Scrub Talk
Healthcare is complicated. Not just the science — the experience of it. The waiting rooms, the diagnoses you don't fully understand, the moments where you leave an appointment with more questions than answers. The things providers see every day that never make it past the exam room door.
Scrub Talk is the after visit summary you actually need. Every episode, host Dominick Ramos dives into the healthcare system — slowing down, asking harder questions, and looking for what keeps getting lost: the humanity underneath the mess. The premise is simple, but uncomfortable: the system is breaking patients, providers, and institutions simultaneously, making them blame each other instead of examining the structure. Scrub Talk refuses to let that happen.
From AI and emerging technology to disparities, leadership, and the future of medicine itself — we unpack the science, the myths, and the perspectives that shape the culture of medicine. Nothing is off limits. Just honest, compassionate conversation about a system that touches all our lives.
Hosted by Dominick Ramos — medical assistant, student, and future physician who still believes medicine can be what it was meant to be.
Episodes
6 episodes
This One Skill Will Make You Healthier
Most people don't struggle with healthcare because they're not trying hard enough. They struggle because nobody ever taught them this one skill.This week, Scrub Talk launches the HEAL Series (Health Education and Literacy...
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A Force to Be Reckoned With feat. Maureen Leahey
⚠️ This episode contains an open discussion of intimate partner violence. If this is something you are currently navigating or have experienced, please take care of yourself as you listen. The National Domestic Violence Hotline is ava...
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My Mental Health Provider Left Me on Read
During the pandemic, I finally did something I'd been putting off for years — I established care with a primary care provider. What followed was a months-long battle to access the medication I needed, a psychiatric provider who stopped returnin...
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I Almost Didn't Come Back - Relaunching Scrub Talk
I almost didn't come back.Not because I ran out of things to say — but because I started to wonder if any of it mattered. If the system was too broken. The people too far apart. The gap too wide to cross from where I was standing....
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Mom: A Nurse's Legacy, A Family's Foundation with Emmy Ramos, RN
This episode is deeply personal.For most of my adult life, the holidays were spent working, studying, or just trying to survive. But this year, I did something different—I sat down with someone who’s been a guiding force in my life: my g...
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This Is Where the Healing Begins: An Introduction to Scrub Talk
In this very first episode of Scrub Talk, I draw from my experiences in pharmacy, surgery, ENT, and radiation oncology to kick off a podcast that isn’t just about healthcare—it’s about the people holding it together.Scrubs are m...
