Ep11: Dr. Katie Jobbins, DO on how shame affects how we listen and feel as physicians and mothers

In this episode, I have an epiphany about shame as related to feeling emotions, courtesy of Dr. Katie Jobbins! I have never connected shame with mothering or doctoring, and I need to think about it more. See what you think! Dr. Katie Jobbins, DO, MS, FACP is an Associate Program Director in the Internal Medicine Department at UMMS-Baystate in Springfield, MA, a primary care internist at High Street Health Center Adult, and an academic Hospitalist at Baystate Medical Center. Dr. Jobbins received her undergraduate degree in Nutrition Science from Syracuse University and her Masters in Science from Case Western Reserve University in Nutrition and Metabolism. She attended Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine where she graduated in 2010.  Initially, Dr. Jobbins started her training in general surgery residency at the Cleveland Clinic--South Pointe but after 2 years found her true passion was in Internal Medicine. She completed 3 years of Internal Medicine at Baystate Medical Center and stayed on to be Chief Resident in 2015-2016. In her current role as Associate Program Director in the UMMS-Baystate Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. Jobbins serves as a primary care preceptor in the resident clinic, an academic hospitalist, director of the resident self-reflection, wellness, and ambulatory quality improvement curriculums, co-director of the humanities track, and director of the Chief Resident leadership curriculum for the health system.  She also leads the “Be the Change Social Justice” working group focusing on health inequities in patient care and in medical education. Dr. Jobbins is also an Assistant Professor at UMMS-Baystate. She is an active member both nationally and locally in SGIM, AMA, AMWA, and the ACP. She currently serves as the Meeting Chair for the New England Regional SGIM chapter. In the Massachusetts ACP Chapter, she is the immediate past co-chair of the Early Career Physician Council (CECP) and was an active member of the Governor’s council. She currently is on the National CECP.  She recently won one of the AMA Inspiration Awards for her work in medical education and was AMWA’s 2021 recipient of the Exceptional Mentor Award.