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Pamela Wible Reports

by Pamela Wible MD

Pamela Wible, M.D., reports medical news, politics, and culture. Known for her original investigative reporting on medical student/physician suicide and human rights violations in medicine, Dr. Wible takes on taboo topics that impact your life now. She features whistleblower stories and champions change agents who challenge our culture and beliefs while offering practical tips and business strategies for those who value independence, innovation, and truth.

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Episodes

  1. Depressed Doctor: How To Get Confidential Mental Health Care

    Can depressed doctors get emotional help without license repercussions? Is it even possible for physicians to get confidential mental health care? Read full article: https://www.idealmedicalcare.org/depressed-doctor-how-to-get-confidential-mental-health-help-for-physicians/

  2. Launch a coaching practice—with no medical license

    Tonight's advanced business strategy session on how to add a consulting/coaching arm to your ideal clinic—or maybe even go 100% coaching . . . a great "retirement" gig :) THIS IS FOR YOU IF . . . 1. You are unmatched to residency, did not complete residency or do not have an active medical…

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  3. Start your nonprofit clinic & get your loans forgiven

    Interview by Dr. Pamela Wible with physician Dr. Kendra Campbell who launched a nonprofit clinic. We discuss pros and cons of nonprofit clinic business model.

  4. Telemedicine tips & tricks

    Launch your telemedicine practice now.

  5. Creating a Culture of Wellness (Keynote)

    Dr. Wible's keynote on preventing physician suicide and creating a culture of wellness among orthopaedic surgeons, anesthesiologists, and veterinarians. Concepts apply to all specialties and professions. Culture can make or break individuals, teams, and your medical institution. Organizational...

  6. Death row health care (stand-up comedy)

    Full transcript & more: https://www.idealmedicalcare.org/death-row-health-care-stand-up-comedy/

  7. Beloved doctor dies in "physician health program." Husband wants to know why.

    Full transcript here: https://www.idealmedicalcare.org/beloved-doctor-dies-in-physician-health-program-her-husband-wants-to-know-why/

  8. Preventing "Happy" Doctor Suicides

    Dr. Wible reveals the results of her investigation into more than 1,300 doctor suicides—and shares simple solutions to medicine's hidden epidemic. Listen in to Psych Congress 2019 closing keynote for an uplifting and life-changing education on why "happy" doctors die by suicide and how you can...

  9. Keynote: Physician Suicide—Prevention & Intervention

    Dr. Wible shares result from her 7-year investigation into doctor suicides at the Pennsylvania Medical Society Physician Resilience Summit on June 5, 2019.

  10. Frank H Netter MD School of Medicine Commencement 2019 (Pamela Wible MD)

    Frank H Netter MD School of Medicine Commencement 2019. Pamela Wible MD share her most inspiring patients with the graduates.

  11. Living your spiritual calling in medicine

    Dr. Pamela Wible presents strategies for living your spiritual calling in medicine to medical students at University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine in San Antonio, Texas. Three-hour block for second-year students with two-hour presentation and one-hour question/answer…

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  12. Medicine's willful blindness to overworked doctors

    BBC Business Daily report on overworked doctors—a global crisis.

  13. Healing our healers—Honoring Florida physicians we lost to suicide

    Dr. Wible shares the lives of three Florida physicians lost to suicide a Volusia County Medical Society followed by a panel discussion.

  14. Why I love my (homemade) EMR

    Here's how I created my own EMR for zero cost and I'm having a blast! You can too!

  15. Secrets to loving your life in healthcare

    Lively keynote address to hundreds of pre-health career students. Here's how you decide the best path to a profession that you will LOVE!

  16. How to fall in love with your electronic medical records

    How doctors can finally love the EMR (or go back to index cards)

  17. Dr. Wible interviewed on physician suicide

    After her keynote "Finding your bliss—beating physician burnout," Dr. Wible is interviewed on our doctor suicide crisis and how we can change medical culture.

