How to get the support and mentoring you deserve as a new graduate practitioner – with Brian Kim.

2022-05-05

My guest this week is new graduate physiotherapist Brian Kim. Brian gives us an update on his experiences as a newly graduated health practitioner, including how to seek mentoring and support, how to make your own opportunities and when to ask for help. Brian talks about building rapport with people and how your experience outside the clinic can help your clinical practice in ways you may not know. It was interesting to summarise some of the advice given by the experienced clinicians who have been on the podcast so far and get the...

It was interesting to summarise some of the advice given by the experienced clinicians who have been on the podcast so far and get the perspective of a new grad clinician – and a very thoughtful and reflective one at that! Enjoy, and please share with your colleagues and on social media, help me get these conversations out to people all around the world who need to hear them.

This is a discussion aimed at health professionals. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.

In this episode:

0:00 Brian’s back
1:30 What is new grad life like?
2:50 The squeaky wheel gets the oil
3:06 Career advice you are really glad you took
3:40 Look at how workplaces market their mentoring
4:36 Mentoring isn’t always format
5:40 Support for clinical work and life outside of work is essential
6:21 Empathy and emotional detachment helps you help others
8:10 Mentoring doesn’t have to come from above
9:00 Leadership doesn’t have to come from above
10:00 Make your own opportunities – ask, observe, start a conversation
11:47 I need some help. So, ask for it. It’s ok to not know everything
14:15 What you do outside of your clinical work can help your clinical practice in ways you may not know
16:15 If a single research paper changes your practice, you’re probably not reading enough papers
21:45 Think about people’s personalities and motivations
22:30 How to build rapport with people