Episode 44: Kal Penn / Physician Burnout (Part 1)

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Today, Ali and Asif discuss the career of the great Kal Penn (1:46). They discuss his early career all the way up to the release of his memoir, ‘You Can’t Be Serious”. They discuss his famous roles in ‘American Desi’, ‘Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle’, ‘Van Wilder’, ‘The Namesake’, ‘House’ and ‘Designated Survivor’. They discuss Kal coming out as gay as well as his recent engagement. Then Ali asks Asif about Physician Burnout (33:01). Asif starts out by defining physician burnout and discusses the increase in physician burnout over time, which has been worsened with the Covid-19 pandemic. Asif then discusses how electronic medical records contribute to physician burnout. He then talks about the effects burnout has on health care delivery, patients and the physician workforce.

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Show Notes:

• You Can’t be Serious: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/You-Cant-Be-Serious/Kal-Penn/9781982171384
• ‘Maybe I Do Have a Story to Tell’: Kal Penn on His Memoir: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/01/books/kal-penn-you-cant-be-serious-memoir-interview.html
• Kal Penn on his unlikely stardom: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kal-penn-on-his-unlikely-stardom/
• Kal Penn’s Memoir Is Exactly What We All Need Right Now: https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/books/a38127141/kal-penn-memoir/
• Kal Penn Reveals He's Engaged to Fiancé Josh and Details Their First Date in New Book: https://people.com/books/kal-penn-engagement-to-fiance-josh-first-date-new-book-you-cant-be-serious/
• Burnout isn’t due to resiliency deficit. It’s still a system issue: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/physician-health/burnout-isn-t-due-resiliency-deficit-it-s-still-system-issue
• Physician burnout: contributors, consequences and solutions: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joim.12752
• Physician Burnout, Interrupted: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2003149