Lessons We Didn't Learn in Med School
Lessons We Didn't Learn in Med School uses the power of story telling and conversation to be the HEALING that is so needed in medicine. Join us, Drs. Beth Vukin and Kara Wada, two physicians turned patients, navigating our own chronic illness journeys.
We talk about the hard things and also the joyful things as well as the ridiculous. Along with our guests, we hope that having real talk about what it is like to be a patient as well as what it is like to be a medical professional, sheds light on things that are often in the dark. We celebrate science, resilience of the human spirit and the power of community.
"Lessons We Didn't Learn in Med School" isn't just a podcast; it's a rallying cry for patients and health professionals alike to reclaim their voices and demand a healthcare system that listens and partners with patients. Together, we seek to end the stigma and loneliness of illness, foster compassion and connection and offer knowledge with practical advice for those living with and caring for people with chronic illness.
Lessons We Didn't Learn in Med School
Episode 3. Why don't we prioritize ourselves? We know what we would need. We care for everyone else, so we know how. Why don't we put ourselves first?
Physician heal thyself. We will extend that to ALL caregivers.
Caregivers include parents, children caring for aging parents and anyone who cares for others in a professional or personal capacity. We are trained to care for others. We KNOW it is important. Why are we so bad at caring for ourselves?
There is something about medical training and societal conditioning that makes putting others first virtuous, but what happens when we neglect ourselves?
Join us for this episode with my dear friend Dr. Jessie Turnbull M.D., M.A. She is a Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician and also trained in Clinical Bioethics. She is the founder of Burning Bright MD, life coaching for women physicians.
Check her out here!
https://www.burningbrightmd.com/about