Affective presence is the lasting and stable impressions your interaction partners get from you. Your scores and grades only get you in the door. It's your personality that makes you a medical student, and later, a doctor.  So make sure you're giving off the right vibes! Listener Kalmen reminds us of a paths for some students who don't match. You deserve to be happy and healthy. If you're struggling with racism, harassment, hate, your mental health, or some other crisis, visit http://theshortcoat.com/help, and send additions to the list to theshortcoats@gmail.com. We love you. Resources: You deserve to be happy and healthy. If you're struggling with racism, harassment, hate your mental health, or some other crisis, visit http://theshortcoat.com/help, and send additions to the list to theshortcoats@gmail.com. We love you. Music provided by Argofox.  License: bit.ly/CCAttribution DOCTOR VOX - Heatstroke: youtu.be/j1n1zlxzyRE Catmosphere - Candy-Coloured Sky: youtu.be/AZjYZ8Kjgs8 ; Hexalyte - Wandering Hours: youtu.be/FOAo2zsYnvA;