Building Confidence and Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in the OR
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Dagny Zhu, MD, and Susan MacDonald, MD, talk with Michelle T. Cabrera, MD, Himani Goyal, MD, and Nicole Fram, MD, about managing and overcoming complications in the OR, ways to instill confidence in young female surgeons and more.
- Welcome to another episode of Mend the Gap :12
- The topic :25
- Welcome Dr. Cabrera, Dr. Goyal and Dr. Fram 1:03
- About Cabrera 1:19
- About Goyal 1:30
- About Fram 1:43
- When did you decide, “I think I can handle this. I think I’ve got the know-how to make the patient do alright”? 3:28
- Cabrera on imposter syndrome in men vs. women regarding complications when it comes to surgery 5:13
- For Goyal training residents, what have you seen, and how do you try to instill confidence in these younger surgeons? 12:19
- Analyzing mistakes with fellow surgeons 15:30
- About Fram’s Quicksand Chronicles podcast 16:22
- Keeping nerves and emotions out of the operating room 20:48
- Managing complications and gaining knowledge, confidence through experience 22:49
- How to deal with patients treating female doctors and surgeons differently; how to present yourself to patients 24:53
- How do you talk to a patient when there has been a complication? 28:38
- Discussion on ‘legacy of a complication’ 33:37
- How can we lead the next generation of women to build confidence in the OR? How can we provide greater mentorship or support for the women in the OR? 35:27
- Thank you 37:48
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Michelle T. Cabrera, MD, is chief of ophthalmology at Seattle Children's Hospital andassociate professor of ophthalmology at University of Washington.
Himani Goyal, MD, is clinical assistant professor at NYU Langone Eye Center and chief of ophthalmology at Woodhull Medical Center. She can be reached at @HimaniGoyalMD on Twitter.
Susan MacDonald, MD, is president of Eye Corps and associate clinical professor at Tufts School of Medicine.
Nicole Fram, MD, is the managing partner of Advanced Vision Care and a Clinical Instructor of Ophthalmology at the Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She can be reached at @NicoleFramMD on Twitter.
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 twitter @DZEyeMD.
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