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Andrew Hong—On Making The Most Of Clinical Experiences, Knowing Yourself, & Having A Growth Mindset [#30]
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Andrew Hong—On Making The Most Of Clinical Experiences, Knowing Yourself, & Having A Growth Mindset [#30]

Department of Medicine at UCLA Health on Twitter: "Congratulations to Andrew  Hong who will join us in the ⁦@DOM_UCLA⁩ as an internal medicine resident!  #MatchDay2022 #DGSOM2022 #BruinProud https://t.co/NzAv6gFYLH" / Twitter

Andrew Hong is currently a 1st year internal medicine resident at UCLA. We have a wide-ranging conversation covering his journey into medicine to how he could have learned more during his clinical rotations. I hope you learn something from this conversation. As always, feel free to share the episode if you found it helpful!

Show notes:

[0:23] Introduction

[1:05] How Andrew and I met?

[2:05] Why medicine?

[5:25] Andrew already knew what specialty he wanted to get into pre-medical school. Why did he stick with it?

[10:15] Andrew gave himself space to have experiences to confirm his specialty choice

[13:55] The Process of Knowing Yourself

[19:05] Catching yourself theorizing about experiences rather than reflecting on them

[20:30] How to make the most of clinical rotations

[29:20] How did Andrew cultivate a growth-mindset?

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