On this episode of Shrinking Burnout, we interview Lorraine, an outstanding nurse currently working in New England who describes her experiences working both as an ICU nurse and travel nurse (1:15). She shares some of her coping strategies that

Unique Challenges of Providing Mental Healthcare as LGBTQ-Identifying Providers

Feb 19th, 2021 34m 27s

On this episode, our co-resident guests, Drs. Austin Greenhaw and Sam Sheffield, join us to discuss the unique challenges of being LGBT-identifying medical professionals. Together we take a brief look at the scientific literature (2:57), why a

Vicarious Trauma

Dec 15th, 2020 29m 46s

On this episode, we bring a new guest, Allison, to discuss vicarious trauma (1:32) and the link with burnout, discuss personal experiences of encountering vicarious trauma as medical students and resident doctors (4:17), and possible solutions

The COVID-19 Experience Revisited

Oct 1st, 2020 17m 58s

On this episode "The Covid 19 experience revisited", second year psychiatry resident Chris* joins us to look back on his experience working on the medical floors during the covid surge several months out, (2:25), his paradoxical denial of his o

The Future of Burnout Research

Aug 2nd, 2020 47m 56s

Bernard Chang, MD, PhD joins the Shrinking Burnout Podcast to discuss clinician burnout research. We talk about his research in the Emergency Room settings (5:50), the importance of destigmatization of physician mental health (11:28), the asses

Racism in Medicine: Part 2

Jul 11th, 2020 37m 28s

This is the second part of the racism in medicine series, where we continue with our guests Dr. Maya Khandker, Dr. Audrey Li, Dr. Elyon Obamedo and discuss how clinicians experience and deal with racism at work (1:31), why it is so difficult to

Racism in Medicine: Part 1

Jul 4th, 2020 36m 42s

In this first of a two-part series on racism in medicine, we discuss why racism relates to burnout (1:10), a brief history of the racism in medicine (3:20), and with our contributing guests Dr. Maya Khandker, Dr. Audrey Li, Dr. Elyon Obamedo (6

Burnout in Social Work: The COVID19 Experience

Jun 19th, 2020 23m 33s

This week we interviewed Angie, a social worker working on an inpatient psychiatric unit who tells us more about her experiences during COVID19 and beyond. Burnout is not a concept unique to physicians and certainly affects all medical specialt

The Dangers of Delayed Gratification: An ER Doctor's Experience with Burnout

Jun 11th, 2020 22m 16s

Tammy, an emergency room resident doctor, joins us to talk about her experience working in a medically underserved population during covid-19, the expanded role she has needed to serve in the emergency room during this time, and how her institu

Resiliency in Medical School: The COVID-19 Experience

Jun 4th, 2020 31m 51s

Kate and Tom, two third year medical students, join us to talk about medical student culture and its contributions to clinician burnout (1:10), their personal experiences with seeking help (7:39), how medical education has changed during the pa

Dissolving the Hierarchy: The COVID-19 Experience

May 27th, 2020 24m 55s

Rohan, a psychiatry resident, discusses his time working as a medical intern at a community hospital (1:06), the difficulties of being an intern (7:23), hierarchy in medicine (9:29), inpatient psychiatry during covid-19 (15:25), physician guilt

The Burnout Controversy

May 19th, 2020 22m

The psychiatrists of Shrinking Burnout, Dr. Wu and Dr. Radhakrishnan, discuss the controversy about clinician burnout (1:40), burnout's overlapping symptoms with clinician distress (3:03), depression (4:56), and moral injury (9:59), and the sti

The COVID -19 experience: Is there unlimited goodwill ?

May 11th, 2020 17m 45s

Join us this week as we interview Sara, an internal medicine resident working in the Midwest. Her experiences and transparency served as a catalyst for discussion on the concepts of medical martyrdom and unlimited goodwill as they relate to bur

The COVID-19 Experience: On the Front Lines

May 6th, 2020 14m 44s

So what's really going on behind the scenes? Join us on our first episode of Shrinking burnout as we interview John (0:24), an internal medicine resident working in a major academic hospital in the Northeast. He gives us his experience of worki

What is Shrinking Burnout all about?

May 6th, 2020 2m 30s

We are two resident psychiatrists who are passionate about wellness and combatting clinician burnout especially amidst this COVID-19 pandemic. Join us as we interview clinicians across the country on their experiences, challenges, and incredibl

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