the journey to medicine. Each year, we feature a diverse and inclusive lineup of panelists, including deans, medical students, residents, and attending physicians, to share insights, stories, and strategies for success. This years panels are divided into four segments, each with its own set of sessions:
1. “Discovering Medicine”
2. “The Unspoken Curriculum”
3. “Excellence is an Expectation”
Each segment offers panel discussions on topics like admissions, wellness, board prep, leadership, mentorship, and overcoming setbacks. Attendees will gain tools for success while hearing inspiring, untold stories from those who have navigated the highs and lows of medical training. You must register for EACH segment separately with a valid Zoom account!
📌 "Discovering Medicine"
Panel 1: Mastering the MCAT | (February 12)
Panel 2: Studying for Boards: USMLE & COMLEX | (February 19)
Panel 3: The Art of the Personal Statement | (February 21)
Panel 4: Dean of Admission Panel: Beyond the Numbers | (February 26)
Panel 5: Preparing Your App: Getting into Medical School | (February 28)
Register 🔗 for the “Discovering Medicine” here. This is registration for the "Discovering Medicine" segment ONLY.
📌 “The Unspoken Curriculum”
Panel 6: What Makes a Great Mentor/Mentee: Building Meaningful Relationships in Med School | (March 5)
Panel 7: Student Leadership and Peer Mentorship: Lifting As You Climb | (March 7)
Panel 8: Navigating the Challenges of Feedback: For Both Givers and Receivers | (March 12)
Panel 9: Mastering Situational Awareness: Spotting the Invisible Elephant, Reading the Room & Speaking Their Language | (March 14)
Panel 10: Navigating Research in Medical School (March 26)
Register 🔗 for “ The Unspoken Curriculum” here. This is registration for the "The Unspoken Currirculum" segment ONLY.
📌 “Excellence is an Expectation”
Leadership and Peer Mentorship: Lifting As You Climb
Navigating Unexpected Changes: Finding Resilience When Plans Shift
Resident & Attending Panel: The Transition to Practice
Wellness in Medicine: Caring for Yourself While Caring for Others
Unmatched: Finding Success After Setbacks
Register 🔗 You must register with a valid Zoom account to attend Zoom webinar.
Crafting a Unique Personal Statement
Session Topic: Crafting a Unique Personal Statement
Date: Saturday, March 9, 2024 @ 7 PM EST | 6 PM CT | 4 PM PST via Zoom Webinar
Foundations of Faith: Intersectionality of Identity, Religion, & Medicine
Session Topic:Foundations of Faith: Intersectionality of Identity, Religion, & Medicine
Date: Saturday, March 2, 2024 @ 7 PM EST | 6 PM CT | 4 PM PST via Zoom Webinar
The goal of this session is for current medical students and residents to share their experiences being in and navigating through the medical education system given their many identities as It relates to culture religion and spirituality. Discussing how they have helped with their personal and professional growth, but also how it may perhaps clash at times.
“Cut the Show”: Taking Time Off in Medical School
Session Topic: “Cut the Show”: Taking Time Off in Medical School
Date: Friday, February 16, 2024 @ 7 PM EST | 6 PM CT | 4 PM PST via Zoom Webinar
The goal of this session is for current medical students who are on a year off (either for research, to pursue an additional degree or for other reasons) to discuss the decision-making process to take time off in medicine. Share their experience during their time off, how it’s benefitted them, and considerations that students who may want to take time off should keep in mind, such as CV enhancement, financial implications, and/or career trajectory.
"Married to Medicine": Balancing Personal & Professional Life
Session Topic: "Married to Medicine": Balancing Personal & Professional Life
Date: Saturday, February 10, 2024 @ 7 PM EST | 6 PM CT | 4 PM PST via Zoom Webinar
The goal of this session is for medical students to share their experiences balancing their personal lives and values with being in medicine. This panel is particularly social because there is very little discussions surrounding family planning, getting married, experiencing personal deaths/hardship. This panel will allow both premedical and current students to hear ways it can be done, recognizing that it is not a one size fits all, however, one's life does not need to be on hold because of medicine.
