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40. Now Your Firstborn Wants to Go to Medical School - with Guest Kim Lucas MD

Medicine is a wonderful profession.  A physician’s role as a lightworker in healing and being of service to a lot of people is truly inspiring.

 

However, modern burnout studies in physicians will often ask the question, “How likely are you to recommend medicine to your firstborn child as a career?” The likelihood has been very low for years, AND this is a theoretical and abstract question.


 


This episode features Dr. Kim Lucas, an internist in Tempe, Arizona, skilled in Coaching, Executive Coaching, Healthcare, Medical Education, and Primary Care.  She talks about her firstborn daughter who is contemplating medical school as a 26-year-old. What do you say? How different is the med school and residency experience now as opposed to when Kim and I were first board-certified in the 1980s? How can you teach your kids lessons you learned the hard way?


 


“One of the things I tell a lot of people is we all end up on a hamster wheel of one kind or another… The skill is figuring out what's the best hamster wheel for you.” - Kim Lucas MD


 


Episode Highlights:


  • (00:56) The influence of family and the choice of medicine as a stable job

  • (05:04) A passion for helping others and being a lightworker

  • (08:25)  A parent's first reaction when their child decides on to be a doctor

  • (10:48) Generational differences in medical education and training

  • (18:51)  Guiding and supporting your child in their medical journey

 


Resources: “It’s not about the nail” video: https://youtu.be/-4EDhdAHrOg


Burnout Proof MD 3-Layer Physician Support Ecosystem: https://bit.ly/BurnoutProofMD


 


Connect with Dr. Kim Lucas:


Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-lucas-b3949235/


Website: https://mountainparkhealth.org/teams/kim-lucas-md-2/


 


Learn more about Dr. Dike and The Happy MD: https://linktr.ee/dikedrummond


 


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Dike Drummond

Dike Drummond MD is a family doctor, ICF certified executive coach, trainer and consultant specializing in preventing physician burnout and physician leadership power skills. He is CEO and founder of TheHappyMD.com and has trained over 40,000 Physicians to recognize and prevent burnout in live trainings. He specializes in coaching for physician leaders to
- exercise influence in the c-suite
- earn the respect of your colleagues
- and incorporate Wellness and Balance on three levels: for yourself (and your family) your teams and your entire organization.
He is also a coach and advisor to Healthcare Startups whose product/service must be prescribed or delivered by physicians.