{"podcast":{"title":"Cut & Tell","slug":"cut-tell-7828516","podcast_index_feed_id":7828516,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/cut-tell/","website_url":"https://cut-tell.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/5049fd40-1417-497c-bab6-72c045806862/Title.png","author":"Hippocratic Collective","episode_count":4,"summary":"Cut & Tell is a real-time account of becoming a surgeon—at the exact moment the training wheels come off. Hosted by plastic surgery chief resident Elizabeth Malphrus, this show follows the transition from residency to “year one”: the first, most disorienting, and most defining stretch of a surgical career. It’s where the identity you’ve spent a decade building is suddenly tested—clinically, professionally, and personally. This is not a retrospective. It’s happening now. Through solo episodes, unfiltered conversations, and stories from inside the operating room and beyond, Cut & Tell explores what it actually takes to become a surgeon: the structure of training, the emotional cost, the invisible curriculum, and the tension between perfection and reality in a high-stakes field. It also asks harder questions—about trust in medicine, the role of physicians in a changing cultural landscape, and what it means to step into authority when you’re not sure you’re ready.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cut-tell-7828516"},"episode":{"title":"What Actually Makes a Great Resident | Cut & Tell","slug":"what-actually-makes-a-great-resident-cut-tell","published_at":"2026-05-28T14:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cut-tell-7828516/what-actually-makes-a-great-resident-cut-tell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cut-tell-7828516","url":"https://cut-tell.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/a7fb62cf-b364-4b48-8d42-72f3a56432b5.mp3","summary":"What makes a good resident? And beyond that — what actually makes someone great ? In this episode of Cut & Tell , Dr. Liz Malphrus breaks down the unwritten skills of residency that no one formally teaches: anticipation, adaptability, reading the room, emotional resilience, communication, and learning how to survive medicine without becoming robotic in the process. From OR etiquette and closed-loop communication to social anxiety, burnout, and the strange art of staying positive during training, this is an honest conversation about the human side of becoming a doctor. Whether you’re a medical student, intern, resident, or just trying to survive a high-pressure environment, this episode is a candid look at the traits that actually matter — and why all of them can be learned. Cut & Tell is where medicine gets honest. https://sashachapin.substack.com/p/my-six-stages-of-learning-to-be-a","meta_description":"What makes a good resident? And beyond that — what actually makes someone great ? In this episode of Cut & Tell , Dr. Liz Malphrus breaks down the unw…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1163,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cut-tell-7828516/episodes/what-actually-makes-a-great-resident-cut-tell/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cut-tell-7828516/what-actually-makes-a-great-resident-cut-tell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}