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In today’s episode Trisha Mathelier, an MD/MBA student with the Drew/UCLA Medical Education Program, shares her medical school journey as well as what led her to decide on getting an MBA in addition to her medical degree. She fills us in on the uniqueness of the Drew/UCLA program, as it provides her with the opportunity to be part of a small and close knit community at Drew (just 24 students per class), but also with the wealth of resources at the large world-class research program at UCLA. Trisha then lets us know what she has planned for the immediate term and the future as an MD/MBA – she plans to be a clinician and also a serial entrepreneur.

Questions covered in the show with timestamps:

Can you tell us about your background outside of medicine? Where you grew up? What do you like to do for fun? 2:41

How did you know you wanted to be a doctor? 5:31

You took a gap year between undergrad and med school. What did you do and are you happy you did it? 9:55

Why did you decide to attend Drew/ UCLA Medical Education Program? 12:45

What have you liked best about your medical school experience at UCLA/Drew? 14:54

What could be improved? 17:14

Where are you at in your medical studies now? 18:40

Why did you decide you also wanted an MBA? 20:50

Why did you decide you wanted to do the full two-year MBA in addition to medical school, essentially elongating it? 24:41

You have a blog, Three Thousand Miles. Can you tell us a little bit about it? When did you start writing it? Why? 26:56

How do you see your career evolving after you finish at UCLA/Drew? 30:58

What would you have liked me to ask you? 33:18

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