Episode 4 - Effective Vs. Efficient - Competing Values In The First Year Of Medical Residency

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Episode 4:

In this episode, co-hosts Jo O'Hanlon and internal medicine physician Dr. Elisha Yaghmai continue with Elisha’s story through his medical education.

In his first year of his (first…) residency in Wichita, Kansas, Elisha encounters two opposing influences on his education:

1. A doctor who led teaching seminars for his resident cohort who truly seemed to care about the craft of practicing medicine well and helped re-invigorate Elisha’s curiosity and love of learning and investigating to help provide a thorough diagnosis.

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2. An abrupt entrance into practicing medicine with little to no oversight and his discovery that ‘efficiency’ in this setting didn’t mean doing a job well in a succinct matter, but but simply doing it as fast as possible.

Hear from Elisha as he shares about this juxtaposition of two competing influences, how he dealt with it, and what he came to understand through it all before transitioning to a different residency (which is a story for next week in episode 5).

Join in to get a peak behind the curtain of what really goes into becoming a doctor in America and how that influences the healthcare the American public actually receives.

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Dear Healthcare, It’s You — A new podcast investigating the broken U.S. Healthcare system.

Why is it failing? How are you getting screwed over? Who is profiting? How can it change?

Season 1 starts with Dr. Yaghmai's personal story of beginning to discover the systemic toxicity & failings of the US healthcare model as a medical student and how those discoveries have shaped his life's work and purpose: To find a better way.