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#26 - Save Lives, Enjoy your Own with Dr. Barbara Hamilton


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The Book

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Epic Failures Revealed! 7 Things to Keep You Going Strong on a Path to Becoming a Doctor https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5f9f6ea4d722c94789d1962f

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Bio/Show Notes:

Barbara Hamilton, MD is an interventional radiologist, leader, and the author of Save Lives, Enjoy Your Own: Finding Your Place in Medicine. She helps aspiring & early career doctors succeed in the surgically-oriented and traditionally male-dominated fields by pulling back the curtain on what it looks like to be a woman and parent in medicine. Ultimately, she strives to be an example of what is possible for those who would follow in her footsteps.Through her writing, speaking, and coaching, she aims to patch the leaky pipeline of women aspiring to the male-dominated fields, so more talented people of diverse backgrounds can join her as they transition into fulfilling, multifaceted lives as attending physicians.

How do you know where you really belong, if there's no female role model around to show the way?

THE CONCEPT:

SAVE LIVES, ENJOY YOUR OWN

This book is about finding your inner direction and following it, despite what other people may say.

If you're interested in a male-dominated field of medicine, this book is for you.

Excerpt from podcast interview with page references in

Save Lives, Enjoy Your Own: Finding Your Place in Medicine

Know yourself and the lifestyle you want: p. 54

Know your audience: p. 59, 65

Comparison trap: p. 72

Flexibility, inevitable failure at some point: p. 125 : Epic Failures Revealed!

7 Things to Keep You Going Strong on a Path to Becoming a Doctor (recording)

  • Biochemistry by skin of her teeth
  • Weak stomach in anatomy even though you wanted to be a surgeon
  • Fish out of water: Peds rotation- OF ALL ROTATIONS TO CRY!
  • "Discomfort is the currency of your dreams" Brooke Castillo
  • Boys Club, some inevitable humiliation, people not getting your name straight w the only other female resident
  • Perseverance: teaching award, mistake

Questions Dr. Hamilton addresses head on:

What has been the most challenging part of merging motherhood and medicine?

What is a key foundational practice without which you wouldn't have accomplished all you have?

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