“All Grown Up”: Career & Specialty Exploration in Medicine
Session Topic: “All Grown Up”: Career & Specialty Exploration in Medicine
Date: Saturday, February 3, 2024 @ 7 PM EST | 6 PM CT | 4 PM PST via Zoom Webinar
The goal of this panel is for attending physicians across various specialties to share their journey as well as discuss expected/unexpected challenges and rewards of their chosen careers. I strongly believe medical should have access to panels to learn about nuanced parts of career selection that aren’t discussed in medical school and are often not appreciated until after residency selection.
Lift as You Climb: Mentorship in Medical School
Session Topic: "Lift as You Climb: Mentorship in Medicine”
Date: Saturday, 27, 2024 @ 7 PM EST | 6 PM CT | 4 PM PST via Zoom Webinar
The goal of this session is for medical students to share their experiences navigating medicine from the start of their journey (premed to their current level of training). Mentorship is so important, especially in medical school where a lot of learning is self-directed, mentorship Is also very self-directed. This session is directed at sharing experiences of how to find mentorship from faculty, upperclassmen and peers as well. Below are the session details:
"Thanks for the Feedback": Navigating Clerkship Years
Session Topic: "Thanks for the Feedback": Navigating Clerkship Years
Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 @ 7 PM EST | 6 PM CT | 4 PM PST via Zoom Webinar
The goal of this session is for post-clerkship medical students to share their experiences navigating clinical rotations. Residents and attending physicians also give perspective on how to perform well on rotations, providing insight into the resident/physician perspective when offering feedback evaluation of medical students. This can give valuable information for medical students as well as aspiring pre-medical students a true insight into what it's like pursuing a career in medicine from pre-clinical years to residency.
Dean of Admission Panel | Med School Zoom Party
Topic: Dean of Admission Panel
Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 @ 7 PM EST | 6 PM CT | 4 PM PST
The goal of the Dean of Admission Panel is for deans of various medical schools to demystify medical school admissions by discussing the qualities of prospective and successful applicants.
ABOUT MED SCHOOL ZOOM PARTY
The Med School Zoom Party is an annually hosted educational series with a historically successful turnout of 150-600 attendees per session! The mission of this series is to provide a free, accessible platform for premedical, post-baccalaureate, and medical students to gain valuable, sometimes unspoken wisdom regarding the journey to medicine. Diverse groups of medical students, deans of admission, faculty, and resident/attending physicians are invited to speak on a variety of unique topics relevant to a career in medicine. Med School Zoom Party is a hybrid of personally invited panelists and a public call for medical students and resident volunteers as panelists.
Med School Zoom Party Series 2024
ABOUT MED SCHOOL ZOOM PARTY
The Med School Zoom Party is an annually hosted educational series with a historically successful turnout of 150-600 attendees per session! The mission of this series is to provide a free, accessible platform for premedical, post-baccalaureate, and medical students to gain valuable, sometimes unspoken wisdom regarding the journey to medicine. Diverse groups of medical students, deans of admission, faculty, and resident/attending physicians are invited to speak on a variety of unique topics relevant to a career in medicine. Med School Zoom Party is a hybrid of personally invited panelists and a public call for medical students and resident volunteers as panelists.
Session Topics
So You Want to Go to Medical School
“STEP UP to Step 1-3”: Preparing for USMLE/COMLEX Board Exams
Deans of Admission: Qualities of Successful Applicants
“Standing on Business”: Importance of Resilience in Medicine
"Thanks for the Feedback": Navigating Clerkship Years
Lift as You Climb: Mentorship in Medical School
When I Grow Up: Career & Specialty Exploration
Married to Med: Balancing Personal & Professional Life
“Cut the Show”: Taking Time Off in Medical School
Married to Med: Balancing Personal & Professional Life
Foundations of Faith: Intersectionality of Identity, Religion, & Medicine
Preparing for USMLE Step 1 & 2/COMPLEX
Dec 30 @ 8pm. Register on eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.com/.../med-school-zoom-parties...
Disclaimer: Eventbrite registration link in my bio. Zoom webinar ID will be emailed to attendees 30 minutes before session. Must have authenticated zoom account. Session recording will NOT be available for viewing after.
Relationships in Medical School
Dec 28 @ 8pm. Register on eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.com/.../med-school-zoom-parties...
Disclaimer: Eventbrite registration link in my bio. Zoom webinar ID will be emailed to attendees 30 minutes before session. Must have authenticated zoom account. Session recording will NOT be available for viewing after.
Navigating Clinical Rotation
Dec 28 @ 8pm. Register on eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.com/.../med-school-zoom-parties...
