{"podcast":{"title":"Docs Outside The Box","slug":"docs-outside-the-box-323291","podcast_index_feed_id":323291,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1983294.rss","website_url":"http://www.drniidarko.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/07i3h5mncr7oeumj1llnhap7s8x7?.jpg","author":"Dr. Nii Darko","episode_count":568,"summary":"Hosts Dr. Nii (Ghanaian) and Dr. Renee (Haitian) are first-generation physicians who paid off $662,000 in student loans in 3 years - while figuring out contracts, career moves, and money management that their colleagues learned at home. Every episode covers what first-gen docs need to know: Contract negotiation and career decisions Paying off debt without family financial guidance Building wealth from scratch The questions you don't know to ask (but your colleagues already knew) Real strategies from doctors who had to figure it out on their own. Subscribe and build your blueprint with us. Download: The First-Gen Doctor Blueprint","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T02:18:11.823657+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/docs-outside-the-box-323291"},"episode":{"title":"DOE Says Nursing Isn’t a Professional Degree?! #474 Part 1","slug":"doe-says-nursing-isn-t-a-professional-degree-474-part-1","published_at":"2025-12-16T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/docs-outside-the-box-323291/doe-says-nursing-isn-t-a-professional-degree-474-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/docs-outside-the-box-323291","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/www.buzzsprout.com/1983294/episodes/18357074-doe-says-nursing-isn-t-a-professional-degree-474-part-1.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/www.buzzsprout.com/1983294/episodes/18357074-doe-says-nursing-isn-t-a-professional-degree-474-part-1.mp3","summary":"SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! This episode hits EVERY corner of healthcare. Medical students, residents, nursing students, and attendings. We’re diving deep into: 1. The Department of Education’s classification of nursing as not a professional degree ● What does this actually mean? ● Does it affect student loans? ● Will this change the future of nursing? ● Why EVERY healthcare worker should pay attention&n...","meta_description":"SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! This episode hits EVERY corner of healthcare. Medical students, res…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1516,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/docs-outside-the-box-323291/episodes/doe-says-nursing-isn-t-a-professional-degree-474-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/docs-outside-the-box-323291/doe-says-nursing-isn-t-a-professional-degree-474-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}