"Ego Death?!" M4s Talk Audition Rotations

The Short Coat (Audio): An Inside Look at Getting Into and Getting Through Medical School · Apr 16, 2026 · 1h 12m

Among all the strange things about medical school, there's the so-called "away" or "audition" rotation. M4s Aditi Katwala, Hend Al-Kaylani, Lena Volfson, and Kristin Davis talk about what it's like to leave CCOM for weeks at a time to visit another hospital. Maybe they want to experience some new things there they wouldn't have seen at Iowa. But also, it's often about showing off their med-student skills for a residency program they might match with in another part of the country.