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The Day Shift

The Day Shift

The Day Shift 56 Episodes Jul 14, 2025

A podcast that aims to change how diversity, equity, and inclusion are discussed in the medical field. The title refers to the daytime hospital shift when new teams bring fresh perspectives and advance patient care. The show seeks to introduce more inclusive approaches to healthcare diversity issues, move away from avoidance and fatigue, and turn classroom concepts into everyday conversations and applications.

Episodes

Alaska Tribal Health System - A Model for Rural Healthcare
Alaska Tribal Health System - A Model for Rural Healthcare Jul 14, 2025 2078 Join us in learning from Dr. Nora Nagaruk about the ingenuity of the Alaska Tribal Health System and the ways it rises to the challenges of rural healthcare in a culturally integrated manner.We dedicate this episode to the families and communities impacted by the crash of Bering Air flight #445 on February 6, 2025, in which 10 people died about 30 miles outside Nome, Alaska. A community health aid
Parenting in Medicine, Part 2 – A Conversation with Dr. Charlie Goldberg
Parenting in Medicine, Part 2 – A Conversation with Dr. Charlie Goldberg May 7, 2025 1858 Learn with us from Dr. Charlie Goldberg, an internist and leader in graduate medical education, about the impacts of parenting on career development and advancement in medicine, as well as the leave protections specifically granted to physician trainees during their residency and fellowship years.Learning ObjectivesUnderstand how family planning can differ between physicians and non-physicians.Kno
Parenting in Medicine, Part 1 – A Conversation with Dr. Brindha Bhavan
Parenting in Medicine, Part 1 – A Conversation with Dr. Brindha Bhavan Apr 29, 2025 2004 Join us as we learn from Dr. Brindha Bhavan, an OB/GYN and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility specialist. about some of the unique challenges that healthcare providers face in becoming parents, and different pathways of fertility preservation and infertility treatments that are available.Learning ObjectivesUnderstand differences in fertility and family planning between physicians and non-p
(Under)Representation Series: Occupational Therapy
(Under)Representation Series: Occupational Therapy Mar 14, 2025 2095 Make use of the rare opportunity to hear a highly underrepresented voice in Occupational Therapy, learn about his very unexpected path into his career, and brainstorm strategies that all of us, whether in healthcare or not, can utilize to increase the recruitment and retention of underrepresented OTs.Learning Objectives:Recognize and understand the importance of listening to the diverse voices of
Disability and Medical Education, Part 2
Disability and Medical Education, Part 2 Nov 4, 2024 1523 Join us for Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Lisa Meeks, a leader on disabilities in medical education and our friend from the Docs with Disabilities podcast, which she founded and co-hosts. Dr. Meeks discusses the prevalence of disabilities across the training and career spectrum, the risks of disclosure that students and physicians with disabilities face, and the resources of which we should
Disability and Medical Education, Part 1
Disability and Medical Education, Part 1 Sep 20, 2024 1864 Join us as we learn from Dr. Lisa Meeks, a leader on disabilities in medical education and our friend from the Docs with Disabilities podcast, which she founded and co-hosts. Dr. Meeks discusses the multifaceted aspects of disability identity, centering persons with disability in our language and conversations, and the challenges posed by disclosure.Learning Objectives:Evaluate the multifaceted as
Equity in (Local) Global Health
Equity in (Local) Global Health Aug 20, 2024 2931 Whether at home or abroad, healthcare workers are constantly encountering patients and colleagues of varied and sometimes unfamiliar backgrounds, requiring continual growth in their cultural humility, language equity, and resourcefulness in collaboration. Join us as we learn from the unique first-hand experience that Dr. Lisa Camara and Christopher Chow have had in the Seafarer’s Medical Clinic, a
Mental Health and Burnout, Part 2
Mental Health and Burnout, Part 2 May 30, 2024 1884 We're closing out Mental Health Awareness Month with the 2nd part of our discussion of burnout. Join us as we learn from Dr. Anand Jagannath, a clinician educator hospitalist who experienced burnout as an early career physician, and then learned strategies that individuals and institutions can implement to better recognize and combat burnout.Learning Objectives:Learn and be able to recognize
Mental Health and Burnout, Part 1
Mental Health and Burnout, Part 1 Feb 23, 2024 1595 Burnout has unfortunately become an exceedingly common experience for healthcare workers, even independent of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, we start a conversation about burnout, its signs/symptoms, and its potential repercussions with Internal Medicine resident Dr. Allison Ibarra.Learning Objectives:Define burnout according to the World Health Organization.Learn and be able to recognize
Physicians with Disabilities – A Conversation with Dr. John Hall
Physicians with Disabilities – A Conversation with Dr. John Hall Dec 8, 2023 1909 In this compelling episode, Dr. Candace Sprott engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Dr. John Hall, a seasoned Internal Medicine physician with a unique perspective on disability in the medical field. Dr. Hall shares his remarkable career journey, highlighting the challenges he faced and the pivotal decision to transition from Obstetrics and Gynecology to Internal Medicine due to his ph
Pediatric-to-Adult Transitions of Care, Part 2: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Pediatric-to-Adult Transitions of Care, Part 2: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Oct 25, 2023 2996 Pick up where we left off in Part 1 (Season 4, Episode 3) by applying the pediatric-to-adult transitions strategies we learned in that episode to a specific patient population: those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD), like Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Transitions can be one of the most trying and health-destabilizing things a young person and their caregivers experience. In
Disparities in Diagnostic Reasoning
Disparities in Diagnostic Reasoning Oct 11, 2023 3378 Join us in learning from our wonderful guests, Dr. Denise Connor (hospitalist and groundbreaking leader in curriculum development for diagnostic reasoning and anti-oppression) and Dr. Cristina Gonzalez (hospitalist and internationally renowned expert in the development of skills-based curricular interventions in implicit bias recognition and management). Dr. Connor and Dr. Gonzalez teach us how to

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