Dr. Katherine DeOreo Lackritz, MD, Clinical Assosciate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology here at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Lackritz received a BA at Carleton college, completed here medical degree at University of Vermont, and completed here residency at Long Island Jewish Hospital (now referred to as Northwell). She has received multiple awards as a professor including recently the Jefferson Award for Outstanding teaching in 2022, excellence in teaching, and distinguished teaching. As such she has participated in in developing the curriculum and structure of of education for medical students here at Jefferson. She is also the clerkship director for obstetrics and gynecology. She is a widely loved teacher at Jefferson for her bubbly personality and strong advocate for student education and patient rights with much of her published research revolving around those subjects. ___ 0:00 - Intro 0:52 - Statistics About Obstetrics and Gynecology 3:53 - Were You Ever Burned Out? 6:51 - What Is an OB-GYN? 10:03 - Average Day/Week of an OB-GYN 13:33 - Why OB-GYN? 21:06 - Wilderness EMT and Teaching in Africa 26:16 - OB-GYN Residency 28:03 - Difference Between Year 4 Med Student to Year 1 Intern 31:13 - Confidence and Finding Your Space 33:00 - C-Section Rates in the U.S. 38:03 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do? 39:08 - Happiest Point on Your Career 40:41 - Advice for Students and Helping Factors 49:16 - Memorable Encounters That Gave Second Thoughts? 53:47 - Being Positive and High-Energy 57:37 - How to Focus Better on Mental Health? 1:06:13 - Best Things About Being an OB-GYN 1:10:14 - Worst Things About Being an OB-GYN 1:16:03 - Preparing in Med School for OB-GYN 1:18:06 - Red Flags on Applications 1:19:21 - Characteristics of a Student for OB-GYN 1:21:53 - The Future in the Field 1:23:59 - Ending Message 1:28:00 - Outro ___ Resources: Residency Information: https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-residencies-eras/applying-residencies-eras ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley  Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: [email protected] ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and I’m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top. The best way to help the show is share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.