Finding Your Voice and Your Why: Dr Patricia Tempski on Purpose, People, and Medical Education

Dr Patricia Tempski is Associate Professor at the University of São Paulo and a senior researcher at the Centre for the Development of Medical Education. With more than twenty years of experience in medical education, Patricia’s work spans quality of life, faculty development, and accreditation.In this episode of the KIPRIME podcast, Patricia reflects on her professional journey and how the KIPRIME experience has helped her step back and consider where she wants to focus her energy next. She shares how caring for people and helping them flourish has always been at the heart of her work, whether with students, faculty, or institutions.Patricia's conversation with Alina Jenkins also explores the realities of medical education in Brazil, the importance of strong faculty development, the role of mentorship, and what it means to move from asking “what” and “how” to searching for “why”.Patricia also speaks powerfully about finding her voice as a woman working in the Global South, the courage to be authentic, and why embracing imperfection is part of being heard in global academic spaces.