  18. Finding your bliss—beating physician "burnout"

    Wildest keynote! Singing and dancing across stage with 4000 doctors in Las Vegas. Rowdiest audience EVER! Interrupted by clapping 13 times and laughing all the way through! 100% funnest talk I've ever delivered. ENJOY . . . and the quick 3-minute colonic cleanse for "burnout" is revealed!

  19. Oklahoma doctor suicides—13 reasons why

    Remembering those we lost, ending suicide censorship & saving the lives of our beloved physicians in Oklahoma and across the globe.

  20. 1103 doctor suicides and 13 reasons why

    Dr. Wible reviews 13 case studies from her suicide registry with more than 1100 doctor suicides—and offers solutions to our physician suicide epidemic.

  21. Eulogy to 10,000 doctors

    500 doctors gathered in NYC for a 2-day event culminating in this memorial march to eulogize the tens of thousands of doctors we've lost to suicide—and to demand justice.

  22. 33 orthopaedic surgeon suicides. How to prevent #34.

    My data from more than 1000 doctor suicides I've investigated including 33 orthopaedic surgeons reveals some simple solutions to prevent the loss of our doctors to suicide. Presnted as a keynote at the Chicago Orthopaedic Symposium on 8/18/18 and fully transcribed here:...

  23. Doctor Suicide Crazy Socks Day is June 1

    After losing 3 doctors to suicide from one building—Mount Sinai sent out a mass email on May 30th asking their staff to "consider wearing odd socks" on June 1 to support "International Physician Mental Awareness Day" along with an image of a resident face palming with pugs on left pink sock and...

  24. AMSA Keynote with Dr. Pamela Wible, Robyn Symon, John Dietl

    March 10, 2018 keynote address to the American Medical Student Association discussing the Do No Harm documentary. Delivered by Dr. Pamela Wible, Robyn Symon, John Dietl with poignant Q/A with premedical and medical students.

  25. Should I pay & should I go to medical school?

    How to know if medical school is the right path for you. Plus free session with mentors Dr. Pamela Wible and Daniel Herzberg who can help you figure out what to do next.

  26. Medical School Manslaughter?

    Encouraging anyone to die by suicide is sick. Giving instructions is deadly. Getting a salary to do it is criminal. Some medical school professors tell students to die by suicide—often with step-by-step instructions. Should these instructors be convicted of manslaughter when students follow their...

  27. Physician Suicide Letters—Answered (FREE Audiobook)

    This FREE audiobook (the unabridged recording of Physician Suicide Letters—Answered by Pamela Wible, M.D.) is read by the author and is dedicated to all medical students, to every child who has ever dreamed of being a doctor, and to all those who have lost their lives in pursuit of healing…

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  28. Suicide censorship? Grieving mom speaks out.

    "I lost my son Sean Petro on Mother's Day 2016. Not only did I lose my only child the day he chose to end his life. I lost all my friends/family too!" Dr. Wible shares one mother's letter and suggests how we might prevent future suicides.

  29. What depressed doctors do (when nobody's looking)

    What do depressed doctors do? They have affairs, drink alcohol, smoke pot, steal prescriptions, binge-eat crap, scream, suffer silently, exercise obsessively, and die by suicide. Here's why.

  30. Are you an employee, a business owner, or an entrepreneur?

    Hate your job? You may be in the right profession, but in the wrong position for your personality. Want to love your life and career? Step one: discover whether you are an employee, a business owner, or an entrepreneur. Here's how to figure it out.

  31. I lost my son to suicide. What can I do?

    A grieving mother shares a letter from her son, a physician who just died by suicide. Dr. Wible shares advice, insight, and a call to action for us all.

  32. Meet the happiest nurse practitioner in Alaska

    Christine Sagan opened her clinic in a broom closet. She says, "I never thought in a million years that hundreds of thousands of dollars would be just rolling in." Here's how she did it . . .

