The Conscious Clinician Podcast
Health & Fitness:Medicine
In this episode, we shed light on impostor syndrome in healthcare. This all too common phenomenon is an isolating experience. Providers who feel like impostors are constantly striving to earn the acceptance they cannot give to themselves. This is most common in marginalized groups including people of color, first-generation college students, and women in male-dominated fields. If not addressed it worsens as people attain more prestige/higher positions and is associated with burnout.
We share our experiences with impostor syndrome and how this has affected us in the clinic. Feeling inadequate or like a fraud definitely influences how a provider interacts with patients. Impostor syndrome is shaped by our thoughts and beliefs, which thankfully we can change. We end by discussing strategies that help us face impostor syndrome.
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