Academic Medicine Podcast
Episodes
There is More to Thank You than Meets the Eye
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Next time a patient thanks me, I will not let self-conscious worries diminish their words. True thankfulness reflects deep humanistic connection and i...
Including Nurses as Members of the Resident Education Team
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Guests Chirag Bhat, MD, and Warren Cheung, MD, MMEd, join hosts Toni Gallo and associate editor Teresa Chan, MD, MHPE, to discuss their research into ...
Ann's Final Gift
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Despite the emotional challenges that my anatomy course presented, I feel reaffirmed in my desire to pursue medicine and now understand the beautiful ...
Blue Footprints
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As tears seeped from the corners of her eyes and stained her cheeks, I felt powerless. I reached for her hand, wishing I could offer my bare human han...
Physicians Who Do Not Listen to Patients Shame Our Profession
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The resident came into my room with one question and he got it answered. The rest was not his problem. But it was my problem. Arthur Garson Jr, clinic...
Blind Spots
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our patients should not be our blind spots. Even with the most thorough routines, I may not catch important clues—be it some subtle discomfort or al...
Empowering Trainees to be Leaders and Change Agents
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Guests Lala Forrest and Joe Geraghty join host Toni Gallo to discuss the journal's Trainee Letters to the Editor feature. They highlight selected let...
The Medical Student Turing Test
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our words and actions may strike others, or strike back at us, in unexpected ways. We must therefore always be ready to show our most human sides: to ...
The Heart of Generalism
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the following months, I started noticing a subtle change in the way my patients and the community saw me. I went from being called the doctor to ou...
Online Medical School: Unexpected Moments of Mentorship
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
These golden minutes were not only setting a realtime example of intersecting roles and responsibilities but opening a window into a version of mentor...
Paging Dr. Valentine: Racism and Allyship in Internship
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the ensuing weeks, I continued with my work, behaving as if the incident had no impact on me while clamping down the embarrassment of being called ...
Shame Experiences in Premedical and Medical Students
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Guests Will Bynum, MD, and Joe Jackson, MD, join host Toni Gallo to discuss new research into the nature of shame experiences in medical students and ...
"I need you to forgive yourself": Shame in Medicine and Medical Education
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was originally released in August 2019. Guests Will Bynum, MD, Lara Varpio, PhD, and Ashley Adams, MD, join Toni Gallo and former Academi...
Language-Based Medicine
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ultimately, whether it is through language, a shared interest, or another shared commonality, finding ways to connect with our patients is an invaluab...
In a Box
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I realized I never processed what I witnessed, experienced, and lived through. I put it all in a box so I could keep going to work. I sealed the box s...
Eracism
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I choose to view this not as a story of bias against me, but instead of my attending's patience and perseverance. His uncompromising kindness made the...
Talking With My Hands
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The formative experience I had long sought emerged outside the context of feedback itself. I had spent my rotation in search of people who would chang...
New Constellations
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With the mask muffling my voice and the omnipresent sound of monitor alarms, words too, were strained. I grew irate at the situation. The inability to...
Dear Reader
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Even in the age of medical miracles, there is still no intervention more powerful than a genuine human connection. There is no lab, no scan, no test, ...
Nurses Encounter Diversity
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dementia does not rob the ears of joy. Recent nursing school graduate Anna Swartzlander remembers a patient with dementia who shared with her his love...
The Motherhouse
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why do I find it so much easier to deal with death after the fact than I do watching its slow, looming approach, like the shadow of a cloud creeping o...
Someone Else's Mother
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"My time, energy, and focus are finite; one clear, properly motivated action will come at the cost of another. It is easy to think this means I will m...
The Eco-Normalization Model: A New Framework for Evaluating Innovations
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Deena Hamza, PhD, joins hosts Toni Gallo and Research in Medical Education (RIME) Committee member and assistant editor Dan Schumacher, MD, PhD,...
Learning to Show Patients You are Listening From 3,000 Miles Away
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It is often minute details such as the lack of internet, transportation, or a signature that can prevent people from completing an application for foo...
The Deliberate Practice of Caring
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Just like technical expertise, expert caring can be taught and deliberately practiced. As educators, we must study it, measure it, and build consensus...
Growing Trust in Patient-Physician Relationships
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Richard Baron, MD, joins hosts Toni Gallo and deputy editor Colin West, MD, PhD, to discuss the importance of trust in patient-physician relatio...
Unspoken Challenges
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"The importance of fostering trust with families cannot be overstated, and effective communication techniques make up just one part of the complex puz...
Pregnancy Is Like Nature: Cultural Arts to Navigate the Unexpected Cesarean Delivery
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Using my body to tell these cultural stories not only allowed for emotional mutability, but it also cultivated a sense of pride, identity, and autono...
