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Today’s episode of the Faculty Factory Podcast is a chat with Zainab Obaidi, MD. Dr. Obaidi shares some wellness-based habits and hacks that helped her cope with a year full of uncertainty.
Dr. Obaidi completed medical school at the University of Sharjah College of Medicine, followed by residency and chief residency at Southern Illinois University.
She then completed a 2-year hospitalist medicine fellowship with Johns Hopkins Medicine. She is pursuing a Master of Education in the Health Professions (MEHP) at Johns Hopkins in preparation for a career in medical education.
She is also a first-year nephrology fellow with Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Dr. Obaidi told us that one of the most important things for her has been acknowledging and accepting that this past year has been difficult.
“The reality is we are in a pandemic. There is no running away from this,” she told us.
Finding joy at work is especially important for dealing with difficult times she added. Dr. Obaidi encourages us to connect with patients and coworkers by simply asking how they are handling the pandemic as a conversation “icebreaker.”
We are all in this together as Dr. Obaidi tells us on today’s episode.
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