| Abstract: | The COVID-19 pandemic, by disrupting traditional in-person learning, has changed the ways in continuing medical education. Podcasts have become popular media for learning because these episodic, downloadable audio files are available anytime and anywhere, which is convenient for medical trainees, who tend to have irregular and long work hours. Although several high-quality medical education podcasts exist, such as NEJM Resident 360, one devoted specifically devoted to medical career development is rare. Medpersona is the first podcast program in Mandarin that interviews people with conventional or innovative medical careers,1 providing a broad vision on a weekly update basis. Since the launch of Medpersona on February 16, 2020, during the early stage of the COVID-19 outbreak, 58 episodes, averaging 68.4 min each (±15.7 min), have been released; this length allows the interviews to be comprehensive and thorough. The podcast has already covered all 23 medical specialties defined by Taiwan's Ministry of Health and Welfare, and has focused on the opinion and experiences of medical workers, including those at academic medical centers (30.2%), at regional hospitals (20.9%), at local hospitals (2.3%), at private clinics (23.2%), in remote or isolated areas where the physician population ratio less than 1:4300 (2.3%), in government public health offices (2.3%), and in non-medical settings (18.6%). |
