Inside the White Coat is written by two doctors, Alan Schalscha and David Hume, with a long history of friendship first forged in medical school, challenged and kindled through professional collaboration notwithstanding the different paths taken, and strengthened through their shared love of medicine, teaching, humanity, and dedication to service. The authors aim to give the reader honest information as related to a career in medicine. The type of advice a mentor or a caring aunt in the field would provide with a purview into medicine, how to prepare for medical school, how to decide on a specific specialty, and what life would be like before, during, and after medical training. If you wanted to know what the cost of medical education was, and how or if you could afford it. There is a strong chance that you might be stressed about the wrong things. This book serves as their attempt to answer some of these questions for the prospective medical professional without the awkwardness of asking uninformed questions to complete strangers. It should serve as an initial guide to prompt you to ask more specific questions later.