Welcome back, clinical problem solvers. We're so excited for another schema episode.

Before we get into the scheme episode tonight, I just wanted to reflect on something.

And recently, I've been reflecting a lot on my experience in medical school, residency, and now as faculty, at the way some faculty mistreat learners.

And this comes in different flavors and is not unique to only one institution.

It's general.

And I brought this up on Twitter that is the disrespect or belittlement that occurs in the hospital

setting.

And I got a lot of insight from my med Twitter family.

And I want to draw three conclusions with you because this is something that I've dealt

with on few occasions towards myself.

And I've never forgot those occasions. And I know other people

have experienced it too. So these are the three conclusions I want to share with you tonight.

Number one, if you're a learner or a faculty member, know that you're not alone. If you're

ever disrespected or if anyone treats you in a way that makes you feel inferior,

know that it's happening to other individuals. And also note that that's not a reflection of you,

but a reflection of that individual. That's point number one. Point number two,

for my fellow faculty members, it's not enough to just

respect your learners, meaning you cannot stand as a bystander when you see someone mistreat

one of your trainees. You have to acknowledge it and you have to stand up to those

acts of aggression or microaggression. And point number three is the cookie jar concept. So when

this happens to you and it happens to all of us, meaning that someone sort of dismisses us

and we sort of develop an imposter syndrome. Think of the cookie jar concept. And I learned

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