MD WANNABES sits down with second year Rhodes Scholar Vijay Ramasamy to discuss his experience of tackling COVID-19 while working in Kansas government, how doctors can engage more with public health, pre-med culture, and life at Oxford.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro/Background on Vijay
1:27 - Why not medicine?
7:27 - How can physicians get involved in the community?
10:46 - What did former Baltimore PHD leaders Dr. Beilenson and Dr. Wen teach you? + Needle Exchange pushback
16:57 - Government vs. private organization funding differences + taxes
20:31 - Why are you interested in public health?
23:25 - What did you work on in Kansas government?
26:03 - How did the Kansas government work with doctors during the pandemic?
29:40 - Differences between Baltimore and Kansas public health?
32:28 - Most important public health issue in Kansas?
35:15 - What are resources like in rural communities?
38:00 - What would you tell someone who wants to switch out of pre-med?
42:06 - Why Rhodes? What was the application like?
46:13 - Don't make rigid life plans
49:21 - Evaluating the pre-med checkbox process
53:18 - Cultural shift from moving to the UK
57:57 - What are your co-Rhodes scholars like?
1:00:24 - Spike in med school apps/Fauci effect
1:03:46 - What's next for you? + Conclusion
Music: Flavour by Wataboi

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