Docs Outside The Box
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.
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Latest Episodes
We Were Paying Off $700K in Student Loans. And Doing IVF at the Same Time. #480
We got married in our thirties. Started IVF in the middle of paying off $700,000 in student loan debt. And Nii was working locums shifts several states away — the very thing funding our fertility journey was also making it harder.This is...
2 Docs No Nanny. #479
Nearly 50,000 people watched our co-parenting reel and asked the same question: "Why don't you just get a nanny?"People expected us to have full-time help. We don't. Not because we can't afford it. Because we made a different choice....
7% of Med Students Don't Match. Do These Things Instead. #478
You didn't match. Now what?Every year, roughly 7% of U.S. medical students don't match into residency. If you're one of them, you're not alone—and this isn't the end.Reddit Question We're Answering: "M4 here. Didn't match into ...
I Couldn't Run a Mile in Residency. #477
In this episode, we share our honest struggle with fitness as first-generation doctors - from not being able to run a mile in residency to building a consistent 5-6 day per week workout habit using the Atomic Habits framework.You'll hear...
Is 40 Too Old For Med School? Here's The Truth. #476
Two first-gen doctors answer your real questions: How to open a business bank account, and whether starting Medical school at 40 is still possible. This week's Q&A covers two questions that represent completely different stages ...
Fan Mail
See attached link from Reddit for The full story Dr Nii, since you like soap operas. lol I posted this on Reddit a few days before you released the podcast episode. If the link doesn’t work, my post on Reddit is titled “Spouse Changes Mind, Not joining me for residency” on r/medicalschool Also, because I was post 24h call and my Brain was fried, I put the wrong relationship dates on the post that I originally sent you. Thanks for your advice thus far, RD
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