Not Otherwise Specified

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In “Not Otherwise Specified,” Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum, cardiologist and national correspondent for the New England Journal of Medicine, defies our sound-bite culture to go deep with some of medicine’s most innovative thinkers. Her guests’ stories and ideas about health care’s toughest challenges and greatest promise may change the way you think about medicine, health, and society.

APR 17

Injured, Not Sidelined

This season finale examines the moral injury that the current U.S. health care system inflicts on physicians and trainees — and how they may be able to offer care that aligns with their values. A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2400700.

39 min
APR 10

Walking the Dog

This episode considers what happens when the rigors of training and the pursuit of excellence in in medicine collide with the mental health needs of trainees. A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2400698.

45 min
APR 3

Building Up without Breaking Down

This episode asks how medical educators should navigate between demanding intense commitment and hard-won excellence from trainees and seriously threatening their well-being. A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2400697. Source from this episode: https://www.culturalcomplications.com/

45 min
MAR 20

Whatever It Takes

This episode takes a sobering look at the mental health of U.S. medical students and trainees, in an era when the pressures can be intolerable but the culture still treats depression as weakness. A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2400696. Notes from this episode: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/11/nyregion/lorna-breen-suicide-coronavirus.html https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/physician-health/encourage-physicians-healing-make-it-ok-ask-help

33 min
MAR 13

Debt Et Cetera

In this episode, host Lisa Rosenbaum talks with two trainees whose lives and careers have been changed by educational debt, and to an economist who has a rather different take on the problem. A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2400695.

39 min
MAR 6

OK, Boomer

In this episode, Lisa Rosenbaum talks with an expert on generational change and a member of the current trainee cohort about generational values and the need for cross-generational dialogue. A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2400693.

37 min
FEB 21

Unions at the Tip of the Iceberg

In this episode, Lisa Rosenbaum talks with physician trainees and a former residency program director to weigh the benefits and risks of the new wave of trainee unionization. A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2400692.

38 min
FEB 14

Tough Love

In this episode, a medical educator goes on the record with widespread but rarely publicly voiced concerns about the slippery slope from “wellness days” to inadequate medical training. A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2400690.

40 min

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Whatever It Takes

Mar 22

Oberman MD

Incredibly moved by this episode and the bravery it took for Chris to share. Thank you so much for this episode.
The Essence of Good Medicine

03/26/2023

Dr. SXM

A moving and pertinent podcast about what it takes to be a truly compassionate physician. I’ve been a psychiatrist for over twenty years and listen to medical podcasts all the time - this is the real deal. Thank you, Dr. Rosenbaum, you are a cardiologist who is all about the heart!
Shekinah Elmore episode 1 interview

03/04/2023

Al P 1987

Thank you. I am inspired and informed for my journey.
Shannon MacDonald MD

03/02/2023

..smmm

Wonderful podcast - refreshing - look forward to more stories

In “Not Otherwise Specified,” Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum, cardiologist and national correspondent for the New England Journal of Medicine, defies our sound-bite culture to go deep with some of medicine’s most innovative thinkers. Her guests’ stories and ideas about health care’s toughest challenges and greatest promise may change the way you think about medicine, health, and society.