logo
episode-header-image
Nov 2024
9m 44s

A Doctor's Search for Humanity in Medici...

Next Big Idea Club
About this episode
As an assistant professor, practicing psychiatrist, university wellness leader, and regular media expert, Jessi Gold was used to constant busyness. But when mental exhaustion led her to commit an unthinkable error during a patient session, she was forced to reevaluate everything that the medical system taught her. 📖 How Do You Feel?: One Doctor's Search for ... Show More
Up next
Today
The Workforce Is Getting Restless
Why are so many workers—blue-collar, white-collar, contract, freelance, and college-educated alike—feeling like the old bargain has broken down? Today, Paul Osterman, author of Disposable Workers: The Transformation of Employment, explains how companies increasingly rely on worke ... Show More
23m 9s
Aug 21
What We Find When We Lose Our Way
What does it mean to find your way—through a city, a life, or a world that refuses to make perfect sense? In ⁠The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise⁠, Pico Iyer travels from Iran to North Korea to Japan in search of peace in the middle of uncertainty. In Dark and Magical Plac ... Show More
28m 28s
Aug 20
What Kids Know That Grown-Ups Forget
Growing up is supposed to mean getting wiser. So why does it so often feel like losing something you can’t quite name? Julian Shapiro-Barnum, the creator of Recess Therapy, thinks kids still have some of the answers. In How to Grow Up Without Becoming a Grown-Up, he asks what hap ... Show More
29m 27s
Recommended Episodes
Jul 2017
Episode 1: Dr. Burnout
This doctor says she committed a fatal mistake with a patient, leading her to a disturbing diagnosis: the medical field pushes for professional burnout. She unveils a powerful perspective on how doctors must deepen their self-awareness. Season 2 of Sincerely, X is available exclu ... Show More
19m 45s
Oct 2024
Why Do Medical Students Have So Much Test Anxiety? | Dr. Jessi Gold
We sit down with Dr. Jessi Gold, a psychiatrist and Chief Wellness Officer for the University of Tennessee system. We dive into the challenges of managing wellness for over 80,000 students and faculty across five campuses, the complexities of test anxiety in medical education, an ... Show More
1h 4m
Jul 2024
Protecting Your Mental Health in the Healthcare Workplace, with the Burned Out Burnout Expert, Dr. Jessi Gold
We know that healthcare workers are burned out and exhausted. Provider mental health is a huge issue… but are the institutions listening?  This week on It’s OK, burnout expert Dr. Jessi Gold talks to us about (obviously) burnout, but also ways HCW* can start to change the workpla ... Show More
37m 29s
Apr 2024
Walking the Dog
<p>This episode considers what happens when the rigors of training and the pursuit of excellence in in medicine collide with the mental health needs of trainees.</p> <p>A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2400698.</p> 
44m 52s
May 2023
How much empathy should doctors have?
A good bedside manner is a wanted quality in healthcare professionals. But as is performing procedures that can be painful or uncomfortable. As medical students train to become doctors, they can experience changes in their levels of empathy; the ability to resonate with how other ... Show More
27m 53s
Jan 2021
Covid-19’s Mental Health Toll on Healthcare Workers
Some people call the mental and emotional stress that healthcare workers have faced this past year ‘burnout.’ But burnout existed in the industry long before Covid-19. So what do you call something that’s more exhausting and enduring than that? Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks with emerge ... Show More
19m 45s
May 2021
Does your doctor care about you?
<p>A searing experience with an apparently uncaring doctor when she was young helped make Dr. Jillian Horton a passionate advocate for a radical rethinking of how doctors are trained.</p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid">Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ ... Show More
43m 4s
Feb 2018
Choosing Not to Die, When Doctor Becomes Patient - Dr. Rana Awdish
<p><a href="https://www.ranaawdishmd.com/book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr.&nbsp;Rana&nbsp;Awdish</a> wanted to be a doctor from her earliest memories, and worked to become an ICU physician. But, when she found herself 7-months pregnant, being admitted to the hos ... Show More
59m 13s
Oct 2023
550: When Burnout Hits a Child of Immigrants
Between two jobs, multiple clubs, and helping around the house, Alex had been a workaholic since she was 15. When she reached college, burnout hit.Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaAmerican Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 
37m 34s
May 2023
Medical Worker Burnout, Trauma, and Compassion Fatigue
We all know that the COVID pandemic has taken a toll on healthcare workers. But how was their mental health before the pandemic? Today’s guest, Dr. Rola Hallam, has opened 7 hospitals in Syria as part of her humanitarian work. Dr. Hallam shares with us that compassion fatigue isn ... Show More
31m 45s