Listen "S. 5 E. 18 Navigating Motherhood in Medicine - Dr. Jenn Handrop"
Episode Synopsis
With Mother’s Day happening this month we wanted to do something special. In this episode, I am joined by guest host, Dr. Jenn Handrop. As a mother who just finished her doctorate, Jenn’s research hits very close to home. At our medical school we have more mothers and parents almost 30% compared to the national average of about 6%. Dr. Handrop takes a closer look at how mothers are navigating medical school, what the challenges are, what support looks like, and how we as a school (and medical schools in general) can do a better job supporting mothers. We are joined by three amazing medical student mothers, two second years and one third year. They are all in clinical training and fighting the good fight to have families and also pursue their dreams of becoming physicians. They also hold leadership positions in a group called WEWILL. I will let them introduce themselves. I want to thank this amazing group for taking the time to have this important conversation. The bottom line is we have work to do, we can do more to support mothers in medicine!
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