Experiences of Trainees and Physicians from Minoritized Communities
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joining hosts Toni Gallo and Research in Medical Education (RIME) Committee member Javeed Sukhera, MD, PhD, to discuss their research on the experienc...
Learning the Lesson of Inaction
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"I have learned that no matter how much I study and practice, there will come a time when I cannot help—or, even worse, when my help is not wanted. ...
Using Machine Learning in Residency Applicant Screening
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Jesse Burk-Rafel, MD, MRes, joins hosts Toni Gallo and Research in Medical Education (RIME) Committee member Mahan Kulasegaram, PhD, to discuss ...
Embracing Vulnerability
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Holding his hand, we had been alone in a room fighting a virus with no cure. Though he lay prone and I stood standing, we were equals in our fear in ...
Advice from a Master Peer Reviewer
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was originally released in August 2018. Guest Carl Stevens, MD, MPH, joins hosts Toni Gallo and former editor-in-chief David Sklar, MD, t...
Finding Light in the Uncertain
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Our patients and their families are living that one-in-a-thousand life. Even if focusing on rarity helps us cope with the unpredictability of our own...
Three Words
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"So, when I step back and think about the most important lesson I have learned in medical school, it is to have the courage to speak up when I am stru...
The Consequences of Structural Racism on MCAT Scores and Medical School Admissions
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guests Catherine Lucey, MD, and Aaron Saguil, MD, MPH, join hosts Toni Gallo and assistant editor Paula (Ross) Thompson, PhD, MA, to discuss the conse...
Enlightened Institutions of Higher Learning
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"People are not born racists; these are learned behaviors. Over time and generations, these learned behaviors have manifested in institutional and sys...
Frozen in Time: On Gratitude
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"This was not a case report in a medical textbook but a real-life situation, and my adrenaline and training had pushed me to fight and not freeze. My ...
Novel Approaches to Addressing Gender Bias and Structural Racism in Medicine
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guests Pamela Chen, MD, Jyothi Marbin, MD, and Leanna Lewis, MSW, join hosts Toni Gallo and associate editor Monica Lypson, MD, MHPE, to discuss their...
I Could Hear the Tears
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"To my future patients I say this: When you give me the gift of your feelings, I may still freeze up for a moment, wondering how to best show that I c...
On Auscultating Peaches
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"In the single minute I spent listening to the patient's story and auscultating her sternum, she went from feeling frustrated and unheard to respected...
Dear Former Mentor
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Setbacks and failures are inherent to play, yet there is little space for setbacks and failures as adults, making play risky. In a competitive work e...
In Their Shoes
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"The physical contrast of the light fingers dancing around the dark, as well as the fault lines where the machine had met his hand, made me think hard...
Grit: Small Loose Particles of Stone or Sand
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Many aspects of medical school and residency are akin to patients' lack of control as they navigate their diagnoses. It is this parallel display of g...
Depression: A Medical Student's Perspective
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Speaking from both a clinical and a personal perspective, I know the importance of accepting outside help, especially when battling a mental illness....
Silence and Humility: A Medical Student's First Interview
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Now, in the unavoidable silence, I was forced to consider Mr. L, his mind and world. I was forced to move beyond myself, and in that movement, unders...
Experiencing the Patient Experience
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"The core competencies required for providing quality medical care did not lie only in medicine itself, but in the interpersonal interactions and rela...
Preserving Medical Student Mental Health
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode addresses mental health, burnout, depression, and suicide. If you or a loved one is in distress, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline...
Home Sweet Home
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Homes do not fall apart by themselves. They fall apart because of incidental neglect stemming from the amalgamation of burdens and stressors that pre...
The Arts and Humanities in Medicine
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts Toni Gallo and editor-in-chief Dr. Laura Roberts and guest Dr. Arno Kumagai, the journal's new assistant editor for medicine and the arts, discu...
Sin-Eaters
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"I was his sin-eater. In this moment of vulnerability, I was attempting to take his ills away, alleviate his pain, and internalize his grief. I had ho...
Teaching Climate Change and Its Effects on Human Health
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of Earth Day, host Toni Gallo and guests Drs. Kari Nadeau and Ari Bernstein discuss climate change and its effects on human health. Drs. Nade...
The Art of Running and Medicine
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Running, we agreed, was like an invisible bridge between the mind and the body. Just as doctoring connects the pathophysiological and human elements ...
Lessons in Communication
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Sure, she wanted the catheter out, but the most dramatic thing I removed that day was fear and confusion. Suddenly, she had become part of her own ca...
Stopping to Sit
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"As a resident who at times lived in a place of physical and mental exhaustion, I often failed to appreciate these differences and the lessons I was b...