Ep 132 Ben Bravery - The Patient Doctor
Occasionally there are conversations that captivate you because of the unique way that an individual has faced a challenge and the choices they’ve made to change the dynamic.
This conversation was one of those.
Ben Bravery is on a mission to open up a conversation. A conversation between patients and doctors, between those experiencing illness and the system that has been set up to care for the ill - but sometimes leaves them feeling lost and vulnerable.
Originally a zoologist and science communicator, at the age of twenty-eight, with his Beijing-based science communications business doing well and a new relationship blossoming, Ben woke from a colonoscopy to be told he had stage 3 colorectal cancer.
What’s most fascinating about this conversation is not the cancer diagnosis, but what Ben’s scientific way of viewing the world lead him to do next.
In 2018 Ben became a doctor and is committed to advocating for change in Australia's healthcare system.
What he didn't expect was how being a patient, and a young one at that, would make him feel. During eighteen long months of treatment, including aggressive chemotherapy, Ben felt scared, overwhelmed, sometimes invisible and often alone.
Now, driven by his experience on both sides of the healthcare system, this patient-turned-doctor gives a no-holds-barred account of how he overcame the trauma of his illness to study medicine and shares what he believes student doctors, doctors, patients and their families need to do to ensure that the medical system puts the patient at the very heart of healthcare every day.
Enjoy this conversation with the patient doctor - Ben Bravery.
Website: https://www.benbravery.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbenbravery/
View all episodes
5
44 ratings
Occasionally there are conversations that captivate you because of the unique way that an individual has faced a challenge and the choices they’ve made to change the dynamic.
This conversation was one of those.
Ben Bravery is on a mission to open up a conversation. A conversation between patients and doctors, between those experiencing illness and the system that has been set up to care for the ill - but sometimes leaves them feeling lost and vulnerable.
Originally a zoologist and science communicator, at the age of twenty-eight, with his Beijing-based science communications business doing well and a new relationship blossoming, Ben woke from a colonoscopy to be told he had stage 3 colorectal cancer.
What’s most fascinating about this conversation is not the cancer diagnosis, but what Ben’s scientific way of viewing the world lead him to do next.
In 2018 Ben became a doctor and is committed to advocating for change in Australia's healthcare system.
What he didn't expect was how being a patient, and a young one at that, would make him feel. During eighteen long months of treatment, including aggressive chemotherapy, Ben felt scared, overwhelmed, sometimes invisible and often alone.
Now, driven by his experience on both sides of the healthcare system, this patient-turned-doctor gives a no-holds-barred account of how he overcame the trauma of his illness to study medicine and shares what he believes student doctors, doctors, patients and their families need to do to ensure that the medical system puts the patient at the very heart of healthcare every day.
Enjoy this conversation with the patient doctor - Ben Bravery.
Website: https://www.benbravery.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbenbravery/
More shows like Stand Out Life
View allMamamia Out Loud
587 Listeners
No Filter
567 Listeners
Healthy-ish
36 Listeners
Crappy to Happy
68 Listeners
How I Work
130 Listeners
Separate Bathrooms
32 Listeners
Future Women Leadership Series
6 Listeners
The Imperfects
600 Listeners
The Lise and Sarah Show
46 Listeners
Body Bites With Bec
30 Listeners
Something To Talk About
79 Listeners
Extra Healthy-ish
17 Listeners
The Aging Project
26 Listeners
You Don't Know Me
7 Listeners
But Are You Happy?
66 Listeners