S23 Ep14: S23 Roundtable with MAMA founders Kristen & Markeda and Dr. Shannon M. Clark, MD, FACOG
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Who are the guests and what is their background?
Hi, yeah, I am Dr. Shannon Clark. I am a double board certified OBGYN and maternal fetal medicine specialist. That means after medical school, I did four years of OBGYN residency training. Then I decided to do more training to be a maternal fetal medicine specialist. So that is also known as perinatology or a high-risk pregnancy specialist.
What challenges do medical professionals face during long shifts?
All my patients are pregnant with either maternal fetal complications or both. I've been a faculty in maternal fetal medicine and OBGYN since 2007. And now I'm a professor at a large academic institution. institution. That's my day to day. And I'm actually right now, I'm post call. So I've been up since about four o'clock yesterday morning.
Oh, my goodness. Do you get used to that?
Yeah, I mean, I've been doing it forever. I'm older now and I can tell you the recovery is not as smooth as it once was. We do the 24 plus hour shifts and that's just the lifestyle at this point.
Comes with the territory, I suppose. Since we're on that topic, is 24 hours for you the longest you feel confident in working a shift? What is that cutoff point for you personally?
Honestly, I don't think I have a cutoff point because I think that as physicians, especially those of us that are in a surgical specialty like OBGYN and as a high risk pregnancy specialist, we can be on at the drop of a hat. And while we're on call, we may have a chance to rest if things are kind of quiet. I can go from sleeping 30 minutes to being in the OR with someone hemorrhaging. I can't say that I've ever really felt that I couldn't function appropriately after being on call or being up because we just turn it on. It's the skill set we develop over years of doing this.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who are the guests and what is their background?
3:40–4:02
2
What challenges do medical professionals face during long shifts?
4:02–11:48
3
What are the risks and realities of birth center care versus hospital care?
11:48–21:14
4
How does meconium impact labor and when is it considered high risk?
21:14–28:51
5
What is Malik's Law and how does it aim to improve midwifery accountability?
28:51–32:20
6
Why is data reporting and transparency important for maternal care outcomes?
32:20–38:56
7
What factors contribute to the maternal healthcare crisis in the US?
38:56–45:37
8
What solutions can address health equity and improve maternal outcomes?
45:37–56:09