DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast
Education:How To
“If we are serious about this quintuple aim, this lofty goal of improved health outcomes at lower cost with better experiences for our patients, all of that in an environment of equity and physician wellbeing, then we really need a shift in health and healthcare. Because what I see is that patients are disenchanted with healthcare. They don't feel that their physicians have time for them. They don't feel heard. And I see physicians leaving healthcare because the system is really not conducive to either group.”
- Dr. Iris Schrijver
Dr. Iris Schrijver is a certified lifestyle medicine physician who also specializes in clinical pathology and molecular genetics. She's an adjunct clinical professor of pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine and a past president of the Association for Molecular Pathology. Dr. Schrijver has served as the medical director for a volunteers in medicine organization because she believes that health care is a basic human right. Together with her husband, an astrophysicist, she wrote Living with the Stars, a popular science book about connections between the human body and the universe. And more recently, she has written On the Path to Health, Wellbeing and Fulfillment.
Originally from the Netherlands, Dr. Schrijver eventually landed at Stanford to be trained in clinical molecular genetics and clinical pathology, or laboratory medicine. She then became a faculty member in the pathology department where her main purpose was to direct the diagnostic molecular genetic pathology lab. After a long and rewarding career there, she and her husband made a joint decision to step away and pursue new adventures. They moved from California to Oregon where Dr. Schrijver became involved in a free clinic and ultimately became its medical director. She also discovered lifestyle medicine and was so impressed with its urgency and the science behind it that it inspired her to become certified in it herself. Her experience also inspired her to write her latest book.
Dr. Schrijver shares just how important lifestyle medicine is and that it has a solid base in science. She explains the six pillars of health, well-being, and fulfillment and what they mean for both physicians and their patients. We discuss how to sift through all of the information that is out there and how small shifts add up to big, lasting changes. It can be challenging for physicians to “walk the walk” when it comes to lifestyle medicine, and Dr. Schrijver offers her advice. She also shares practical ways for physicians to integrate lifestyle medicine principles into their daily practice.
What’s Inside:
Mentioned In This Episode:
Find full transcripts of DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast episodes on the DocWorking Blog
The past few weeks have been busy at DocWorking! We have been working behind the scenes to add even more CME credits to the THRIVE memberships.
Let your CME budget help you prioritize your own wellness so you can get on with living your best life on your own terms, as defined by you, with DocWorking THRIVE.
You can take the first step today by taking our 2 Minute Balance to Burnout Quiz! Where are you on the Balance to Burnout Continuum? Take the quiz and find out today!
DocWorking empowers physicians and entire health care teams to get on the path to achieving their dreams, both in and outside of work, with programs designed to help you maximize life with minimal time.
If you like our podcast and would like to subscribe and leave us a 5-star review, we would be extremely grateful!
We’re everywhere you like to get your podcasts! Apple iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Google, Pandora, Stitcher, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Amazon, YouTube, Podbean.
You can also find us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
Some links in our blogs and show notes are affiliate links, and purchases made via those links may result in payments to DocWorking. These help toward our production costs. Thank you for supporting DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast!
149: Owning Your Telemedicine Options Including Nomadic Life on the Road with Dr. Tom Davis
148: A New Platform for Healthcare Providers as Locum Tenens with Cory Kleinschmidt
147: Social Media as a Side Gig for Physicians with TikTok Celebrity Doctor Beachgem10
146: The Radar Tool for Healthcare Workers to Enhance Interpersonal Relationships with Margaret Webb
145: Why Physician Marriages Have Challenges with Dr. Jeep and Vanessa Naum
144: Physician Relationship Mistakes and How to Avoid Them with Mika Ross
143: The Hidden Workload of Female Physicians with Susan Hyatt
142: Physician Nonclinical Careers and Side Gigs with Dr. John Jurica
141: Breaking Bad Money Patterns on the Road to Financial Independence with Nona Jordan
140: Prioritizing Your Own Wellness, the Prescription You Need
139: Financial Independence for Doctors with Dr. Cobin Soelberg
138: The Physician Leader as Learner with Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken
137: How to Build Resilience and Accommodate Life’s Disruptions
136: Letting Go of Worry and the Power of Refocusing Energy into What You Can Control
135: A Way for Healthcare Providers to Better Educate Patients and Save Time with Sarah Tugender
134: How to Bring Purpose to Productivity and Stop Spinning Your Wheels with Kanesha Baynard
133: Specific Ways Doctors Can Create Boundaries This Week with Victoria Silas MD
132: Are You a Physician Optimist Looking To Simplify in 2022?
131: Real Estate Investor and Self Publishing Guru Julie Broad on Physicians as Authors
130: A Physician’s Christmas Story with Dr. John Crosby
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
LifeBlood
Navigating Life After 40
Science of Reading: The Podcast
The Minimal Mom
Old Fashioned On Purpose