  33. 2017 Loyola Commencement Speech

    Dr. Pamela Wible, nominated the "most inspiring individual" by the graduating class of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, delivers the Commencement Speech on May 20, 2017.

  34. Medicine nearly killed her soul. How one doctor got her life back.

    Dr. Kayla Luhrs explains how she is overcoming the trauma of her training by practicing medicine in her dream clinic. Podcast rcorded at Dr. Wible's physician retreat at Breitenbush Hot Springs May 2017.

  35. How to be inspirational

    A medical student recently asked for my guidance on inspiration and keeping a positive attitude amid so much pain and suffering. He wondered how I "willingly drink in the most heart-wrenching of fodder, yet exude even larger volumes of love." So on today's mentorship call, I'll share how to be...

  36. Should I go to a brand-name medical school?

    Is it worth it to attend a brand-name medical school? Here's why I chose a less-prestigious school and why I love my decision.

  37. Town loves doctor. Gives her free rent, cookies and $100,000 check!

    Meet Dr. Mary Ellen Hoffman—the happiest doctor in New York. For good reason!

  38. I hate myself. I don't deserve to be a doctor.

    Dr. Wible answers a letter from a medical student who suffers from Impostor syndrome, a condition in which high-achieving individuals are unable to internalize their accomplishments and they fear being exposed as a fraud. Remember: Nobody knows what they're doing when they start medical school.

  39. Pregnant physicians punished (& babies die)

    Four female physicians share their life & death experiences. Miscarriages from overwork. Sexual harassment. Threats of termination. No legal protection.

  40. Sleep-deprived doctors dying

    Doctors are dying in car crashes at an alarming rate around the world. Now that the US will force new doctors to work up to 28-hour shifts, the death toll is likely to rise.

  41. Sleep-deprived docs disclose hospital horrors

    Today the ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) made the reckless decision to increase work hours to 28-hour shifts for new doctors. Here are the catastrophic consequences of their decision.

  42. 10 signs it's time to quit your job

    Here are 10 warning signs that will help you determine if it's time to quit your job. If you can relate to any of these, please quit now.

  43. Don't think you're a victim? You may be the victimizer.

    How can we stop abuse? Oppressors won't apologize spontaneously. Change depends on the victims. Here's the problem: victims who don't realize they're victims are at high risk of becoming victimizers—thus perpetuating the cycle of abuse. Here's how to break free.

  44. Dying by Karōshi 過労死 (excessive work death)

    In Japan working yourself to death is actually in the dictionary. Karoshi is a word that literally means overwork death. The "Karōshi Line" (defined as a 60-hour work week) dictates the threshold over which a wrongful death lawsuit may be filed for government compensation. How many hours could…

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  45. How to say no for people pleasers

    People pleasers are dangerous. They actually end up hurting people. Don't be TOO NICE anymore. Please.

  46. Doctor's suicide an 'inconvenience' for patients

    Jon Azkue, a Chicago-area doctor, died by suicide just before completing his training. I first reported his death a few years ago. This is a follow-up story on his suicide. What really happened to Dr. Azkue? And why? In this podcast I break the silence on one doctor's suicide.

  47. Doctor revived after suicide. Here's what he says. (and what I say)

    In this podcast, I share insights from a doc who barely survived his suicide attempt plus simple ways to prevent the next suicide. Listen in. You may save a life.

  48. A doctor's love letter to a doctor

    A special Valentines' letter takes you into the heart & soul of two physicians with a message of hope for everyone.

  49. A Valentine's plea for doctors

    For all of you hard-core docs who put everyone's needs ahead of your own, please stop the self-abuse. Love yourself first.

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Pamela Wible, M.D., reports medical news, politics, and culture. Known for her original investigative reporting on medical student/physician suicide and human rights violations in medicine, Dr. Wible takes on taboo topics that impact your life now. She features whistleblower stories and champions change agents who challenge our culture and beliefs while offering practical tips and business strategies for those who value independence, innovation, and truth.

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