Optimizing quality of life - Interview with Olivia

Olivia is a 3rd year medical student passionate about normalizing sexual health conversations. While seemingly disparate, her motivation for becoming both a doctor and sexual health advocate lies in her mission to champion underserved populations and enhance people’s quality of life.

She is a board member for the Idaho Association of Sexual Health Professionals and has taken part in initiatives, events, and research that aims to improve access to sexual health education in medical curricula. You can find a Olivia providing shame free education and premed and medical student mentorship on social media. 

Highlights:

• Low Income Childhood
• Working as a CNA and Scribe
• Owning your Story as a Premed 
• Imposter Syndrome vs Looking at the Evidence
• First Generation and Low Income Medical Student
• Deciding on a Specialty - Urology! 
• Lack of sexual health education as a marginalized group
• The arrival fallacy

Quotes:

- “I know what it was like to not have those needs met”

- “They are a human being with a story”

- “Be happy NOW”

Contact Olivia: livaapaulsen@gmail.com and on Social Media @OliviaaPaulsen 

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***This episode is for educational purposes only. This is NOT medical guidance or recommendations. Please follow up with your doctor for specific advice*** 

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

0:35 Introduce Olivia

1:22 Growing up quickly

3:33 Initial Advocacy Work

4:00 Premed Self Doubt 

6:32 Importance of Diversity in Medicine

7:47 Med School Study Strategies 

8:30 Therapy 

9:30 Specialty Choice

10:29 Sexual Health as an underserved need

11:33 Look at the Evidence 

12:22 First Generation and Low Income Med Students

13:18 Clinical Rotations 

14:53 Psycho-social Aspects 

16:46 Specialty Decision

18:21 Advocating for Sexual Health 

20:20 Who sees a urologist? 

21:48 Advice for other health students

23:05 Active Recall Study Technique 

24:30 Romanticizing the Little Things

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