Olivia MacLeod, MD, FRCPC is today’s generous guest! She’s fascinated by getting to know peoples’ stories. She enjoys using her people skills as her diagnostic and treatment tool. And, she’s thoroughly invested in treating the family as a unit, with parents as a partner in her patients’ care.   Hence, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry was a ‘no brainer’ (yep, another intended pun) for her chosen specialty.   Dr. MacLeod tells host Andrew Pauls how child and adolescent patients keep her on her toes and make her work a bit harder to develop a rapport, but it’s so worth it. The ability to intervene in a young person’s life, and possibly change their life trajectory in a good way … well, what’s not to like about that?   This episode is packed with wise insights into different types of diverse practices; outpatient vs inpatient opportunities; residency; bread and butter cases; work/life balance, and more!   As a bonus, Dr. MacLeod shares some frank advice about the need to understand your role as a physician. This includes ensuring you have access to trusty mentors and interdisciplinary colleagues. Tune-in to find out more.