在3月8日的国际妇女节的认识下，岛屿健康正在探讨医学和医学领导地位的一些妇女，帮助提供出色的保健和领导我们的组织beplay全站App。克里斯博士是维多利亚州的全日制执行医务总监和兼职急诊医生。前重症监护护士，飞行医师和滑雪教练，霍尔博士分享了她关于她的职业生涯，医学的职业生涯和她最大的奢侈品的想法。
你喜欢练习医学是什么？
“在此刻，我喜欢在某人的生命中产生真正差异的能力。有时候我们没有治愈，但我们可以提供信息或保证，我发现这是奖励。“
Why did you choose your field of speciality?
“As the saying goes, emergency medicine is the most interesting 30 minutes in medicine. I see the absolutely undifferentiated patient – I have to determine whatever is happening to a person in that exact moment and I am not working off someone else’s diagnosis. The adrenaline is exciting and it is truly interesting work to figure out what to do now to change the trajectory of a patient.
What experiences have you had as a woman in medicine?
“I’m lucky that I haven’t outwardly had a significant amount of career bias against me from the medical system. But, I wear a lab coat over scrubs when I work clinically and I introduce myself as Doctor Hall, not Chris Hall, to self-identify as a physician to patients, who do make assumptions sometimes. My male colleague can introduce himself by name only but I take steps to ensure that people know who I am and what role I play in their care. I teach female students and residents to do the same. This helps mitigate potential bias and informs people gently without confrontation.”
“Overall, I choose not embrace the gender bias in how I think about my own life and career; it has been irrelevant to me on the personal level. I am certainly aware that it exists but being a woman in medicine has not perceptibly altered my career progress and I’m happy about that. You don’t have to hold back if you’re female, just go for it. Go for it all.”
What are your professional interests and notable achievements?
“I completed my entire clerkship year on crutches after I blew my knee apart on the ski hill. A very devastating injury from the dumbest little fall ever. That all took a fair bit of intestinal fortitude – not just rotations and clomping around the hospital but I also lived in a 4-floor walk-up. Crutches for a year is no joke! Rehabbing after a year of non weight bearing is also no joke.”
“在临床医学之外，我是世界上很少有研究人员之一，看着兴奋的谵妄综合征，在突然意外的死亡中的作用在预先孢子环境中。我一直是三大洲的专家见证人，并撰写了世界上最大的数据库之一，在警察使用武力。我仍然非常活跃，在那个研究领域，经常旅行，以使我们数据的知识翻译给需要日常需要它的人。“
“在医院的墙壁内，我对急性兴奋剂中毒的患者的管理有兴趣，很高兴看到这是为了这个正在制定的第一个订单。作为执行医务总监，我努力确保医务人员在我们在岛屿健康的战略计划中发出声音。beplay全站App我收到各种各样的医务人员，并与他们合作，融入我们的规划和目标以及我们的服务交付。这是一个很棒的工作。“
你在哪里完成医学院和居住？
“I’m from the University of Calgary Medical School, Class of 1996, the “Sifaka class” (A Sifaka is an arboreal lemur, native to Madagascar, that is useless on land, U of C med students are named by their preceding class to reflect their worst traits). I was extremely fortunate to complete my FRCP in Emergency Medicine at the University of Calgary too, and I am proud to say that I was exceptionally well trained in my specialty.”
你在业余时间喜欢做什么兴趣或活动？
“I am a determined but not gifted golfer. I also enjoy my two Sheepadoodles, Cooper and Murphy. My husband and I love to travel, and we have a large group of friends who are a lifeline – we have regular ‘family’ dinners together. I still love to ski, although it’s not quite the same level as when my friends and I were teaching skiing and getting 100 days on the ski hill every year. Those were the days. Coolest I’ve ever been in my life.”
你最大的成就是什么？
“Becoming a physician.”
What is your perfect happiness?
“当然，在真正的好朋友和我丈夫度假。我们花了几个星期在托斯卡纳的朋友的农场上拿起橄榄连续两年。那是涅ana，每个人都应该有机会这样做。“
What is your most marked characteristic?
“Genuine optimism, but others would say I talk a lot. A lot. “
What is your greatest extravagance?
“Dog day care and really nice shoes.”
What is your greatest regret?
“Not pursuing medicine earlier. University wasn’t financially open to me when I was finishing high school. Later, as an intensive care nurse, I didn’t think I could afford to leave my job to pursue medicine. My mentor, Dr. Merrill Knudtson for whom I was then a cardiology research nurse said, ‘no one can afford medical school, Chris, so that can’t hold you back.”
What was your best job?
“Being a flight physician in Alberta in a big red helicopter; I miss it daily. Best. Job. Ever.”
你最欣赏哪个活的人？
“人们工作的最低工资仍然设法抚养民事儿童和米歇尔·奥巴马，认真。”
如果你可以改变一个关于你自己的事情？
“I’d be naturally fit. I’ve done exactly one Tough Mudder and if I were 30 it would be my new sport. But, I’m just not 30 anymore….so there’s a Peloton bike instead.”
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