Reconciling Medicine

In this episode, The Doctors Paro talk about the transition from being a trainee to a practicing physician and reflect on the first years of practice.

Episode Take-Aways:
- You can train all you want, they are still going to be super hard.
- If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.
- Develop your new routine of life long learning.
- Be a third year med student again.
- Invest time in figuring out your own style.  It is very fun. 
- You can be confident and humble at the same time.

In this Episode, The Doctors Paro discuss how to listen to (and occasionally ignore) career advice until you figure out how to craft the life that makes sense for YOU.

Episode Take-Aways:
- The only opinion that truly matters is your own.
- Don't be afraid to pave your own path.
- Despite the past 7-10 years of your life, academia is actually a small subset of medicine.
- Your true lifelong mentors will support a decision you make for you.
- You have to be OK with the butt pus.
- Your career should fit in your life, not the other way around. 

In this episode The Doctors Paro discuss the perhaps questionable decision of producing a tiny human while in the middle of medical training.

Episode Take-Aways:
- There is no perfect time to have a kid. 
- You could have unforeseen issues, don’t take your fertility for granted. 
- You need to bring a different attitude to parenting than you do to the hospital. 
- You might feel like you want to quit everything you worked so hard for, I did. 
- You might be the sleepiest trainee. You might also be the happiest.
- Beware, it could change everything.  

In this episode, the Doctors Paro take a break from the more serious topics to introduce themselves a bit more.  

Covered in this episode:
- Background/Demographics
- Training/Credentials
- Three Interesting Things
- Three Embarrassing Things
- Two Truths and a Lie
- Favorite thing about each other

Welcome to Episode 5!  In this week's show, The Doctors Paro talk broadly about the experience of being a trainee in residency. You go from student to MD in a day, and before you know it you are making clinical decisions about actual patients.  It's stressful!  But with the right attitude you can reap immense benefits.

Episode Take-Aways:
- Show up, everyday, always.
- Learn on the job, let your patients be your teachers.
- It’s a super hard, poorly paying job with excellent benefits.
- Work hard at work and then get the f*** outta there.
- You can learn something from everyone, even assholes.
- Neglecting yourself will result in losing yourself.

In this episode, the Doctors Paro share some thoughts on medical school, pick-up lines, and errant dog poop.  

Episode Take-Aways:
- You are more than just a medical student. 
- You are meant to be there; fight back on imposter syndrome.
- Study you ass off, but don't study your life away.
- Run your own race.
- Keep a wide open mind, especially third year.
- Your struggles will make you stronger.

So, you'd like to a doctor, huh?  Cool!  Are you sure?? Great!  The Doctors Paro are here to encourage you - just make sure it's your dream, and nobody else's.

Episode Take-Aways:
Make sure you’re doing this for the right reasons. 
Applying to medical school is the first in a long list of miserable but surmountable tasks.  
If you really want to do this, you can do this.
You are more than just a pre-med.
Dream big and cast a big net.
Great doctors can graduate from poorly known schools.  Lousy doctors can graduate from Harvard. 

Is the field of medicine dying?  We don't think so!  And hopefully we can convince you of that in the following episode.  

Episode Take-Aways:
- Burnout is real, but it doesn't have to be a given.
- We are smart, talented, resourceful people who need to believe in ourselves more and stand up for those beliefs.
- Change doesn't have to be bad - especially if physicians learn to initiate it.
- You can truly change a person's life in a clinic room.
- We know so much.  We know nothing.
- We may be living longer, but we aren't living better.  Doctors need to take action on what is causing the disease of our lifetime - our lifestyle.

Welcome to the Reconciling Medicine Podcast with The Doctors Paro!

In this introductory episode, Renee and John introduce themselves and share their goals for the podcast.  You will learn a little bit about them as a couple and hear their "Elevator Pitch" about why you should tune in each week.

We are thrilled to have you here, and look forward to discussing how we reconcile medicine in our own lives.