Zero-Shame Self-Care, with Catherine Florio Pipas, MD, MPH, FAAFP

04/24/23 • 37 min

STFM PODCAST - Academic Medicine Leadership Lessons

“Well-being is the oxygen mask that lets us assist others who are also in need of life-giving oxygen,“ says Catherine Florio Pipas, MD, MPH, FAAFP in this month’s episode. Dr Pipas steps forward and encourages us all to set aside the superhero culture and break free from the burnout cycle of medicine. She outlines specific ways we can build a culture of well-being at our institutions, in order to address the need for both systemic and personal change in the medical community. Throughout her interview, Dr Pipas also digs into how family physicians can—and should—take time daily to promote their own well-being.

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Guest Bio:
Catherine Florio Pipas, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Dr. Catherine Florio Pipas is Professor, Community & Family Medicine at Dartmouth. She has been recognized as a leader in education, research and clinical care with awards including the 2019 STFM Humanism in Medicine Award. Dr. Florio Pipas serves as Chair of the AAFP Physician Health First Initiative and the Wellbeing Educators Program and Co- Chair of the AAFP Leading Physician Well-being Program and. She is author of A Doctor’s Dozen: 12 Strategies for Personal Health and a Culture of Wellness. She is on the Administrative Board of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Council of Faculty and Academic Societies and Chairs the CFAS Faculty and Organizational Wellbeing Committee.
She grew up in Camden, NJ and received her Bachelor’s degree at Rutgers College in New Brunswick. She received her medical degree at Jefferson Medical College, and completed residency at Medical University of South Carolina, Faculty Development Fellowship at UNC- Chapel Hill and an MPH at Dartmouth. Dr. Florio Pipas speaks, consults, coaches, and collaborates locally, nationally, and globally with individuals, medical schools, residency programs, and healthcare organizations to advance personal and institutional wellbeing.

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Previous Episode

Direct Primary Care Practices From Three Points of View

In this episode, we’ve convened a panel of three physicians to open a window on a day in the life of a Direct Primary Care practice. And while it’s true that if you’ve seen one Direct Primary Care practice, you’ve seen one Direct Primary Care practice, our panelists show us how they made the leap, grew their practices, and made it all work. Each panelist shares how they crafted their DPC practices, with stories and perspectives on what it means to provide patient care in this model, while embracing the challenges of being a business owner.
Our panelists:

Erika Bliss, MD
Marguerite Duane, MD, MHA, FAAFP
Byron Jasper, MD, MPH

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Guest Bios:
Erika Bliss, MD:
Dr. Erika Bliss is a family physician and former CEO of Qliance, a direct primary care company that operated in the Puget Sound for 10 years with several clinics serving individuals, employers, and Medicaid. She is currently in solo practice in Seattle in the DPC model. Dr. Bliss has been active in the DPC movement since its inception and has been involved in local and national education and advocacy on the model. She currently has a solo DPC practice in Seattle called Equinox Primary Care.
Dr. Bliss received her medical education at University of California at San Diego and completed her residency training at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle. She has served in state and national medical leadership roles including the Washington Academy of Family Medicine, The American Academy of Family Medicine, The American Board of Family Medicine, and the Direct Primary Care Coalition.
Prior to studying medicine, Dr. Bliss studied Latin American History at San Francisco State University and received a Master’s in Latin American Studies at Stanford University.
Marguerite Duane, MD, MHA, FAAFP:
Dr. Marguerite Duane, a board-certified family physician, currently cares for patients in the DC metropolitan area via a direct primary care house-calls based practice, MD for Life. While she provides the full range of services to patients of all ages, she has additional expertise in restorative reproductive medicine and focuses her practice on females from adolescence through menopause. Dr. Duane is also co-founder and Executive Director of FACTS about Fertility, an organization dedicated to educating medical professionals and students about the scientific evidence supporting fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs). She serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Duquesne University and Georgetown University, where she directs an elective on FABMs and their role in women’s health and family planning. Additionally, she has served on the board of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the Family Medicine Education Consortium (FMEC).
Dr. Duane received her M.D. degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and completed her Family Medicine residency at L

Next Episode

Advocating for Protected Time at Your Institution with Timothy P. Graham, MD, MHPE

The magic formula to advocate for protected time at your institution is to speak the language of C-Suite executives. Timothy P. Graham, MD, MHPE, is here to coach us to use this language effectively when advocating at our home institutions, including creating an elevator speech and using data to effectively make a case for your request. Dr Graham also teaches us how to account for the needs of all stakeholders when making a case for your institution’s academic needs.

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Guest Bio:
Dr. Graham is the Chief Medical Officer at Mount Carmel Mount Carmel St. Ann’s in Westerville, Ohio and Mount Carmel New Albany in New Albany, Ohio. He also oversees Graduate Medical Education for Mount Carmel Health System. He is the former Program Director for the Mount Carmel Family Medicine Residency Program and the former Family Medicine Department Chair at Mount Carmel St. Ann's. He is a graduate of Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health and completed residency in Family Medicine at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He completed a Master of Health Professions Education at University of Illinois at Chicago and has interests in curriculum design, resident competency assessment, feedback and leadership development. He is the current Chair of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Graduate Medical Education Committee, Chair Elect of the Association of Hospital Medical Education Continuing Faculty and Professional Development Committee, a member of the STFM Board of Directors and a member of the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD) National Graduate Survey Oversight Committee. He previously served as a member of the STFM Residency Accreditation Toolkit Task Force and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Milestones 2.0 Workgroup. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief for the Family Medicine Residency Curriculum Resource. Dr. Graham is also Past President of the Central Ohio Academy of Family Physicians (COAFP.) Dr. Graham has presented extensively on graduate medical education topics including formative and summative feedback, competency assessment, advising and mentoring, and faculty development.

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https://www.stfm.org/stfmpodcast062023