On Becoming a Healer

On Becoming a Healer

Podcast by Saul J. Weiner and Stefan Kertesz

Doctors and other health care professionals are too often socialized and pressured to become “efficient task completers” rather than healers, which le...

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episode A Conversation with Pediatric Surgeon John Lawrence MD, Past Board President of Doctors Without Borders, USA artwork
A Conversation with Pediatric Surgeon John Lawrence MD, Past Board President of Doctors Without Borders, USA

At a moment of increasing isolationism and xenophobia and -- for physicians – burnout, in a highly bureaucratic and profit driven health system, service in low resource high needs settings can be an antidote for what ails America and American medicine, at least for the individual clinician. John Lawrence has spent decades serving all over the globe as a pediatric surgeon, most recently in war torn Gaza and South Sudan.  He explains how he headed to college with plans to become a mathematician and then got diverted from that career trajectory while teaching math to Native American youth in Montana and seeing the consequences of poor access to needed healthcare.  As cliched as it may sound, physicians are supposed to serve humanity rather than just the well insured, and John exemplifies that point of view on a global scale.

17. jouluk. 2024 - 56 min
episode Addressing Social Drivers of Health: What is the role of the clinician? artwork
Addressing Social Drivers of Health: What is the role of the clinician?

In can be confusing and even demoralizing for a medical student or resident to understand what’s expected of them when caring for patients with social needs.  They already feel overwhelmed. Are they supposed to now also screen for housing insecurity? Is it their job to intervene to address social needs? And if someone else is doing the screening, what’s their role? And are they also supposed to be advocating for changes to social policies?  Finally, what’s special about social needs as opposed to all the other reasons that, for instance, a patient can’t control their diabetes? A patient may not be able to store their insulin because they are poor. Or they may not be able to administer it because they can’t read the bottle or their fingers are arthritic.  Our guest, Emily Murphy MD, an academic hospitalist, provides her perspective on teaching medical students and residents about SDOH. Co-host Saul Weiner, expresses concern that messages to trainees about their roles are confusing, that the SDOH movement is just the latest buzzword in medicine, like “patient-centered care,”, and that while getting a huge amount of attention the movement could ultimately have little impact on patient wellbeing. He, Dr. Murphy, and co-host Stefan Kertesz discuss these questions and concerns and consider what needs to change.

19. marrask. 2024 - 52 min
episode “Simonisms”: Revisiting the uncommon wisdom of a physician and educator who shaped us deeply artwork
“Simonisms”: Revisiting the uncommon wisdom of a physician and educator who shaped us deeply

To commemorate the start of our fifth season, we revisit a conversation we had almost two years ago about the wisdom of Simon Auster, MD. Simon was a family physician and psychiatrist who inspired the conversations we’ve been having with each other and with guests on every episode.  “Simonisms” embody Simon’s insights: pithy observations about the practice of medicine that are never cliché, challenge commonly held assumptions and offer fresh perspectives. We share -- and reflect on -- these pearls because we believe they can help many doctors, those in training, and those who train them, find joy and meaning in their work.  You can learn about Simon, who died in 2020, in an online (open access) essay about his life, published in The Pharos [https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alphaomegaalpha.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F03%2F2020_Autumn_Reflections.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Csweiner%40uic.edu%7C9c29f345ce004b94c15408dcebc4a6a5%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C638644477066133936%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=63Bs8rWJe1mH3W1CyYszaVW7hJQS4NqlK3j68Xkj8Xk%3D&reserved=0], the journal of the AOA medical honor society.

15. lokak. 2024 - 34 min
episode Do the doctors who sold Matthew Perry ketamine indicate something rotten in mainstream medicine? artwork
Do the doctors who sold Matthew Perry ketamine indicate something rotten in mainstream medicine?

The two doctors charged for their roles in the events leading up to actor Matthew Perry’s death were both involved in a “side hustle”: selling ketamine at a big mark-up to make extra money, above what they earned through legitimate practice. One was an internist-pediatrician and the other an emergency medicine physician.  Their cynicism was starkly evident in a text one sent the other about jacking up the price: “I wonder how much this moron will pay. Let’s find out.” It’s easy to write off these doctors as just bad apples; regrettable examples of how difficult it is to prevent a small number of unethical people from making it through medical school and residency.  But what about the profit-making that occurs when thousands of physicians perform procedures, including surgeries, for which there is strong evidence of NO benefit from randomized controlled trials, but with all the risks of pain and complications during recovery and over the long term? From a patient’s perspective is there really a difference between being subjected to predictable harm when you know your doctor is a drug dealer versus these practices within the mainstream of medicine where patients assume their physicians are acting in their best interests?   Which is the greater betrayal?

17. syysk. 2024 - 57 min
episode Some Pitfalls of Narrative Medicine and How to Avoid Them artwork
Some Pitfalls of Narrative Medicine and How to Avoid Them

The term “Narrative Medicine” (NM) refers to a range of activities, including close reading and reflective writing about literature, designed to improve the clinician-patient relationship. What could go wrong?  Our returning guest, English professor Laura Greene, lays out the case for narrative medicine, while co-host Saul Weiner highlights his concern that the challenges and rewards of interacting therapeutically with patients are categorically different from those of a physician interacting with a text.  Unless proponents of narrative medicine articulate these differences explicitly, they risk creating unrealistic expectations about what NM can achieve, particularly in regard to actual healing interactions in the exam room.

20. elok. 2024 - 55 min
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