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AFP: American Family Physician Podcast

Bonus Episode 11 - September 12, 2019 AFP: American Family Physician

AFP: American Family Physician Podcast

American Academy of Family Physicians

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2.4649 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Alison Block, MD, family physician and faculty member at Contra Costa Family Medicine Residency in Martinez, CA. Dr. Block is Executive Producer of the The Nocturnists, "a live show and podcast where doctors share stories from the world of medicine." This bonus episode includes clips from family physicians on The Nocturnists. Topics discussed in the interview include: stories as advocacy, a non-linear career path, the origin of The Nocturnists, and music from your teen years.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the American Family Physician podcast hosted by the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix.

0:18.8

This is Steve.

0:20.0

And we have a treat for you on bonus

0:22.4

episode 11 featuring stories from family physicians on one of our favorite podcasts, The Nocturnists.

0:30.4

The opinions expressed in the podcast are our own and do not represent the opinions of the American

0:34.0

Academy of Family Physicians, the editor of American Family Physician or Banner Health. Do not use this podcast for medical advice. Instead, see your own family doctor

0:40.8

for medical care. Let's meet our guest. Hi, I'm Allie Block, and I live in the San Francisco

0:46.8

Bay Area, and I'm a family physician. I work at the Contra Costa Family Medicine Residency

0:52.8

program, and I'm the ready Director there, and I'm also the

0:56.0

executive producer of The Nocturnists. And I'm so excited to be on the AFP podcast. I've been

1:01.3

listening to it for a long time, and thank you so much for having me. Thank you so much, Dr. Block,

1:05.8

for coming on AFP podcast. We're going to start off right away with a clip from The Nocturnists. So this first

1:13.2

clip that we're going to listen to is from Malana Pabanito, and she was actually a resident at

1:18.5

the UCSF, San Francisco General residency program when she recorded this story. And she just

1:24.8

finished a fellowship in maternal health and is about to start her first grown-up

1:28.6

jobs.

1:29.1

So that's, I'm really excited for her.

1:31.1

And this has been one of my favorite stories for a long time.

1:34.3

Partly, I think your listeners will find that it's very relatable.

1:38.3

She's talking about a woman who comes into the ER who's dying and is DNRDNI.

1:43.2

And Milana talks about being really distracted

1:46.0

in that moment by the medical record and how that really takes away from the connection

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