Half-Hour Healthcare

Pre-Health Spotlight

Each episode Garrett, Reetwan and Amaan explain and discuss some of the most important issues affecting both the medicine of today and the medicine of tomorrow. Check out the Pre-Health Spotlight magazine for other great articles revolving around the fields of healthcare and pre-health. Online magazine: https://prehealthspotlight.wixsite.com/pphs

  • 34 minutes 54 seconds
    Covid and the Flu

    Hannah, Liz, Jack, Bennett, and Gauri talk about the recent outbreaks of illnesses related to Covid and the flu.

    1 February 2024, 1:14 am
  • 31 minutes 17 seconds
    Story Time

    Garrett and Amaan discuss some interesting stories in the medical world 

    7 September 2021, 2:10 am
  • 41 minutes 31 seconds
    End of Life Care

    Garrett, Amaan, and Reetwan discuss how patients deal with terminal diagnosis, how they are cared for, and what they think about end of life care today.

    Don't forget to check out the Pre-Health Spotlight website at https://prehealthspotlight.wixsite.com/pphs for all kinds of interesting articles

    8 June 2021, 12:57 pm
  • 39 minutes 36 seconds
    Dentistry: The Tim Park Episode

    Reetwan and Amaan interview their friend Tim Park about his time on the pre-dentistry track while at the University of Pittsburgh. 

    Don't forget to check out the Pre-Health Spotlight website at https://prehealthspotlight.wixsite.com/pphs for all kinds of interesting articles about every area of medicine!

    27 May 2021, 2:08 am
  • 29 minutes 36 seconds
    Spirituality in Medicine

    Garrett, Reetwan, and Amaan discuss an often overlooked aspect of the medical field, the impact that spirituality plays in the healing and caretaking process.

    Article link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1305900/

    Don't forget to check out the Pre-Health Spotlight website at https://prehealthspotlight.wixsite.com/pphs for all kinds of interesting articles about every area of medicine!

    9 February 2021, 4:10 pm
  • 24 minutes 3 seconds
    The Emerging Role of Psychedelics in Medicine

    Garrett, Reetwan, and Amaan discuss the emerging field of using psychedelic drugs in medical research.

    Don't forget to check out the Pre-Health Spotlight website at https://prehealthspotlight.wixsite.com/pphs for all kinds of interesting articles about every area of medicine!

    6 November 2020, 8:25 pm
  • 29 minutes 28 seconds
    An Analysis of Adverse Childhood Experiences

    Garrett and Reetwan are joined by Jesse Singh as they discuss the effects that adverse childhood experiences have on development. Reetwan also interviews Dr. Banihashemi, an assistant professor of Psychology and researcher at Pitt. 

    Check out ASHA here: https://www.instagram.com/asha.pitt/?hl=en

    Don't forget to check out the Pre-Health Spotlight website at https://prehealthspotlight.wixsite.com/pphs for all kinds of interesting articles about every area of medicine!

    21 September 2020, 2:35 am
  • 43 minutes 14 seconds
    Back to Campus during COVID-19

    The kids are back on campus, but what does that mean? In this episode Garrett, Amaan, and Reetwan talk about what is going on at Pitt and around the country on college campuses, and what they think the future will look like.

    Don't forget to check out the Pre-Health Spotlight website at https://prehealthspotlight.wixsite.com/pphs for all kinds of interesting articles about every area of medicine!

    31 August 2020, 12:00 pm
  • 35 minutes 43 seconds
    Systemic Racism in Healthcare: Part 2

    In this episode Garrett, Reetwan, and Amaan continue their discussion on racism in the healthcare field and discuss some possible solutions to the issue. Don't forget to check out the Pre-Health Spotlight website at https://prehealthspotlight.wixsite.com/pphs for all kinds of interesting articles about every area of medicine!

    13 July 2020, 12:00 pm
  • 33 minutes 1 second
    Systemic Racism in Healthcare: Part 1

    In part one of a two part series, Reetwan, Amaan, and Garrett present and discuss some of the evidence of the existence of racism in healthcare. In part two, they will be looking at more examples as well as some proposed solutions to the issue. Don't forget to check out the Pre-Health Spotlight website at https://prehealthspotlight.wixsite.com/pphs for all kinds of interesting articles about every area of medicine!

    29 June 2020, 12:00 pm
  • 39 minutes 36 seconds
    Reopening after Quarantine

    In this episode, Reetwan, Garrett, and Amaan discuss their takes on reopening after quarantine is lifted. Don't forget to check out the Pre-Health Spotlight website at https://prehealthspotlight.wixsite.com/pphs for all kinds of interesting articles about every area of medicine!

    1 June 2020, 12:00 pm
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