Dr. Sabina Freiman is a Vancouver-based Internal Medicine resident who originally completed her medical education at the University of Toronto. She has experience in the mentorship and guidance of medical students and currently co-chairs the residency wellness committee at UBC. In this podcast we discuss common challenges during training and some useful strategies to overcome them.
We discuss:
- 00:13 – Introduction
- 1:22 – Dr. Freiman’s path to medicine
- 3:49 – Why Dr. Freiman chose Internal Medicine as her career
- 7:25 – Navigating medical school and therapy
- 11:03 – A personal story about the challenges of clerkship and matching to residency
- 18:27 – A critical takeaway lesson about choosing one’s speciality in medicine
- 20:52 – Advice about navigating the residency application process
- 28:08 – Staying well and thriving in medicine and residency
- 34:38 – Dr. Freiman’s involvement with the Residency Wellness Committee
- 38:57 – Attitudes towards wellness in medicine at UBC
- 41:57 – Mindfulness as a strategy to cope with stress and anxiety in medicine
- 49:00 – Reflections
- 50:12 – Dr. Freiman’s concluding advice to those going through clerkship
The Mindful Medical Learner