To open season 8, Viji sits down with Kelly Cheung, @kellytakesmedicine , a new internal medicine resident. Kelly has always had an interest in primary care and geriatrics, and she explains how she developed this interest and the importance of primary care in this episode. Kelly also shares her journey to medicine as a first generation college graduate and physician. She reveals that she was afraid to pursue medicine due to a lack of resources or mentors and that she suffered from imposter syndrome. Kelly discusses how she considered both pharmacy school and medical school but decided on pursuing medicine after taking a couple of gap years. 

Kelly also discusses the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) scholarship in this episode. She discusses the benefits she received from this scholarship and some of the eligibility requirements. The deadline has passed for this year, but definitely take a listen if this is something you would be interested in for next year. 

Lastly, Kelly discusses her residency application process. When this podcast was recorded, Kelly was still in the interviewing process for residency, but now she has successfully matched and started an internal medicine residency! A huge congratulations to her for starting this major milestone! A lot of great information about being a first-get physician, pursuing primary care, and the residency app process in this episode so be sure to give it a listen.