On Becoming a Healer

Clinicians are trained to complete tasks. In this podcast, two docs use real stories to discuss how to fully engage with patients and take joy in the work

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"Medical Gaslighting: Why Are We A--holes?"

-the latest On Becoming a Healer podcast
Recent articles on poor health care experiences have drawn thousands of comments from patients.

We explore what's going on

(on all podcast services & at the link)
https://t.co/nEctzZe3rx

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Half of medical residents are mistreated
16% of the time, mistreatment is by an attending physician
Could unions help?

New podcast episode:
Why Residents Unionize

With Dr. Brandon Peplinski

On Becoming a Healer is on all platforms and https://t.co/H8rY5HCfOw…
@cirseiu

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Some things in medicine are sacred:
We don’t offer patients worse care based on their skin color or religion.

But what if we have reason to think they hate *us* based on *our* skin color or religion?

That is our latest episode from @OnHealer #medtwitter https://t.co/sROagNGNLb

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Dartmouth’s misguided cheating scandal shows that the culture of medical education needs to change.

On this @OnHealer episode @SaulWeiner says we need to learn how a toxic culture of training contributes to burnout and harms patients #MedStudentTwitter https://t.co/UnbwxpsemL

[Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc @StefanKertesz]

It’s OK to judge others if you are a judge, or God.

Doctors are neither —
and yet they can be pretty judgey

How does that affect our care of patients?

Our latest podcast episode “Judgmentalism” is out, from @OnHealer https://t.co/sMTvczPOGv

[Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc @StefanKertesz]

After 18 years of analyzing recordings from thousands of visits between patients and doctors, @SaulWeiner has crucial findings on how clinicians can listen for what matters and avoid bad care plans-

A jargon-free 27 minute episode from @OnHealer https://t.co/7CET5isNND

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Many say they want to work in international medicine, but few do.

What’s the difference?

Hear from Dr. Naina Bhalla in our latest episode from @OnHealer with @saulweiner StefanKertesz

#medtwitter #internationalhealth
https://t.co/dGmVG62yOG

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“In hindsight, having a learning disability may have been one of the best things that ever happened to me”

Find out why Dr @SaulWeiner said that in our latest podcast episode from @OnHealer

#MedStudentTwitter #DisabilityTwitter

https://t.co/R4l7JPalA1

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Sometimes in the most sensitive aspects of health care, clinicians document entirely different understandings of the same patient

That's the story in our episode "Forced Opioid Taper" - 16 minutes- @JHUPress @SaulWeiner @StefanKertesz

https://t.co/O4ir67XihE
#medtwitter

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A popular medical resident scares a patient into leaving the ER

The other doctors laugh.
How does that happen?
Check out “Patient Abuse”, our new episode with @SaulWeiner @StefanKertesz @JHUPress #medtwitter #medstudenttwitter https://t.co/RqP6QkKAvs

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The airplane was stuck on the tarmac in Chicago.
Anxiety rippled across the passengers who would miss flights.
Who takes action? Check our latest podcast episode with @SaulWeiner @StefanKertesz @JHUPress https://t.co/JJTNgWKSg6

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What's the *best* way to pick a student for med school:
A)Test scores, or
B)See them help a stranger when they think no one's watching?

Check our new 19-min episode: “Airplane Guy”
@OnHealer @jhupress @SaulWeiner

https://t.co/JJTNgWKSg6

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A patient was labelled as "difficult" who really wasn't so difficult.

It cost him his life.

He had #SickleCellDisease. Where did things go wrong? Check out our 1st podcast.
https://t.co/92OpvGw4Rj…

#SCD #sicklecelldisease #opioids @jhupress #SDOH @ConquerSCD

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Our new podcast takes a critical look at medical training & the culture of medicine, using stories

With @StefanKertesz @saulweiner Check our intro: https://t.co/ZLjGwX6NtP

@VAHSRD #medtwitter @jhupress @thecurbsiders