Stethoscope Stories

New England Medical Association
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Stethoscope Stories is a podcast for healthcare and public health professionals, policymakers, students, community advocates, and anyone interested in learning how inequities affect healthcare delivery, experiences, and outcomes. Hosted by Dr. Nugent, this platform spotlights the tireless efforts of those working across multiple disciplines including health policy, patient advocacy, environmental work, legal and financial sectors, and community leadership to identify and address healthcare disparities, sharing real-world solutions to ensure equitable healthcare for all.

Episodes

  1. 1 day ago

    How Executive Coaching Helps You Navigate Imposter Syndrome & Grow Your Healthcare Career

    What if you already had the answers you needed to take the next step in your healthcare career, but needed the right person to help you uncover them? Healthcare professionals are often expected to keep pushing forward, even when they're experiencing burnout, questioning their abilities, or struggling with imposter syndrome. But sustainable career growth doesn't have to happen alone. Executive coaching can provide a thinking partner who helps you clarify your goals, challenge limiting beliefs, and move forward with greater confidence. In this episode, Dr. Monique Nugent talks with executive coach Carly Caminiti about the role of executive coaching, burnout, and imposter syndrome in healthcare. They explore why coaching isn't just for CEOs, how individual and institutional responsibility intersect when it comes to burnout, and why healthcare organizations need to rethink how they support their people. You'll learn: How to use executive coaching to accelerate your career growth and get clearer about the next step you want to take.How to recognize and address burnout from both an individual and institutional perspective instead of relying on superficial workplace wellness solutions.How to challenge imposter syndrome and build greater confidence by recognizing your own expertise, worth, and ability to grow.Listen to the episode to discover how getting the right support can help you build a healthier, more fulfilling, and more sustainable healthcare career. The Stethoscope Stories is a podcast for healthcare and public health professionals, policymakers, students, community advocates, and anyone interested in learning how inequities affect healthcare delivery, experiences, and outcomes. Hosted by Dr. Nugent, this platform spotlights the tireless efforts of those working across multiple disciplines including health policy, patient advocacy, environmental work, legal and financial sectors, and community leadership to identify and address healthcare disparities, sharing real-world solutions to ensure equitable healthcare for all. Visit our website: www.nema-nma.org Resources & Engagement: Take Action: Check out our latest episode notes for this week's actionable way you can help improve health equity in your local community. Get Involved: Connect with the New England Medical Association (NEMA) to join our robust community of physicians and advocates working toward parity and justice in medicine. Follow us on socials for daily health equity insights and updates: Instagram: @nemaorg LinkedIn: New England Medical Association

  2. 19 Aug

    Why Healthcare Policy Is Driving Health Disparities in Emergency Medicine & What You Can Do About It

    What if the healthcare challenges you see in the emergency department are actually being shaped long before a patient ever walks through the doors? Healthcare Policy, Health Disparities, and Emergency Medicine are deeply connected. In this episode of Stethoscope Stories, Dr. Monique Nugent sits down with emergency physician and NEMA founder Dr. Ellana Stinson to explore how the systems, policies, and environments surrounding patients can shape their access to care, health behaviors, and outcomes. Dr. Stinson shares how her experiences caring for patients in the emergency department revealed that education and individual behavior change alone cannot solve systemic health disparities. Together, they unpack how insurance coverage, medication access, hospital closures, food environments, primary care shortages, and healthcare reimbursement policies influence how—and whether—people receive care. They also discuss the potential impact of recent federal policy changes, including Medicaid work requirements and more frequent eligibility renewals, and why physicians need to understand the policies shaping the patients they serve. By listening, you’ll learn: Why health behaviors are often shaped by systems and policies—not simply individual choices.How healthcare access, reimbursement, insurance, and community environments can contribute to health disparities.Why physicians have an important role in policy and advocacy—and how understanding healthcare policy can help improve patient outcomes. Listen to the episode to understand how the policies governing healthcare can become the forces shaping what happens to patients and what physicians can do about it. The Stethoscope Stories is a podcast for healthcare and public health professionals, policymakers, students, community advocates, and anyone interested in learning how inequities affect healthcare delivery, experiences, and outcomes. Hosted by Dr. Monique Nugent, this platform spotlights the tireless efforts of those working across multiple disciplines including health policy, patient advocacy, environmental work, legal and financial sectors, and community leadership to identify and address healthcare disparities, sharing real-world solutions to ensure equitable healthcare for all. Visit our website: www.nema-nma.org Resources & Engagement: Take Action: Check out our latest episode notes for this week's actionable way you can help improve health equity in your local community. Get Involved: Connect with the New England Medical Association (NEMA) to join our robust community of physicians and advocates working toward parity and justice in medicine. Follow us on socials for daily health equity insights and updates: Instagram: @nemaorg LinkedIn: nema-nma YouTube: StethoscopeStories-NEMA

  3. Trailer

    How Your Neighborhood Shapes Your Daily Life

    How much of your daily life is actually shaped by the neighborhood and environment around you? Where you live influences more than your surroundings. It can shape your routines, your access to transportation, the opportunities available to you, and even the way you interact with your city and community. This is just the beginning. In the pilot episode, we’ll explore how the systems and environments around us can influence the way we live, behave, and show up every day. Coming next week on your favorite podcast platforms. Follow the show now so you don’t miss the pilot episode.

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About

Stethoscope Stories is a podcast for healthcare and public health professionals, policymakers, students, community advocates, and anyone interested in learning how inequities affect healthcare delivery, experiences, and outcomes. Hosted by Dr. Nugent, this platform spotlights the tireless efforts of those working across multiple disciplines including health policy, patient advocacy, environmental work, legal and financial sectors, and community leadership to identify and address healthcare disparities, sharing real-world solutions to ensure equitable healthcare for all.

Information

  • Creator
    New England Medical Association
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © New England Medical Association
  • Show Website
    Stethoscope Stories