Pursuing Passion and Battling Burnout - Amy Pearlman, MD Behind the Retractor

In trying to understand why medical students become surgeons, and the kind of people that people become surgeons, we learn more about the more human aspects of a surgeon's life.

Co-hosts AJ Chowdhury and Camilla Koczara sit down with Dr. Amy Pearlman, a urologist at the University of Iowa, to talk about how we define ourselves and keep our humanity while succeeding in medical training.

(We also talk a lot about urology)

Timestamps:

0:52 What is urology and what does a urologist do?

7:46 The training process for urology

14:03 How do I tell my mom I want to be a urologist?

17:18 Preparing a strong urology application

23:21 Growth in medical school

24:48 Non-research extracurriculars in medical school

32:12 Dr. Pearlman uses motivational interviewing on us to examine our own concerns about a career in medicine

34:00 Caring about what you do and battling burnout

41:12 Giving and receiving good, constructive feedback

46:12 Successfully juggling one's interests

48:46 Favorite surgery

54:41 Words of wisdom

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