Dr. Erkeda DeRouen talks to Dr. Tamara Beckford, a board-certified emergency physician in Houston, Texas. She has been practicing emergency medicine for more than a decade now across America. In 2020, she founded UR Caring Docs which is a telemedicine service, platform, and community that aims to promote wellness and combat medical misinformation online.

Today, Dr. Erkeda chats with Dr. Tamara Beckford about what it’s like in the ER during the pandemic and her advocacy for self-care with UR Caring Docs.

• [00:35] Dr. Beckford’s  Medical Journey and Background
• [02:47] Why Emergency Medicine?
• [07:05] Working at the ER during COVID-19
• [14:58] UR Caring Docs
• [18:54] What Dr. Beckford would Change about Healthcare
• [21:50] Dr. Beckford’s Advice to Pre-Meds and Medical Students

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