Vital Signs: Thriving as a Woman in Medicine
In healthcare, burnout rates are higher in women. In fact, forty percent of women physicians have cut back or left medicine within 6 years of completing training. Why? Is it added responsibilities at home? Gender bias at work? Invisible work at work? Mom guilt? Too much self-sacrifice and inability to say no? Poor boundaries, lack of time management skills, lack of self-care? In this podcast, we’ll explore the reasons why women in medicine are struggling—and more importantly, what to do about it. We can banish burnout and thrive as women in medicine.
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Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Parenting is challenging, especially for busy physicians returning to work after adding a child to their lives. Dr. Josephine Li and Dr. Laura Dichtel, both endocrinologists at MGH and assistant professors at Harvard Medical School, lead the Mass General Brigham (MGB) Parental Wellness Program, which provides faculty navigating new parenthood with mentorship, financial support for lactation, and centralized resources. Listen in to learn more about how they developed and are spreading this innovative program.
If you’d like more information about the program, contact Drs. Dichtel and Li at parentalwellness@mgb.org.
If you’d like time to talk about challenges you’re facing, you can book time to chat with me. More info here about how to do that!
Like what you heard? Listen to more episodes with Dr. Diane Shannon on our podcast Vital Signs: Thriving as Women in Medicine
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Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC is an internal medicine physician, award-winning writer, and certified coach. She understands the stresses inherent in the practice of medicine and the additional challenges that women face in the profession. Her passion is helping women in medicine create lives where they can thrive.
Share your experience and continue the conversation with Diane at www.dianeshannon.com or www.linkedin.com/in/dianewshannon
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Maybe you’ve heard of the Glass Ceiling? How about the Glass Cliff or the Broken Rung? While women make up more than half of medical school matriculants, they are not advancing through their careers at the same rate as their male colleagues. Join me and my guest Dr. Helen Burstin as we dig into why–and what individuals and organizations can do about it. Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, is CEO of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies.
If you’d like to learn more about Dr. Burstin, contact her at linkedin.com/in/helen-burstin-04063852.
If you’d like time to talk about challenges you’re facing, you can book time to chat with me. More info here about how to do that!
Like what you heard? Listen to more episodes with Dr. Diane Shannon on our podcast Vital Signs: Thriving as Women in Medicine
Reviews are greatly appreciated.
Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC is an internal medicine physician, award-winning writer, and certified coach. She understands the stresses inherent in the practice of medicine and the additional challenges that women face in the profession. Her passion is helping women in medicine create lives where they can thrive.
Share your experience and continue the conversation with Diane at www.dianeshannon.com or www.linkedin.com/in/dianewshannon
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Do you tend to see potential growth opportunities then find yourself leaning away? Join me and my guest Dr. Lida Turner as we dive into how to take advantage of those fortuitous openings when they occur. She did–and it led to a professional side gig that she loves. Lida Turner, MD, is a psychiatrist in Seattle, currently in transition from medical director at a large medical system to a private practice of her own. Her passions include caring for the whole person, working on functional outcomes, and helping others advocate for themselves in the complex world of medicine. She is also the team psychiatrist for the Seattle Storm, and hopes to be able to provide care to more athletes in the region.
If you’d like time to talk about challenges you’re facing, you can book time to chat with me. More info here about how to do that!
Like what you heard? Listen to more episodes with Dr. Diane Shannon on our podcast Vital Signs: Thriving as Women in Medicine
Reviews are greatly appreciated.
Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC is an internal medicine physician, award-winning writer, and certified coach. She understands the stresses inherent in the practice of medicine and the additional challenges that women face in the profession. Her passion is helping women in medicine create lives where they can thrive.
Share your experience and continue the conversation with Diane at www.dianeshannon.com or www.linkedin.com/in/dianewshannon
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Feelings are what make us human. Yet, in medicine, we get the message that we need to ignore, deny, or repress our feelings.This comes at a cost, a high cost sometimes. There is another way. Join me and my guest Dr. Jessi Gold as we investigate feelings, and especially feelings in medicine. Jessi Gold, MD, MS is the Chief Wellness Officer of the University of Tennessee System and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She is passionate about healthcare worker and college student mental health and burnout, and has a new book on those very topics, HOW DO YOU FEEL? One Doctor’s Search for Humanity in Medicine, out October 8th. Contact Dr. Gold via her website, www.drjessigold.com, or on social media at X, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
Like what you heard? Listen to more episodes with Dr. Diane Shannon on our podcast Vital Signs: Thriving as Women in Medicine
Reviews are greatly appreciated.
Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC is an internal medicine physician, award-winning writer, and certified coach. She understands the stresses inherent in the practice of medicine and the additional challenges that women face in the profession. Her passion is helping women in medicine create lives where they can thrive.
Share your experience and continue the conversation with Diane at www.dianeshannon.com or www.linkedin.com/in/dianewshannon
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
In medicine, we get the message early on that perfect is the standard. But perfectionism takes a toll on our mental health, our self esteem, and our personal life. It’s a trap that’s the polar opposite of joy. Join me and my guest Dr. Katie Jobbins as we investigate the causes, costs, and solutions for perfectionism.
Katie Jobbins, DO, MS, FACP, is an Associate Program Director and Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate, with a passion for coaching, mentoring and professional development in medical education, and physician well-being. She can be reached at Kathryn.Jobbins@baystatehealth.org or on Instagram at @kjobbins.
Like what you heard? Listen to more episodes with Dr. Diane Shannon on our podcast Vital Signs: Thriving as Women in Medicine
Reviews are greatly appreciated.
Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC is an internal medicine physician, award-winning writer, and certified coach. She understands the stresses inherent in the practice of medicine and the additional challenges that women face in the profession. Her passion is helping women in medicine create lives where they can thrive.
Share your experience and continue the conversation with Diane at www.dianeshannon.com or www.linkedin.com/in/dianewshannon
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
If there is one thing that healthcare professionals learn early on, it is “at all costs, self-sacrifice.” It’s the water we swim in. What are the costs? How do we begin to “see” the water? What can we do to shift so that we get our basic needs met? And, how does Maslow’s hierarchy of needs fit in here?
Find out by listening in on my conversation with my friend and colleague, Dr. Jennifer Clark. Dr. Clark is an allopathic physician who has practiced Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Palliative Medicine for nearly twenty-five years. At the bedside and in the boardroom, she has served to heal, educate, and innovate toward the relief of suffering and promotion of well-being.
Dr. Clark’s first book, Suffer., is expected to be released in early October. Contact Dr. Clark at https://thegiftofchoosing.com/ or linkedin.com/in/jennifer-clark-04b627126.
Like what you heard? Listen to more episodes with Dr. Diane Shannon on our podcast Vital Signs: Thriving as Women in Medicine
Reviews are greatly appreciated.
Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC is an internal medicine physician, award-winning writer, and certified coach. She understands the stresses inherent in the practice of medicine and the additional challenges that women face in the profession. Her passion is helping women in medicine create lives where they can thrive.
Share your experience and continue the conversation with Diane at www.dianeshannon.com or www.linkedin.com/in/dianewshannon
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Are women physicians paid less because they work fewer hours? It’s a justification we’ve heard before. What does the research say?
Ishani Ganguli, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Medicine, health services researcher, and practicing primary care internist at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her research focuses on primary care payment, delivery, and policy; the use and consequences of low-value care; innovation and tradeoffs in ambulatory care for older adults; and gender equity. In this episode, we explore the underlying causes of the gender pay gap in medicine. Contact Dr. Ganguli at her website: www.ishaniganguli.com/.
Like what you heard? Listen to more episodes with Dr. Diane Shannon on our podcast Vital Signs: Thriving as Women in Medicine
Reviews are greatly appreciated.
Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC is an internal medicine physician, award-winning writer, and certified coach. She understands the stresses inherent in the practice of medicine and the additional challenges that women face in the profession. Her passion is helping women in medicine create lives where they can thrive.
Share your experience and continue the conversation with Diane at www.dianeshannon.com or www.linkedin.com/in/dianewshannon
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Mary Beth Miotto, MD, MPH is a pediatrician at a community health center in Boston and president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatricians. Her passion is child health advocacy and policy. In this episode, you’ll learn why focusing on managing time misses the boat and how to own our energy instead. Contact Dr. Miotto at madocforkids@gmail.com.
