Am I doing it wrong? For Doctors by Doctors.

We start this episode on dealing with devastating situations as a doctor with Kristeen's memory of needing to lift her hands from the chest of her patient after the decision had been made to stop CPR. Any person would agree this is a discomposing situation to face for the first time - or even the fiftieth. However, it's not an unfamiliar situation for any doctor.      Today's podcast h...

What stops you from telling someone they have food in their teeth?   Buckle up, team. You're about to hear one of Becc's most embarrassing stories.   This will absolutely put you in the mood to get better at saying the hard thing to yoru fellow humans - doctors, patients, loved ones and strangers.    Communication is an incredibly important part of our work as doctors. This episode is beyond the b...

In medical culture, negative feedback predominates the feedback gifts that we receive. While feedback is a gift in so many ways, it’s never easy to receive negative feedback. And it’s especially difficult to feel like you only ever get ‘bad news’. Taking this situation and being skilful with your response is, however, a game-changer when it comes to sky-rocking your career and becoming the person...

Belonging is a fundamental human need. It’s normal for us to feel a desire to belong and even to feel destabilised when we don't. Many of us hold an idea about what a 'typical' doctor is... Or even a 'good' doctor. Consequently, it's common to feel 'othered' in medical culture. It's never *easy* to feel othered. But, together, we can make this not only a better...

Everyone deserves a space in their human lives to be their real human self - even doctor humans.    It's less common today in a medical culture of strict expectations of this controversial thing we call 'professionalism', which can be unforgiving to the human condition.    Life can be simply described a series of joys and dilemmas and there's no human who's exempt. To pretend t...