Disclaimer: Eventbrite registration link in my bio. Zoom webinar ID will be emailed to attendees 30 minutes before session. Must have authenticated zoom account. Session recording will NOT be available for viewing after.
Crafting a Personal Statement
12/26 MUST SELECT ALONG WITH 12/26 SESSION. DO NOT PURCHASE WITH A DIFFERENT SESSION DATE.
In this session, I will share the gems to crafting the best PS tailored to YOU. We will go over examples of PS & how they went from draft 1 to the final version. I will talk about how to write a compelling story, as well as discuss tips & tricks I typically use with my clients in my services. Because it is a paid session, I will ensure to answer all questions asked during the session.
Attendees will also get a 10% discount on my Med School Application Services should they become a client. Dec 26 @ 8pm. Register on eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.com/.../med-school-zoom-parties...
Disclaimer: Eventbrite registration link in my bio. Zoom webinar ID will be emailed to attendees 30 minutes before session. Must have authenticated zoom account. Session recording will NOT be available for viewing after.
Taking a Research Yr/Time off in Medical School
Taking time off while in medical school???!?!?! Thats … unheard of! Or is it? 😩🤔 Come hear from medical students who took time off between their second and third year of medical school or even between third and fourth year of medical school.
Dec 23 @ 8pm. Register on eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.com/.../med-school-zoom-parties...
Disclaimer: Eventbrite registration link in my bio. Zoom webinar ID will be emailed to attendees 30 minutes before session. Must have authenticated zoom account. Session recording will NOT be available for viewing after.
Building a Competitive Application
We heard from our medical students & residents the realities of being in medicine, now come hear what it takes to get into medicine. They say the hardest part is getting in… up for debate 🌚🤔. Come hear what it takes to build a unique application for medical school from students at various institutions, ranging from Top 20s to osteopathic medical schools. We have a diverse panelist ready to share their story! This Wednesday Dec 21 @ 8pm. Register on eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.com/.../med-school-zoom-parties...
Disclaimer: Eventbrite registration link in my bio. Zoom webinar ID will be emailed to attendees 30 minutes before session. Must have authenticated zoom account. Session recording will NOT be available for viewing after.
MED SCHOOL ZOOM PARTY SERIES
Previously known as the ‘The Pre Med Zoom Parties’, this series is an educational series with a usually very successful turnout. In the past, we’ve had a turnout of 300 - 600 attendees per session! The mission of the Med School Zoom Party series is to amplify the voices of students of color who have successfully gotten into medical school & are navigating their way through medical education. Empathizing with those, struggling, yet resiliently navigating through this system of medical education, I hope to use my platform to help others learn from the mistakes, wisdom, and journeys of others, including myself.
Over the course of these series, I invite medical students, faculty and physicians, with an emphasis on those who identify as BIPOC, to share their experiences as the navigate throughout various parts of the path of medicine.
List of Sessions:
So you want to go to medical school 12/19
Building a competitive med school application 12/21
Taking a research yr/ time off in medical school 12/23
Crafting your personal statement [paid session] 12/26 MUST SELECT paid personal statement add on with registration ALONG WITH 12/26 SESSION. DO NOT PURCHASE WITH A DIFFERENT SESSION DATE.
Navigating clinical rotations 12/27
Relationships in medical school 12/28
Preparing for step 1 & step 2/COMPLEX 12/29
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/med-school-zoom-parties-tickets-491330581997
The Zoom webinar ID & Passcode will be emailed to attendees 30 minutes before session. Please read carefully: In order access the session, you must have authenticated zoom account. Eventbrite will send a scheduled email at 7:30pm EST (check your spam or ensure you registered with correct email) with the Webinar ID (not a link) & passcode. Log into Zoom and input the webinar ID and then it will ask for a passcode (also provided in the email.)
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For additional information about the Med School Zoom Party Panels, flyers, and details for future panel sessions, please click below to check out my website: Med School Zoom Panels ✨ — Seun Speaks
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Med School Zoom Party Panel sessions consist of a diverse group of medical students, faculty, and residents, and attending physicians who volunteer time out of their very busy schedules to speak on a variety of unique topics relevant to a career in medicine. At this time, to create the best experience and honor the times of the panelists, there is NO option to view any of these panel sessions after they have occurred. If you are interested in a particular session, please make every effort to attend.
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