Life Support: Medical Meaning Making: Recent Episodes
Paul Kim
In this podcast, I interview physicians about the joys and sorrows they have experienced in practicing medicine. I believe in the healing power of sharing stories and hope that these stories will offer support and encouragement to medical students struggling to get through school. Some of the topics we discuss include: Community, Work/Life Balance, and What Does Healing Mean?
This is just a short episode for me to let you know where things were at with the podcast going forward and to thank you for listening!
I have long believed that building a community of care between healers is a key part of offering the best care possible to patients and families, but I didn't know what that looked like in a busy hospital setting. So, I asked Dr. Horowitz to share some of his wisdom and experience in being the Director of the Palliative Care Division.
Having work consume my personal life is one of the fears I had about becoming a physician. Dr. Rotoli shares some of his experience about struggling to find maybe not a static balance but a dynamic relationship between work and life outside of work, which isn't always perfect and that can be ok.
Have you ever wondered how you can offer better care to your patients and bring yourself more fully to your role as a healer? Dr. Luck shares with us how her experience with Mindfulness practices has helped her participate more wholeheartedly in her life and work as a healer.
For most of my life I understood being a physician as seeing patients every day from 9-5. But not every physician does that! Dr. Nofziger tells us about how she weaves together a practice in Family Medicine and educational roles within an academic medical center.
Have you ever wondered if it is possible to pursue another career or vocation after becoming a physician? Marianne tells us her story of how she chose to become a hospital chaplain after years as a pediatric psychiatrist.
As a profession, doctors are in the work of healing, but do we even agree on what it means to heal? Dr. Louis is a surgical resident who brings a nuanced understanding of different ways to offer healing to those in need.
Dr. Denney pursues multiple interests both within and outside of clinical medicine in her role as a physician. I was wondering how different aspects of her identity have shaped how she has come to practice medicine and navigate the medical hierarchy.
Dr. Quill is a retired Palliative Care physician and I was curious to hear what his thoughts are on how to live and die well given his experiences with critically ill patients.
Dr. Sulkes is a pediatrician who specializes in working with children who have developmental disabilities and their families. I ask him what does it mean to live out the motto of our institution "Meliora" meaning "Ever Better."