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Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

Clinical Challenges in Surgical Education: Exploring Professional Development Time (PDT) and Professional Identity Formation (PIF)

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

Science, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Education

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, podcast hosts Dr. Josh Roshal, Dr. Darian Hoagland, and Dr. Maya Hunt discuss the ins and outs of professional development time (PDT) and professional identity formation (PIF) during surgical training. Joined by insights from fellow CoSEF members, the team dives into key topics such as mentorship, timing, and making the most of this critical phase in residency. From rapid-fire tips to personal reflections, this episode offers a wealth of advice for trainees considering their PDT and PIF..

Episode Hosts:
–Dr. Josh Roshal, University of Texas Medical Branch, @Joshua_Roshal, [email protected]
–Dr. Darian Hoagland, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, @DHoaglandMD, [email protected]
–Dr. Maya Hunt, Indiana University, @dr_mayathehunt, [email protected]
–CoSEF: @surgedfellows, cosef.org

Guests: 
-Dr. Ariana Naaseh, Washington University in St. Louis, @ariananaaseh, [email protected]
-Dr. Colleen McDermott, University of Utah, @ColleenMcDMD, [email protected]
-Dr. Shahnur Ahmed, Indiana University, [email protected]
-Dr. Xinyi “Cathy” Luo, Tulane University, @DoctorSoySauce, [email protected]
-Dr. Ananya Anand, Stanford University, @AnanyaAnandMD, [email protected]

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0:00.0

Behind the Night, the Surgery Podcast, relevant the collaboration of surgical education fellows or Kosef. My name is Josh Rochall. I'm a general surgery resident at the Brigham in Boston and a surgical education fellow at the branch in Galveston, Texas.

0:38.5

Last time, we talked about how to navigate the hidden curriculum of the main residency match.

0:43.2

In this episode, we're going to be talking about another complex and nuanced topic,

0:47.3

personal and professional identity development during surgical training.

0:51.2

Lucky for you listeners out there, the great doctors, Darien Hoagland, and Maya Hunt

0:55.2

are joining me as my co-hosts for our discussion. By the way, you'll want to stay tuned until

0:59.6

the end of the episode to get some practical tips for your blossoming career.

1:03.1

Hey, everybody. I am Darian Hoagland, a general surgery resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical

1:08.5

Center in Boston in my second year of academic development

1:11.7

time as a simulation fellow. I am super excited about this topic. I feel like medical students,

1:17.6

residents, and even faculty struggle with the rat race of becoming a doctor where everything

1:22.1

just feels like a means to an end. Yeah, I absolutely agree with that, Darian. I'm Maya Hunt.

1:27.0

I'm a general surgery resident at

1:28.6

Indiana University in my second year of professional development time as an education fellow,

1:33.5

and I'm also obtaining my master's and health professions education from UIC. This is a really big topic,

1:39.4

and I'm pumped to get into it. Like, what is a surgeon? Why are we surgeons? How do we want to be as surgeons? It's

1:47.0

fascinating to think about. Wait, wait. Before we get started, for all you new listeners out there,

1:52.0

you might be wondering, what the heck is Kosef? Well, we're a multi-institutional organization of

1:57.2

Surgical Education Research Fellows working together to foster peer mentorship, networking,

2:01.7

and scholarly collaboration. We meet every week to discuss ongoing research efforts by individuals

2:07.0

or by smaller groups within KOSF. And we collaborate with larger groups like the Association

2:11.8

for Surgical Education and the American College of Surgeons as well. Put it simple, we're by-residents

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