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Medicine’s Respect Gap: The Hidden Load of Specialty Disrespect
Have you ever heard a student described as "too smart" for primary care? Or heard an admission dismissed as "soft"? In medicine, we often brush these off as locker room talk—but these moments are part of a phenomenon called Specialty Disrespect.
In this episode, Dr. Santina Wheat is joined by Dr. Jeff Weinfeld, a Professor of Family Medicine at Georgetown University. With over 25 years of experience, Dr. Weinfeld shares his research into "bad-mouthing" in medicine and how this hidden curriculum erodes teams, impacts patient safety, and fuels burnout.
Inside the Episode:
Defining the Gap…
The skinny
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