Preview #2 - Courage and confidence with Dr Kumail Jaffry, General Surgery, Senior Resident

Preview episode 8 of the Thrive Podcast series. In this episode, Dr Kumail Jaffry, General Surgery, Senior Resident, discusses how courage and confidence are essential elements in initiating and leading conversations about mental health and wellbeing.

Listen to or watch Dr Jaffry's insights and inspiring reflections as we continue fostering a culture of care, support, and connection at Monash Health.

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Episode Transcript

Dr Kumail Jaffry (00:00):
You know, confidence just doesn't come
overnight. It's it's it'ssomething you build just like
any clinical skills. And for me,the first step was kind of
learning to listen without theurge to fix. When sometimes when
we notice people are struggling,we kind of panic. It's it's
normal to panic and quickly comeup with a solution.

(00:20):
Oh, gosh. What should I say?What if I make it worse? But I
think in most cases, what peopleactually want is is isn't a
solution. It's just to feelheard and to be listened to.
So I've learned this throughoutmy medical journey. Medicine
teaches you a lot when we live alot. But I think, we we do have,

(00:45):
different phrases, that we havegot in our back pocket. I use
simple phrases to my medicalstudents or junior medical
staff. You know?
How are you doing? You know? Soit's okay if you don't wanna
talk about it, but I'm here. Youknow? You don't need perfect
words.
Just just be real.