As a healthcare worker, have you ever made a mistake and literally wanted to die, or at least run away and hide?
Do you have this vision in your head of what the ideal doctor, nurse, pharmacist, physician assistant, is supposed to be like? This infallible, all knowing being who never gets sick and never gets a diagnosis or treatment plan wrong?
Do you feel like, when you have your white coat or your scrubs on that you are not allowed to be a human?
In medicine there is SO much pressure to live up to this idealized narrative of the healthcare hero- and it can create painful shame experiences when we inevitably fall short of it.
Today’s episode of the Life After Medicine podcast features special guest Dr. Emily Silverman who is currently exploring the topic of shame in the medical field with some world renowned experts.
In this episode you will learn about...
The root cause of shame in medicine
The problem with creating an unattainable ideal to live up to
How we can start collectively shifting this ideal to make space for the human experience of healthcare workers.
This is such a raw and honest episode that explores some of the heavier and more difficult topics within the medical field. It's such a powerful listen.
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Life After Medicine explores doctors' journey of finding purpose beyond their medical careers, addressing physician burnout, career changes, opportunities in non-clinical jobs for physicians and remote jobs within the healthcare system without being burned out, using medical training.
