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Vitally Stable: A Pre-Health Podcast

Vitally Stable: A Pre-Health Podcast

Written by: Ryan Rivard
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 Rated the 3rd Best Minnesota Education Podcast and 3rd Best Minnesota Medical Podcast of 2025 by FeedSpot.

Vitally Stable is an educational podcast specifically designed for the pre-health student and their future career in the medical field. It is hosted by Ryan Rivard, a Physician Assistant that graduated from Augsburg University and has a deep passion for supporting the pre-health community. While attempting to be the leader that he believed he needed during his challenging pre-health journey, Ryan's main missions through Vitally Stable are to educate pre-health students on the medical career options avialable to them, provide them with accessbile resources to pursue their chosen career path, and tackle the mental health crisis that exists within the pre-health world. Through a partnership with the University of Minnesota Emergency Medical Services (UMEMS) and co-hosts Kaydi and Katherine, Ryan is creating a platform of support for the pre-health community through the Vitally Stable Podcast. So, if you are considering a career in MD, DO, PA, Nursing, Public Health, or any of the other amazing medical careers, give Vitally Stable a listen today.

If you are considering a career as a Physician Assistant specifically and would value from a Pre-PA mentorship group directly led by Ryan, then reach out to ryan@vitallystable.com to see if you can become a member of The PAck today!Copyright Ryan Rivard Careers Economics Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Success Physical Illness & Disease
Episodes
  • (Episode 31) BONUS - Ryan's Rotational Experience (Part 3)

    (Episode 31) BONUS - Ryan's Rotational Experience (Part 3)
    Jul 24 2025
    Have you ever wondered what rotations are actually like? Well, if you have, then you are not alone. As a mentor to many pre-health students, Ryan has always tried to offer the best advice he could, but he never felt like he had the perfect answer to this question. After a lot of research and searching of other pre-health content platforms with little result, Ryan realized that there was huge gap in resources discussing the day-to-day life of a rotational student. He believed the only way to actually know what rotations are like was to hear it from students actively going through it. This gave Ryan an incredibly ambitious idea: What if he recorded his own rotation experience? What if he sat down before and after nearly every shift of every day of his rotation and recorded himself discussing his mindset from the very start of PA school rotations to the very last day? After 1 year of hard work and dedication, this series on the Vitally Stable podcast is the culmination of that vision.

    In Part 3 of this series, you will be hearing the recordings from Ryan’s 7th, 8th, and 9th rotations which were Internal Medicine, Elective 1 - Cardiology, and Elective 2 - Family Medicine. This series isn’t just a podcast series. It’s a recorded documentation of one of the most challenging, but rewarding, years of Ryan’s life. This series is special for us and we hope it can be special for you too!

    If you found this episode helpful, please give us a rating/comment or reach out to us directly. We would like to pursue more long-form projects like this in the future if that is what the pre-health population needs right now. Everything we do is completely free and driven by a passion to help those in need so feedback is so incredibly appreciated. Let’s support as many pre-health students as we can so we can all have a less stressful journey!

    Timestamps:
    2:48 - Internal Medicine Rotation
    1:56:40 - Cardiology Rotation
    4:03:38 - Family Medicine Rotation
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    5 hrs and 59 mins
  • (Episode 30) BONUS - Ryan's Rotational Experience (Part 2)

    (Episode 30) BONUS - Ryan's Rotational Experience (Part 2)
    Jan 30 2025
    Have you ever wondered what rotations are actually like? Well, if you have, then you are not alone. As a mentor to many pre-health students, Ryan has always tried to offer the best advice he could, but he never felt like he had the perfect answer to this question. After a lot of research and searching of other pre-health content platforms with little result, Ryan realized that there was huge gap in resources discussing the day-to-day life of a rotational student. He believed the only way to actually know what rotations are like was to hear it from students actively going through it. This gave Ryan an incredibly ambitious idea: What if he recorded his own rotation experience? What if he sat down before and after nearly every shift of every day of his rotation and recorded himself discussing his mindset from the very start of PA school rotations to the very last day? After 1 year of hard work and dedication, this series on the Vitally Stable podcast is the culmination of that vision.

    In Part 2 of this series, you will be hearing the recordings from Ryan’s 4th, 5th, and 6th rotations which were Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and OB/GYN. This series isn’t just a podcast series. It’s a recorded documentation of one of the most challenging, but rewarding, years of Ryan’s life. This series is special for us and we hope it can be special for you too!

    If you found this episode helpful, please give us a rating/comment or reach out to us directly. We would like to pursue more long-form projects like this in the future if that is what the pre-health population needs right now. Everything we do is completely free and driven by a passion to help those in need so feedback is so incredibly appreciated. Let’s support as many pre-health students as we can so we can all have a less stressful journey!

    Timestamps:
    02:28 - Psychiatry Rotation
    56:52 - Pediatrics Rotation
    02:10:38 - OB/GYN Rotation
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    3 hrs and 37 mins
  • (Episode 29) BONUS - Ryan's Rotational Experience (Part 1)

    (Episode 29) BONUS - Ryan's Rotational Experience (Part 1)
    Nov 8 2024
    Have you ever wondered what rotations are actually like? Well, if you have, then you are not alone. As a mentor to many pre-health students, Ryan has always tried to offer the best advice he could, but he never felt like he had the perfect answer to this question. After a lot of research and searching of other pre-health content platforms with little result, Ryan realized that there was huge gap in resources discussing the day-to-day life of a rotational student. He believed the only way to actually know what rotations are like was to hear it from students actively going through it. This gave Ryan an incredibly ambitious idea: What if he recorded his own rotation experience? What if he sat down before and after nearly every shift of every day of his rotation and recorded himself discussing his mindset from the very start of PA school rotations to the very last day? After 1 year of hard work and dedication, this series on the Vitally Stable podcast is the culmination of that vision.

    In Part 1 of this series, you will be hearing the recordings from Ryan’s first 3 rotations which were Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, and Surgery. This series isn’t just a podcast series. It’s a recorded documentation of one of the most challenging, but rewarding, years of Ryan’s life. This series is special for us and we hope it can be special for you too!

    If you found this episode helpful, please give us a rating/comment or reach out to us directly. We would like to pursue more long-form projects like this in the future if that is what the pre-health population needs right now. Everything we do is completely free and driven by a passion to help those in need so feedback is so incredibly appreciated. Let’s support as many pre-health students as we can so we can all have a less stressful journey!

    Timestamps:
    05:42 - Emergency Medicine Rotation
    46:14 - Family Medicine Rotation
    1:16:19 - Surgery Rotation
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    2 hrs and 38 mins
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