2024 was a great year for The Handover Podcast. Let's see some of the highlights.

Stay tuned for part two!

Dr Sarah Wittry is a hospice & palliative medicine physician, coach, and podcaster who lives in Columbus, Ohio. She's on to discuss her unique journey in medicine, how she navigated overwhelm and burnout, and found greater balance in her life. She's also a wife, mother of four kids, and she is passionate about so many things in life (like yoga, travelling, and nature).

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Get in touch with Dr Sarah Wittry at her website | Instagram | LinkedIn

For resources head to https://linktr.ee/balancedmedics

In this conversation, we're lucky to have Dr Jill Gamberg, Dr Adam Harrison, and Dr Urszula Carr on to discuss coaching for doctors.

Jill is a GP, lifestyle medicine specialist, and coach. Adam is a doctor, lawyer, and coach. Urszula is a pathologist and coach.

It's great to have such a wide variety of backgrounds on to discuss what coaching is, the benefits, and why it's useful to have a doctor who coaches for other doctors.

We discuss:

To find a doctor coach head to https://www.doctorswhocoachdoctors.net/

To listen to Dr Harrison's own podcast head to https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/show/inspiring-women-leaders/

Dr Jason Lam shares his journey from being a professional dancer to pursuing a career in medicine. He explains how he transitioned from dance to medicine due to a collapsed lung and the limited opportunities in the dance industry. Jason highlights the importance of shaping one's practice and finding a balance between work and personal life.

We discuss:

- Jason's unique journey before medicine and within medicine

- Shaping your practice based on your interests

- Keeping your non-medical identity alive

- Sports Medicine

If you're struggling, there is help out there:

drs4drs.com.au | more resources

Reach out to Dr Jason Lam here

Shem is back to share more on his life and new book.

Tune in to hear about his colourful life and how he managed to write and practice medicine for over 20 years.

This episode we have Dr Joy Hussain on to share her unique journey in and outside medicine. From engineering, to remote medicine in Australia & Alaska, to a PhD in sauna therapy...Joy shows you can change lanes in medicine multiple times.

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To reach out to Joy go to her website | LinkedIn

Dr Folusho "Foley" Tugbiyele is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist from Atlanta, Georgia with a special interest in Urogynaecology. He's also an entrepreneur & intrapreneur and believes that intrapreneurship can help prevent burnout.

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For coaching with Isabella go to balancedmedics.com/coaching

To reach out to Dr Foley head to his Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook

Dr Hana Ali, the founder of HealthCareer Transitions, is on the pod today to speak all about her unique journey in and outside medicine. Dr Hana decided to pursue a career outside of clinical medicine in her final year of medical school.

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To connect with Dr Hana Ali go to Instragram | LinkedIn | Website

We are lucky to have the wise and powerful Dr Stacia Dearmin on the pod to discuss adverse outcomes, medical errors, and litigation.

Dr Dearmin is a paediatrician, speaker, coach, and a doctor who had her own experience with an unexpected patient death and malpractice litigation. Dr Dearmin turned this harrowing experience into Thrive, a business aimed at letting physicians know they're not alone and helping doctors learn how to thrive after litigation and poor outcomes.

Takeaways

To reach out to Dr Stacia Dearmin head to Thrive.

Dr Jessica Wade is a Noongar woman now living on Bundjalung country (Northern Rivers Region, NSW) who is a mother, medical doctor, sex therapist, and founder of Living a Turned on Life. Her business, Living a Turned on Life is all about reclaiming joy, pleasure, and connection with yourself. Our conversation gets deep as we discuss burnout, healing as a healer, finding the path in medicine right for us, and being brave to go against the grain.

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To reach out to Dr Jessica Wade head to her website or Instragram.

Balanced Medics would like to acknowledge the traditional Owners of the land that we work and live on. We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. The Handover Podcast is recorded on the land of the Cammeraygal People of the Kuring-gai Nation.