Women in medicine roundtable, Part 3: On burnout and balance

Physicianary

On this special edition episode, Hansa Bhargava, MD, with Oncology Overdrive’s Shikha Jain, MD, and Mend the Gap’s Dagny Zhu, MD, discuss physician burnout and managing a good work-life balance with a panel of guests.

• Intro 0:35
• Have you had an opportunity to sit back when you were burnout from advocating for others? 0:49
• What have you done to take care of yourself? How to you reenergize yourself and maintain a good balance? 3:31
• How have you navigated your priorities? Tell me about the systemic issues and solutions for physician burnout. 6:08
• What are the possible challenges of integrating artificial intelligence as a solution to combating burnout? 9:22
• Can a pivot in your career help combat burnout? 12:42
• Society pushes us to become leaders, but is leadership the path for every person? Do we all have to be leaders? 19:54
• How can we manage a good work-life balance? 23:55
• What are one or two things you would like listeners to take away from this conversation? 28:57
• Thanks 30:31

Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP (NAM), is a Herbert T. Abelson professor of medicine, vice dean of education in the biological sciences division and dean for medical education at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She is also an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. She is a founding member of the 501c3 Women of Impact and advisor to the Women in Medicine Summit.

Jennifer Bepple, MD, MMCi, is a double board-certified physician in urology and informatics. She is a member of the American Telemedicine Association, American Urologic Association and American Medical Informatics Association and holds a certification from the American Board of Telehealth and the American Board of AI in Medicine.

Hansa Bhargava, MD, is Healio's chief clinical strategy and innovation officer. Listen to her Healio podcast, Physicianary.

Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, is a board-certified hematology and oncology physician. She is a tenured associate professor of medicine in the division of hematology and oncology, the director of communication strategies in medicine and the associate director of oncology communication & digital innovation at the University of Illinois Cancer Center in Chicago. Listen to her Healio podcast, Oncology Overdrive.

Mara Schenker, MD, FACS, FAOA, is an orthopedic trauma surgeon at Grady Memorial Hospital. She is double board certified in orthopedic surgery and clinical informatics. She serves as the chief of orthopedics and associate chief medical information officer. She is an associate professor of orthopedics at Emory University School of Medicine. She serves on multiple boards for medical and digital technology advisory and sits on major national committees for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, AAMC, American College of Surgeons and the Orthopaedic Trauma Association.

Dagny Zhu, MD, is a cornea, cataract and refractive surgeon and medical director and partner at NVISION Eye Centers in Rowland Heights, CA. She can be reached on X (formerly Twitter) @DZEyeMD.

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Disclosures: The hosts and guest report no relevant financial disclosures.