Burnout has unfortunately become an exceedingly common experience for healthcare workers, even independent of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, we start a conversation about burnout, its signs/symptoms, and its potential repercussions with Internal Medicine resident Dr. Allison Ibarra. Learning Objectives: Define burnout according to the World Health Organization. Learn and be able to recognize common signs of burnout.  Identify and recognize the potential consequences burnout can have on physicians’ and medical trainees’ physical and mental well-being. Credits:Guest: Dr. Allison ..read more

In this compelling episode, Dr. Candace Sprott engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Dr. John Hall, a seasoned Internal Medicine physician with a unique perspective on disability in the medical field. Dr. Hall shares his remarkable career journey, highlighting the challenges he faced and the pivotal decision to transition from Obstetrics and Gynecology to Internal Medicine due to his physical disability. The episode explores the nuances of the day-to-day experiences of physicians and patients with disabilities and seeks to advance the conversation around strategies that promote incl ..read more

Pick up where we left off in Part 1 (Season 4, Episode 3) by applying the pediatric-to-adult transitions strategies we learned in that episode to a specific patient population: those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD), like Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Transitions can be one of the most trying and health-destabilizing things a young person and their caregivers experience. In this episode, we learn from the experience and wisdom of Dr. Susan Hingle and Dr. Mai Pham, who have not only navigated this process with their patients, but with their own children as well. Their pe ..read more

Join us in learning from our wonderful guests, Dr. Denise Connor (hospitalist and groundbreaking leader in curriculum development for diagnostic reasoning and anti-oppression) and Dr. Cristina Gonzalez (hospitalist and internationally renowned expert in the development of skills-based curricular interventions in implicit bias recognition and management). Dr. Connor and Dr. Gonzalez teach us how to define, identify, and mitigate disparities in diagnostic decision-making and reasoning in order to attain greater diagnostic equity for all patients. Learning Objectives1. Define disparities in diag ..read more

Join us for Part 2 of our discussion on Climate Change! Climate change is shifting how we live across the globe, impacting some communities far more than others, and forcing us to continue working to mitigate the damage and adapt to a new and changing environment. Nowhere is this need more important than in healthcare. Listen in on the rest of our conversation with Dr. Robert McLean (rheumatologist, advocate for climate justice, former ACP President) and Dr. Erika Moseson  (pulmonary and critical care physician, founder of Air Health Our Health) about the impact of climate on health and t ..read more

Climate change is shifting how we live across the globe, impacting some communities far more than others, and forcing us to continue working to mitigate the damage and adapt to a new and changing environment. Nowhere is this need more important than in healthcare. Join us as we learn from Dr. Robert McLean (rheumatologist, advocate for climate justice, former ACP President) and Dr. Erika Moseson  (pulmonary and critical care physician, founder of Air Health Our Health) about the impact of climate on health and the ways we can work toward climate justice. Learning Objectives: Explore the ..read more

Join us for Part 2 of the powerful discussion we started at the end of last season (Season 4, Episode 6), with our 2 experts on caring for people experiencing houselessness, James O’Connell, MD, MACP (Boston Healthcare for the Homeless) and Rachel Solotaroff, MD, FACP (Central City Concern- Portland, Oregon).   From the HIV epidemic to the rise of multi-drug resistant TB and the opioid crisis, those caring for people experiencing houselessness and housing insecurity saw the rise of each of these epidemics in their patient populations long before the rest of us.  The devastating impac ..read more

From the HIV epidemic to the rise of multi-drug resistant TB and the opioid crisis, those caring for people experiencing houselessness and housing insecurity saw the rise of each of these epidemics in their patient populations long before the rest of us.  The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was particularly harsh for those in shelters or unhoused. Some say that caring for those experiencing houselessness reveals the fractures in our healthcare system earlier and more clearly than healthcare in other settings.  Join us for the first of 2 episodes with 2 experts on caring f ..read more

As the COVID-19 pandemic abates, migration across the globe has increased. Health care professionals are likely to encounter immigrant populations who have unique needs. Join us in learning with Dr. Lorena Bonilla (Internal Medicine Hospitalist and Assistant Professor at Florida University/Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine) about factors that influence the health care of immigrants, how to approach patients with cultural sensitivity, and ways physicians can incorporate advocacy into their practice to help support migrants. Definition of Terms: In this podcast, we use the terms migrants, im ..read more

The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the negative effects medical misinformation and disinformation can have on our communities. Despite these not being new phenomena, health professionals have seen first-hand during the pandemic how difficult it is to combat these pervasive problems. Join us in learning with Dr. Tracey Henry (General Internist and Associate Professor of Medicine at Emory University) about what constitutes medical misinformation and disinformation, the psychological factors that drive their spread, and ways we can combat them. Learning Objectives Define the terms ..read more