After the introduction, listen chronologically or through the core episodes by topic below.
Busy, Hollow, & Demoralized What’s wrong with residency? There are so many ways to tackle this question and a popular topic among them is burnout. I’m not going to pepper
Beyond Surviving Residency Sir William Osler was by nearly all accounts a good physician and a good person. A quarter of “The Big 4” at Johns Hopkins & known as
Y’all don’t know this about me but I’m a long-term planner. If I’m not careful it’s easier for me to start planning 5-10 years in the future and lose sight
Reclaiming Your Margins “I don’t have time for this.” How many times have you thought or said that throughout your medical training? You know, where it feels like one interruption
A Way Forward Despite the Dementors The “soul-sucking fiends” in the wizarding world of Harry Potter drain happiness & hope from the world around them with a final “kiss” that
A Christocentric Perspective on Physician Spiritual Wellness This post discusses physician spiritual wellness by approaching it from a “christocentric” perspective in order to explore what this concept could mean for
7 Ways to Support a Resident If you don’t know what residency is, it is a period of 3-5 years after physicians graduate from medical school where they continue their
Moral Formation in the “Hidden Curriculum” A man in a red & white striped shirt with a matching bobble hat, brown hair, black glasses, blue jeans, and usually carrying a
A Conceptual Framework for a “good physician” Think back to before the pandemic. I know it’s hard and 2019 seems like a distant memory, but before the word coronavirus was
RESIDENT STORIES Episode Description: This week, Ben sits down with David – a dermatology resident in Scottsdale, AZ – to reflect on the residency experience. We touch on David’s journey
RESIDENT STORIES Episode Description Ben sits down with Dr. Kain Weaver a 3rd year psychiatry resident in Charlotte North Carolina and friend from medical school. Kain shares his own medical
RESIDENT STORIES Episode Description Ben sits down with Christine – a Pediatrics Resident in San Antonio TX – to reflect on the residency experience. They discuss the journey in residency
With Dr. Jonathan Imber Episode Description: Today, Ben chats with professor of sociology Dr. Jonathan Imber about his book “Trusting Doctors, the Decline of Moral Authority in American Medicine” which
With Dr. Aaron Preston & Dr. Steve Porter Episode Description: This week Ben chats with professors of philosophy Dr. Steve Porter and Aaron Preston about moral knowledge – what it
With Dr. Warren Kinghorn Episode Description: This week Ben chats with Dr. Warren Kinghorn to talk about medical education as moral formation from an Aristotelian perspective. We touch on the
Dr. Benjamin Long
Dr. Long is a Sleep Medicine Physician & Assistant Professor of Pediatrics living in Anchorage Alaska with his wife, son, & their dog Rolo. He is the son of a pastor & artist, and the third of six kids. His academic interests vary from pediatric sleep medicine topics to the focus of Beyond Surviving Residency – spiritual wellness and moral burnout in residency.
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