Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There | Brewer Eberly, MD

About this episode

Brewer Eberly, MD discusses the challenges physicians face in articulating their motivations for entering medicine amidst the complexities of medical training and healthcare systems.

Many of the world’s best physicians find it surprisingly difficult to answer the question: Why are you in medicine? In the long, arduous journey of medical training or within the technocratically-minded healthcare system, one can easily get lost in the life of the mind—and become estranged from the life of the heart. Our guest on this episode is Brewer Eberly, MD, a third-generation family physician and a fellow at Duke Divinity School’s Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative. Dr. Eberl...

People in this episode

Hosts: Henry Bair, Tyler Johnson

Guest: Brewer Eberly, MD

Topics covered

• medicine
• healthcare
• medical training
• physician experience
• theology
• culture

Keywords

• medicine
• physicians
• healthcare system
• medical training
• theology
• culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Duke Divinity School

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