Episode Synopsis "How Switching from Pre-Med led him to the Rhodes Scholarship"

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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