Vital Signs: Thriving as a Woman in Medicine

Do you have a tendency to fill any time slots that appear with more “productive tasks”? While it feels like this moves us ahead in our professional lives, there are associated costs. Join my conversat...

25 Kesä 202428min

The journey to become a physician can lead us to focus on achieving, sometimes to our own detriment. In fact, many clinicians miss getting basic needs met (think Maslow’s hierarchy) as they try to mee...

11 Kesä 202426min

At first glance, you might not see the parallels between predicting the potential damage of climate change and improving the retention of clinicians. I didn’t either–until I spoke with Dr. Sisi Hu. Sh...

28 Touko 202426min

Unhealthy organizational culture is a key driver of burnout for everyone in healthcare. Women in medicine also struggle with asking for what they need to advance their careers and thrive at work. Join...

14 Touko 202434min

Leaders, especially our immediate supervisors, have a huge impact on our daily work experience and our risk of burnout. But what exactly is the relationship between leadership behaviors and clinician ...

30 Huhti 202431min

Many women in medicine miscategorize their struggles to advance. They believe it’s their fault–if only they were smarter or worked harder, they would have reached full professor or a leadership positi...

16 Huhti 202423min

Burnout steals from us: our energy, our sense of self, our connections with others. Dr. Jennie Draper found herself heading for a second bout of burnout and knew she needed help to turn things around....

2 Huhti 202425min

Women in medicine have had higher burnout rates than their male colleagues for years–and with the pandemic the disparity increased. Part of my mission is highlighting the underlying drivers of this di...

19 Maalis 202446min