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Empowering Women Physicians

By: Sunny Smith MD
  • Summary

  • Medicine is truly the most noble profession. It is an honor and a privilege to be responsible for the health and well being of our society. As physicians, we aim to relieve human suffering. Then why are so many of us unhappy, stressed, and even considering leaving medicine? Characteristics of self sacrifice and delayed gratification allowed women physicians to get through medical school and residency. Yet these very same traits can cause increasing distress and may no longer be serving us. This podcast encourages women physicians to reflect on the wise words of the Hippocratic Oath and consider what more they could be doing to maintain the utmost respect for their OWN human life and its quality. Women physicians are strong, intelligent, resilient, hard working, insightful, and live their lives in service of others. Through this podcast, Dr Sunny Smith reminds them that they must first care for themselves so that they may care for others. As a practicing physician and certified coach, she offers tools that can be used to help them take a closer look at their life right now, what they love and what they'd like to change. She helps physicians set goals and empowers them to take steps toward creating their best lives starting today.
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Episodes
  • Episode #28 - Indoctrination
    Oct 15 2022

    In this episode we talk about the indoctrination all of us went through during our medical training.  In the next episode we will discuss learned helplessness, unlearning, and re-learning agency and self-efficacy.

    References and resources mentioned in this podcast

    References

    1. Greenawald MH MD, FAAFP, Pipas CF MD, MPH, FAAFP.  The Power Of Coaching: Supercharge Your Personal and Professional Well-being.   Fam Pract Manag. 2022 Sep-Oct;29(5):12-16.
    2. Shanafelt TD, West CP, Dyrbye LN, Trockel M, Tutty M, Wang H, Carlasare LE, Sinsky C. Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Integration in Physicians During the First 2 Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic.  Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 Sep 14;S0025-6196(22)00515-8.


    Empowering Women Physicians resources for you
    Sign up for the EWP Coaching Program Waitlist
    The Ultimate Coaching Guide for Women Physicians
    Books We Love Guide
    References (RCT & academic journal articles on physician coaching)
    Dr. Katrina Ubell session inside EWP
    Dr. Katrina Ubell's book


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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Episode # 27 - There is no badge of honor
    Sep 16 2022

    In this episode we talk about the important role of "micro-mentoring" in facebook groups for women physicians.     

    We also discuss one such example where women physicians reflect on and call out beliefs we have or actions we take, as if there were a badge of honor for sacrificing ourselves for others.

    Let's tell the truth - from our own painfully gained knowledge that there is NO badge of honor for .... (insert some BS thing here that we have been led to believe we "should" do.

    References

    • Knoll, Miriam A. MD; Jagsi, Reshma MD, Phil. Cumulative Micro-Mentorship: How Social Media Is Facilitating the Advancement of Female Physicians. Academic Medicine: October 2019 - Volume 94 - Issue 10 - p 1404-1405.

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    1 hr
  • Episode # 26 - The Power of Our Stories
    Sep 13 2022

    Human beings are enthralled by stories and use them as tools to connect, to make sense of the world, to engage and transmit information from one person to another, one community to another, and one generation to another.  Our stories influence our beliefs and our culture.  Personal heartfelt stories engage our brain in unique and powerful ways.  We'll talk about why we encourage others to tell their stories inside EWP, why micro-mentoring matters, and why Social Learning Theory suggests most human learning occurs observationally through modeling.   One woman physician telling her story has the power to change the world around her.  Thousands of women physicians telling their story has the power to change the culture of medicine. 

    References

    Dr. Uri Hasson Lab at Princeton (Suzuki et al.  Dialogues: Science and Power of Storytelling. J Neuroscience 2018 Oct 31; 38(44): 9468–9470.  TED talk , Youtube Storytelling impacts our future) & Dr. Paul Zak.  (Neuroscience of stories)

    Bandura A. Social Learning Theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall; 1977.

    David Foster Wallace - This is Water.


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    51 mins

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