How to be a Doctor, with Dr. Graham Walker

Roy Bahat talks with Dr. Graham Walker, an emergency physician at Kaiser San Francisco about what it's actually like to be a doctor.

They cover the full arc: from deciding to go into medicine in the first place, to navigating the ER as a team sport, to the administrative grind nobody talks about. Graham gets real about whether medicine is still worth it, what makes a good patient, and how geography shapes the culture of care. They also get into medical research: who does it, who funds it, and why you don't need a PhD to publish research. Looking to the future, they dig into how AI might finally fix the way doctors and patients talk past each other.

Chapters:

00:00:00 – Preview

00:06:46 – Training

00:38:35 – Clinical Work

02:34:12 – Research

02:43:42 – Administrative & Leadership

02:59:20 – Career Progression

03:56:16 – The System

04:04:43 – What Should You Do If You're Considering Medicine?

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