Like what you heard? Listen to more episodes with Dr. Diane Shannon on our podcast Vital Signs: Thriving as Women in Medicine
Reviews are greatly appreciated.
Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC is an internal medicine physician, award-winning writer, and certified coach. She understands the stresses inherent in the practice of medicine and the additional challenges that women face in the profession. Her passion is helping women in medicine create lives where they can thrive.
Share your experience and continue the conversation with Diane at www.dianeshannon.com or www.linkedin.com/in/dianewshannon
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Lisa Rotenstein, MD, MBA, MSc is an assistant professor at the University of California—San Francisco and Director of the Center for Physician and Practice Excellence. Her passion is ensuring the well-being of the healthcare workforce with particular focus on women in medicine. In this episode, you’ll learn why we should be emulating the work patterns of women physicians rather than trying to “fix” them. Contact me at diane@dianeshannon.com for a list of citations from this episode. Contact Dr. Rotenstein at https://profiles.ucsf.edu/lisa.rotenstein.
Like what you heard? Listen to more episodes with Dr. Diane Shannon on our podcast Vital Signs: Thriving as Women in Medicine
Reviews are greatly appreciated.
Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC is an internal medicine physician, award-winning writer, and certified coach. She understands the stresses inherent in the practice of medicine and the additional challenges that women face in the profession. Her passion is helping women in medicine create lives where they can thrive.
Share your experience and continue the conversation with Diane at www.dianeshannon.com or www.linkedin.com/in/dianewshannon
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Many of us have times in our lives where we feel stuck. Rather than sink, with the right approach we can use these times to pivot to something even better. Dr. Tricia Wooden has some amazing insights and tips for how to do just that.
Tricia Wooden, MD is a family physician and system director for clinician well-being at a large health system. Her passion is creating spaces where clinicians can flourish. Contact Dr. Wooden at Tricia@wooden.com.
Like what you heard? Listen to more episodes with Dr. Diane Shannon on our podcast Vital Signs: Thriving as Women in Medicine
Reviews are greatly appreciated.
Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC is an internal medicine physician, award-winning writer, and certified coach. She understands the stresses inherent in the practice of medicine and the additional challenges that women face in the profession. Her passion is helping women in medicine create lives where they can thrive.
Share your experience and continue the conversation with Diane at www.dianeshannon.com or www.linkedin.com/in/dianewshannon
About Diane Shannon
Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, is a former primary care physician with more than 20 years of experience as a professional health care writer and author. Diane was drawn to medicine because of her mother, a certified nurse midwife. After seeing firsthand the healing power of the patient-clinician relationship, she chose to pursue medical training.
However, the clinical environment in which she trained and eventually practiced as a primary care physician was rife with chaos and antithetical to building healing relationships with patients. Eventually, she chose to leave clinical medicine for a writing career, understanding only years later that the underlying cause was professional burnout. She transitioned to a position as medical director of a health care communications and training company in Boston. Three years later, she launched her freelance writing business, Shannon Healthcare Communications.
As an award-winning health care writer she has crafted expert reports, focused white papers, and case studies for national foundations, policymakers, and professional advocacy groups that are working to improve the health care system.
She is co-author of Preventing Physician Burnout: Curing the Chaos and Returning Joy to the Practice of Medicine, published in 2016, and has spoken in various forums across the country on the topic of physician burnout and well-being, including grand round presentations, interactive workshops, one-day professorships for academic institutions, panel discussions, and podcast interviews. Today, as a professional coach, Diane helps busy women physicians rediscover their WHY, improve work-life integration, and accomplish their personal and professional goals. She also works with organizations to identify and mitigate the system problems that drive attrition and burnout among women physicians.
Diane earned her BA in biology from Williams College, her medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University, and her master’s in public health from Harvard University. She completed training in an internal medicine residency program at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center and practiced primary care in Boston. Diane completed her Competency Development Program for Coach Certification at the Gestalt International Study Center. She earned her ICF credential as an Associate Certified Coach, and is a member of the International Coach Federation.
When she’s not coaching or writing, Diane enjoys reading international spy novels, traveling with her architect husband, and having engaging, illuminating conversations with her three children. She resides in Boston.
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