Advice for Navigating the Field of Medicine with Dr. Maria Maldonado

Sarah Theiner continues her conversation with Maria Maldonado, MD, FACP by diving deeper into how she approaches the concerns facing physicians and medical students.  This is a great discussion no matter where you are on your career journey!  Topics include:

- Narrative Medicine
- Advocating for yourself and your patients
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Advice for creating your authentic aspiration

"I honestly think that if all of us got together, we could really disrupt the system...We need to really own the power that we have and it starts with the individual decisions that you make for yourself." - Dr. Maria Maldonado

Chapters

• 0:15 Introduction
• 0:31 Advocating for Yourself and Patients
• 3:17 Advice for creating your authentic aspiration in a maze of contradictions
• 7:24 Narrative Medicine
• 9:43 Navigating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion