Family Planning for Docs - Thriving or Surviving?
This podcast is an extension of our platform at www.familyplanningfordocs.com, a website created for Canadian medical trainees to highlight useful information about family planning in a medical career. Our group has a mission to inform medical trainees about their options regarding family planning while navigating training, career and personal life.
Our research has demonstrated that personal stories are highly impactful and we hope to provide access to a diverse number of stories to current trainees. On our podcast, we hope to capture the stories of medical professionals who have navigated the training process and a medical career while planning parenthood, parenting and the support along the way.
Episodes
23 episodes
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Samira Jeimy
“We advocated to the OMA for early supports, like a birth doula, lactation support, increased IVF support, how important this is and how infertility rates in physicians are up to 40%. We were able to get a lot of things done. I feel like the sy...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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31:48
Thriving or Surviving with Abby Kapsack
“I was going to go to medical school, but I wasn’t going to let that dictate how I made other life choices. Starting a family was always something that was very important for me. The best thing you can give yourself is a life you will have no r...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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32:07
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Shirin Dason
“I would say know yourself as a person, and understand yourself outside of your role as a doctor, outside of your career in medicine, because it's just part of who you are. It's not all of who you are.” - Dr. Shirin DasonIn thi...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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37:10
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Bev Young
“We love having kids because we see them as better versions of ourselves, and we have the opportunity to try and guide them into people who are just really good people.” - Dr. Bev YoungIn this episode, we chat with Dr. Bev Youn...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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43:25
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Andrea Copeland
“I think it's just important to decide what you want in your career and decide what you want in your personal life, and not let one stop you from achieving your goals in the other. Because you just need to make the decision and then figure ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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23:50
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Heather Shapiro
“I guess people looking at me from the outside must have thought that I had to make a decision or a compromise between a career and a family, but I always knew that I was going to do both.” - Dr. Heather ShapiroIn this episode,...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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20:59
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Peter Ferguson
“The first thing I’m going to say, and this is what I encourage to all our residents, is to ensure that you do set aside prioritized time.” - Dr. Peter FergusonIn this episode, we chat with Dr. Peter Ferguson, an Orthopedic sur...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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27:17
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Sharon Domb
“Part of what physician wellness ends up being is your ability to balance your career with your parenting goals” - Dr. Sharon DombIn this episode, we chat with Dr. Sharon Domb, an academic family physician at Sunnybro...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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34:48
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Sarah Patterson
“You can still have, you know, a wholesome, fulfilling and satisfying life, even if you always wanted kids and don't get them as you go through life” - Dr. Sarah PattersonIn this episode, we chat with Dr. Sarah Patterson, a Hematologist...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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22:13
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Sony Sierra
“You have to have the mindset to just deal and keep moving. And I feel that was something that helped me through those tough years”. - Dr. Sony SierraIn this episode, we chat with Dr. Sony Sierra, an OB/GYN and REI sp...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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31:12
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Liza Pulcine
“I think the best part about kids is sitting back and just enjoying life and special moments”. - Dr. Liza PulcineIn this episode, we chat with Dr. Liza Pulcine, a pediatric neurologist and associate program director at SickKids Hospital...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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39:03
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Elisa Greco
“You know, the old adage is, “It takes a village” - Dr. Elisa GrecoIn this episode, we chat with Dr. Elisa Greco, a vascular surgeon and program director for the Vascular Surgery Program at the University of Toronto. We ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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30:57
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Crystal Chan
“So that recognition that you're only human and that you have to step back sometimes…but you have to, because that's what you have to do”. - Dr. Crystal ChanIn this episode, we chat with Dr. Crystal Chan, an OB/GYN and REI s...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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21:06
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Dawn Armstrong
“Make sure to constantly be checking in with yourself and taking care of yourself for the longevity of you” - Dr. Dawn ArmstrongIn this episode, we chat with Dr. Dawn Armstrong, a resident physician in the Department of Psychia...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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36:47
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Jocelyn Charles
“As physicians, we need to live through the hard parts in order to have empathy for those we care for” - Dr. Jocelyn CharlesIn this episode, we chat with Dr. Jocelyn Charles, a family physician and associate professor in the De...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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20:31
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Stephanie Chan
“I’m just going to do what I can with what I have - which is a very engineering way to think” - Dr. Stephanie ChanIn this episode, we chat with Dr. Stephanie Chan, an ophthalmologist working in Ottawa, Canada. We lear...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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26:41
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Tess Fitzpatrick
“This whole process, even with all the support, is very isolating. Having someone to talk to and having people around you is critical” - Dr. Tess FitzpatrickIn this episode, we chat with Dr. Tess Fitzpatrick, a neurologist worki...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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26:08
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Pip Houghton
“Your family needs you to be well” - Dr. Pip HoughtonIn this episode, we chat with Dr. Pip Houghton, a rural family doctor and mother of 3. We talk about perinatal mental health, postpartum depression, transitioning from medical...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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36:48
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Dionne Gesink
“Your children are only loaned to you, so use the time that you have with them” - Dr. Dionne Gesink In this episode, we sit down and talk to Dr. Dionne Gesink, a Professor in Epidemiology and Associate D...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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35:39
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Stephen
“Google Calendar becomes another member of the family” - Dr. Stephen In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Stephen, a family physician and palliative care doctor, about his experiences with family building. We chat a...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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21:39
Thriving or Surviving with Dr. Maxime Billick & Dr. Joseph
I once had a professor tell me: “It’s easy to forget to have children.” - Dr. Maxime BillickIn this episode, Radha chats with Dr. Maxime Billick, an Infectious Disease resident physician, and Dr. Joseph, a family physician, about...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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32:59
