Stepping Away, Speaking Up: What Medicine Gets Wrong About Those Who Leave

The following is a commentary by Dana Corriel, MD, author of Why We Left: When Medicine Judges the Physicians, But Never Itself. In this introspective episode of From Print to Pod, Dr. Dana Corriel turns the mic inward to reflect on her own journey of stepping away from clinical medicine. Sparked by a viral LinkedIn post and the SoMeDocs magazine article she wrote, she shares the emotional fallout of facing peer judgment, the systemic issues that continue to drive physicians out, and powerful reactions from other doctors who have walked the same path. Through a mix of personal experience and curated comments from the medical community, Dr. Corriel challenges the narrative that physicians are to blame for leaving—and instead asks why medicine itself escapes critique.Send us a message to tell us what you loved about the show!Doctorsonsocialmedia.com, or SoMeDocs for short, is a healthcare omnimedia platform committed to promoting autonomy for the individuals in healthcare. Subscribe to our newsletter to not miss our new articles, episodes, or events: https://doctorsonsocialmedia.com/subscribe. Contact us anytime, at [email protected]  (please note that we receive many emails and may not respond to all).