Vital Signs: Thriving as a Woman in Medicine

By: Diane Shannon MD
  • Summary

  • In healthcare, burnout rates are higher in women. In fact, forty percent of women physicians have cut back or left medicine within 6 years of completing training. Why? Is it added responsibilities at home? Gender bias at work? Invisible work at work? Mom guilt? Too much self-sacrifice and inability to say no? Poor boundaries, lack of time management skills, lack of self-care? In this podcast, we’ll explore the reasons why women in medicine are struggling—and more importantly, what to do about it. We can banish burnout and thrive as women in medicine.
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Episodes
  • Episode 135: Moving to an Inner Authority with Dr. Sarah Webber
    Apr 15 2025

    Overfunctioning. In training it is often rewarded, leading many of us to continue this way of being until we hit a wall or become stuck. Join me and my guest, Sarah Webber, MD, as we look at the costs of overworking and potential solutions, including owning our choices, values, and preferences from an inner authority.

    Dr. Sarah Webber is an associate professor of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin and a Physician Development Coach. Her passion is shifting the healthcare culture to be a healthy place for patients and employees.

    Connect with Dr. Sarah Webber on LinkedIn at: linkedin.com/in/sarah-webber-md-414506293 or at www.sarahwebbermdcoaching.com.

    Connect with me at www.dianeshannon.com. If you’d like time to talk about the specific challenges you’re facing, you can book a time to chat with me. More info here about how to do that.

    Like what you heard? Listen to more episodes with Dr. Diane Shannon on our podcast Vital Signs: Thriving as Women in Medicine

    Reviews are greatly appreciated.

    Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC is an internal medicine physician, award-winning writer, and certified coach. She understands the stresses inherent in the practice of medicine and the additional challenges that women face in the profession. Her passion is helping women in medicine create lives where they can thrive.

    Share your experience and continue the conversation with Diane at www.dianeshannon.com or www.linkedin.com/in/dianewshannon

    If you’d like time to talk about the specific challenges you’re facing, you can book a time to chat with me. More info here about how to do that.

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    23 mins
  • Episode 134: Flexing Your Communication Style to be Heard with Dr. Amy Young
    Apr 1 2025

    Many physicians today report feeling they aren’t valued by their organizations. New research by Dr. Amy Young and others shows a direct connection between leadership behavior, specifically communication, physicians feeling valued, and increased risk of burnout.

    Dr. Amy Young is a professor of Business Communication at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Her expertise is leadership communication, positive organizational culture, and workplace well-being. She’s also my sister. Our professional passions have converged, and I’m excited to have her back on Vital Signs to continue exploring what positive organizational scholarship can teach all of us in healthcare.

    In today’s episode, we’ll be referring to a model of communication styles. Check out a visual depiction here.

    Connect with Dr. Young at LinkedIn or baldwin@umich.edu.

    Connect with me at www.dianeshannon.com. If you’d like time to talk about the specific challenges you’re facing, you can book a time to chat with me. More info here about how to do that.

    Like what you heard? Listen to more episodes with Dr. Diane Shannon on our podcast Vital Signs: Thriving as Women in Medicine

    Reviews are greatly appreciated.

    Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC is an internal medicine physician, award-winning writer, and certified coach. She understands the stresses inherent in the practice of medicine and the additional challenges that women face in the profession. Her passion is helping women in medicine create lives where they can thrive.

    Share your experience and continue the conversation with Diane at www.dianeshannon.com or www.linkedin.com/in/dianewshannon

    If you’d like time to talk about the specific challenges you’re facing, you can book a time to chat with me. More info here about how to do that.

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    30 mins
  • Episode 133: Optimizing Your Clinical Day with Dr. Sarah Smith
    Mar 18 2025

    How many hours per week are you charting outside the clinic day? How often do you feel caught in clinic visits that go on too long or portal message volleys that sap both time and energy? If you’re looking for an alternative, listen in as my guest, Dr. Sarah Smith, shares her expertise on how to improve your clinic day and leave work at work.

    Sarah Smith, MBBS, is a rural family doctor and clinical day advisor. Her passion is creating sustainability in clinical medicine.

    Connect with Dr. Smith at www.chartingcoach.ca or on her podcast at www.chartingcoach.ca/podcasts/sustainable-clinical-medicine-with-the-charting-coach.

    Connect with me at www.dianeshannon.com. If you’d like time to talk about the specific challenges you’re facing, you can book a time to chat with me. More info here about how to do that.

    Like what you heard? Listen to more episodes with Dr. Diane Shannon on our podcast Vital Signs: Thriving as Women in Medicine

    Reviews are greatly appreciated.

    Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC is an internal medicine physician, award-winning writer, and certified coach. She understands the stresses inherent in the practice of medicine and the additional challenges that women face in the profession. Her passion is helping women in medicine create lives where they can thrive.

    Share your experience and continue the conversation with Diane at www.dianeshannon.com or www.linkedin.com/in/dianewshannon

    If you’d like time to talk about the specific challenges you’re facing, you can book a time to chat with me. More info here about how to do that.

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    34 mins
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