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b"Our doctors help to keep us well, but who looks after the doctors when they're struggling with stress, exhaustion and overwhelm?\\n\\nMy guest today is Dr Rebekah Hoffman, a GP (General Practitioner) in regional NSW, a University lecturer and a PhD candidate at the University of Wollongong. As a junior doctor Rebekah began to struggle with the effects of long hours, limited sleep and a heavy workload. Following a holiday during which she realised that she was no longer the person she wanted to be, she changed the trajectory of her career and began to research the effects of stress and burnout on her fellow junior doctors.\\n\\nIn this conversation Rebekah explains:\\n\\n \\u2022The challenging nature of work as an early career doctor - the hours, the workload and the expectations\\n \\u2022The social and technological changes that make medicine today a vastly more complex field than it once was\\n \\u2022The psychology of a junior doctor - the expectations of self that both drive and sometimes thwart those who pursue the profession\\n \\u2022Her research into stress and burnout in junior doctors and the three factors that contribute to it\\n\\nRebekah and I also explore:\\n\\n \\u2022Her tips for self care and preventing burnout - tips that apply to all of us\\n \\u2022The important role of mentors in medicine and allied professions\\n \\u2022The media-driven changes that are shaping the profession for future generations.\\n\\nThis is a must-listen conversation for early career doctors, medical students and those who teach, care, work with and support them.\\n\\nFind out more at potential.com.au/podcast\\n\\n--- \\n\\nSend in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potentialpsychology/message"