# Inside Pitt Med School: Innovations in Medical Education [Episode 602] Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-straight-talk-43539/inside-pitt-med-school-innovations-in-medical-education-episode-602 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-straight-talk-43539/inside-pitt-med-school-innovations-in-medical-education-episode-602.md Podcast: [Admissions Straight Talk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-straight-talk-43539) Published: 2025-03-11T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://blog.accepted.com/inside-pitt-med-school-innovations-in-medical-education/ Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2375732/episodes/16683161-inside-pitt-med-school-innovations-in-medical-education-episode-602.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/admissions-straight-talk-43539/episodes/inside-pitt-med-school-innovations-in-medical-education-episode-602 Duration seconds: 2169 ## Resource Send Harold your questions! In this episode of Admissions Straight Talk, Dr. Beth Piraino, Associate Dean of Admissions at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPSOM), explores the school’s innovative Three Rivers Curriculum, emphasizing small-group learning, early clinical exposure, and the integration of "Streams" (special interest areas) and Threads" (core competencies like leadership and clinical reasoning). Dr. Piraino also discusses the role of secondary essays in evaluating... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/admissions-straight-talk-43539/episodes/inside-pitt-med-school-innovations-in-medical-education-episode-602/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-straight-talk-43539/inside-pitt-med-school-innovations-in-medical-education-episode-602.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.