40. Now Your Firstborn Wants to Go to Medical School - with Guest Kim Lucas MD

Medicine is a wonderful profession.  A physician’s role as a lightworker in healing and being of service to a lot of people is truly inspiring.

However, modern burnout studies in physicians will often ask the question, “How likely are you to recommend medicine to your firstborn child as a career?” The likelihood has been very low for years, AND this is a theoretical and abstract question.

This episode features Dr. Kim Lucas, an internist in Tempe, Arizona, skilled in Coaching, Executive Coaching, Healthcare, Medical Education, and Primary Care.  She talks about her firstborn daughter who is contemplating medical school as a 26-year-old. What do you say? How different is the med school and residency experience now as opposed to when Kim and I were first board-certified in the 1980s? How can you teach your kids lessons you learned the hard way?

“One of the things I tell a lot of people is we all end up on a hamster wheel of one kind or another… The skill is figuring out what's the best hamster wheel for you.” - Kim Lucas MD

Episode Highlights:

• (00:56) The influence of family and the choice of medicine as a stable job
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• (05:04) A passion for helping others and being a lightworker
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• (08:25)  A parent's first reaction when their child decides on to be a doctor
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• (10:48) Generational differences in medical education and training
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• (18:51)  Guiding and supporting your child in their medical journey

Resources: “It’s not about the nail” video: https://youtu.be/-4EDhdAHrOg

Burnout Proof MD 3-Layer Physician Support Ecosystem: https://bit.ly/BurnoutProofMD

Connect with Dr. Kim Lucas:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-lucas-b3949235/

Website: https://mountainparkhealth.org/teams/kim-lucas-md-2/

Learn more about Dr. Dike and The Happy MD: https://linktr.ee/dikedrummond

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