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Hosted by Caitlin Calland, M2 Medical Student · education · EN-US
Becoming MD is a storytelling podcast that gives medical students and physicians a platform to share their journeys — the highs, lows, and everything in between. Each episode dives into the real experiences that shape the path to becoming a doctor, offering inspiration, insight, and connection for anyone walking the same road. Whether you’re a pre-med dreaming of your white coat or a med student pushing through another rotation, this podcast reminds you that every story in medicine deserves to be heard. Have questions you’d like answered on the show or someone you’d love to hear from? Email me at becomingmd.cc@aol.com - your input helps shape the next episodes!
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Signup to Generate a PitchBecoming MD is a storytelling podcast that gives medical students and physicians a platform to share their journeys, the highs, lows, and everything in between. Each episode dives into the real experiences that shape the path to becoming a doctor, offering inspiration, insight, and connection for anyone walking the same road.
Becoming MD is hosted by Caitlin Calland, M2 Medical Student. The show has published 16 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "You're Being Evaluated: A Med Student’s Guide to Rotations with Dr. Austin Price" (21 October 2026, 71 minutes), "Carrying the Human Side of Medicine with Dr. Ferguson, Author of The Only Life You Could Save" (7 September 2026, 58 minutes), and "God Didn’t Call Me to Medicine to Lose Myself: Faith, Identity, and the Pressure of Medical School with Naa Dromo Korley" (8 May 2026, 57 minutes).
Becoming MD publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 52 minutes across 16 episodes.
Booking probability for Becoming MD is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Becoming MD requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Becoming MD's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Becoming MD are Doctors & Physicians and Universities & Colleges. Becoming MD has an education audience.
Caitlin Calland, M2 Medical Student hosts Becoming MD, an education podcast with 16 episodes published.
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Episode #16
You can spend an entire rotation trying to impress your team and still have no idea what they’re actually evaluating. Becoming a doctor involves a lot of learning that never comes with a syllabus. So you show up...
Episode #15
Medicine teaches us how to recognize pain—but not always what to do when we feel it ourselves. In this episode of Becoming MD , I sit down with pediatric emergency medicine physician, medical educator, and author Dr...
Becoming MD
Medical school has a way of testing more than just your intelligence — it tests your identity , your resilience , and sometimes even your faith . In this episode of Becoming MD, I sit down with fellow medical student...
Episode #11
What does it actually look like to take the discipline, structure, and mental toughness from Division I athletics and apply it to one of the most demanding paths out there—medical school? In this episode, I sit down...
Episode #10
Medical school has a subtle way of shrinking your identity. At some point, many of us stop introducing ourselves as people and start introducing ourselves as students . Your wins become exam scores. Your losses become...
Episode #9
In this episode of Becoming MD , I sit down with a TikTok-famous Emergency Medicine resident Jarrod Shuck to break down what Step 1 really demands — and how to navigate it without losing yourself in the pressure. This...
Episode #8
What does it look like to start medical school after an entire lifetime of discipline, leadership, and service? In this episode of Becoming MD I am joined by Mark Buford , a first-year medical student at Ross University...
Episode #7
Most medical students (yes, myself included) are stressed about the wrong things. In this episode of Becoming MD , a first-year family medicine resident Katie Metzler reflects on medical school with the perspective most...
Episode #6
You can do everything “right” in medical school and still feel like you’re failing - let's talk about it. In this episode, I talk with a female emergency medicine resident Daniella Dennis about the parts of training...
Episode #5
Imposter syndrome is loudest in the early years of training — when expectations are high, feedback feels personal, and reassurance is scarce. In this episode, we unpack the quiet truths of medical training: why so many...
Episode #4
In this episode of Becoming MD , we reflect on what life is really like as a first-semester medical student in the Caribbean. From the shock of the workload and pace to the reality behind the “beach school” stereotype...
Becoming MD
Medical training may look different across the world, but the doubts feel the same. In this episode of Becoming MD , I sit down with an international medical student Rebecca Wanderer finishing up her clinical years who...
Episode #3
In this episode of Becoming MD , we sit down with female physician Larissa Assam, MD, MPH whose path to medicine was anything but linear. Through seasons of loss, doubt, and stepping away from her dreams, she found...
Episode #2
In this episode, I sit down with a PM&R resident and content creator Clay Moss who doesn’t just “get real” about medical school—he opens the door to the parts of this journey most people never talk about. From...
Episode #1
Welcome to Episode 1 of Becoming MD . We’re starting this journey with a conversation every med student, premed, and future clinician needs to hear. In this episode, I sit down with a friend and colleague — an M2 who...
Episode #1
What started as an idea to make medicine more human became a platform for stories worth hearing. In this short trailer, host Caitlin Calland introduces Becoming MD — a podcast built on honest stories, real...
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