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22. Existential MedLife Crisis
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22. Existential MedLife Crisis

With Cardiologist/YouTuber Dr. Rohin Francis

The problem with physicians is that their talents are underutilized. They spend a lot of time on administrative bs and could spend a lot more improving the lives of their patients - but they’re not really trained to handle 21st century health questions.

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01:31 Taking ourselves too seriously

05:22 Quackery and the Health Podcast circuit (MAHA)

09:04 Regulatory Bodies and approval of medicines

11:41 Drugs that don’t work and surgeries that don’t need to be done

14:25 Utilitarian ethics and functional medicine

17:31 Specialization and time constraints in medicine

22:11 Functional Medicine in lieu of Family Medicine

26:42 Algor-icians

30:00 The Role of Doctors in Decision-Making

33:00 Physicians need more ethical training

34:06 The roles we play on social media

35:43 Rohin’s crush on Andrew Huberman

41:29 How COVID-Related Content Proliferated

42:37 The self-fulfilling prophecy of scientific investigation

44:08 Who is still talking about COVID

48:20 Dorks & Psychos

52:15 Science v art people

55:51 Interventions that don’t need evidence

57:27 The False dichotomy of staying in One’s Lane

01:06:21 “Don’t Confuse Your Google Search with My Medical Degree”

01:09:24 Why we need philosophy in medical training

01:12:30 Health Over-Optimization

01:14:00 Existential Medicrisis and Dealing with the Unknown

01:17:01 Big Nerve Question

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