Mar 30, 2018 • 57M

#6 Dr. Frank Warsh

 
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Join Shree Nadkarni as he goes through life, testing ways to be happier, healthier, and finding his own passion through interviewing interesting people in the world.
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In which Shree talks to Dr. Frank Warsh, a Canadian Family Doctor who was in clinical practice until 2015 who now works as a coroner. The author of The Flame Broiled Doctor: from Boyhood to Burnout in Medicine, he has had 2 experiences with physician burnout, and has written extensively about not being able to do it all as a physician. Shree and Frank talk about the transition from their pre-medical and medical school years, realizing whether medical school is right for you, and prospects for the future if you realize medicine isn’t for you.

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