Doctor and More
From Our Voices, Our Future by Meghan Etsey, Rhea Manohar, Meenu Immaneni, and Laura Uricoechea
May 29, 2026 · 29 min · Season 3 · Episode 8
About this episode
Dr. Claire Oduwo discusses the importance of maintaining a sense of identity outside of medicine during training and practice.
In this episode of Our Voices, Our Future, we welcome Dr. Claire Oduwo, a psychiatrist and content creator, who reminds us of the importance of maintaining a sense of identity outside of medicine during training and into practice. During this episode, we talk about the importance, both personally and professionally, of maintaining a sense of identity outside of medicine. We discuss the pressures that trainees and practicing physicians face, which can keep many of us from discovering who we are outside of medicine and from fully being ourselves. We also touch on some of the unique pressures women in medicine may face that can make it harder to be and show who we are. To learn more about Dr. Oduwo, you can find her on social media: Instagram: @drclaireomd TikTok: @drclaireo You can also reach out to Dr. Oduwo via email: drclaireo@gmail.com You can find more information about the work AMWA’s Advocacy Committee has done and how to join their efforts here: https://www.amwa-doc.org/our-work/advocacy/ You can find more information about AMWA’s Gender Equity Task Force here: https://www.amwa-doc.org/our-work/initiatives/gender-equity-task-force/ If you are interested in joining the…
People in this episode
Hosts: Meghan Etsey, Rhea Manohar, Meenu Immaneni, Laura Uricoechea
Guest: Dr. Claire Oduwo
Topics covered
- identity in medicine
- mental health
- women in medicine
- physician training
- professional pressures
Keywords
- identity
- medicine
- psychiatrist
- women in medicine
- training pressures
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: AMWA, AMWA’s Advocacy Committee, AMWA’s Gender Equity Task Force
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