Medicine selects for people who decided, often as teenagers, exactly who they were going to be. It then rewards them for decades of never questioning. This talk examines what happens when precocious identity formation collides with the reality of medicine in the American healthcare system; how identity can, and does, shift over the course of a career; and the effect of burnout not just on clinicians but on the decisions they make for themselves, their families, and their patients. It then introduces the science of decision-making as a solution to navigating consequential life and career decisions.
At the end of this talk, participants will:
- Understand precocious identity formation and the identity trap
- Understand midlife shifts and the Protean career
- Understand the anatomy of good decisions
ZOOM LINK - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88457116829?pwd=jbhhrCmnt4iL9wX9OUQ2MrgaoiDLTZ.1
About the Speaker
Mark Shrime is the Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Global Health and a board-certified, fellowship-trained otolaryngologist—head and neck surgeon who has maintained active surgical practice while building a distinguished research career. Trained at Columbia/Cornell with fellowships in head and neck surgical oncology and microvascular reconstruction at University of Toronto, he was first to identify nodal density as an independent prognostic indicator in head and neck cancer. His 200+ peer-reviewed publications include co-authorship of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. He has held faculty positions at Harvard Medical School, Baylor College of Medicine, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.
Mark has a PhD in the science of decision-making, which he brings to his coaching. His clients are professionals and executives navigating consequential life decisions: burnout, career changes, divorce, and others. More information can be found at markshrime.com
