Out with Burnout

About Out with Burnout

Co-hosts Katherine Rivera-Spoljaric, MD, and Philip Abraham, MD, from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and co-directors of the Department of Pediatrics Office of Faculty Development provide tips on avoiding burnout in the clinical space. Invited guests will join Katherine and Phil every episode to discuss their personal experiences on key wellness topics. Katherine and Phil completed Wellness Coaches education through Wellcoaches® in early 2023. They developed the Physicians as Wellness Coaches Program in Pediatrics to help address physician burnout and build wellness skills and strategies among Pediatric residents as they enter their careers in medicine. Affiliated with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; Department of Pediatrics; Office of Faculty Development Executive Producer: Katie Cammarata Guest Relations & Management Support: Megan Shaffer

Publisher

Katherine Rivera-Spoljaric, MD & Philip M. Abraham, MD

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Nov 2023

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

17 of 22 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Episode 19 - Navigating Difficult Conversations

   Host Phil and Katherine interview Dr. Steve Taff about navigating difficult conversations to foster learner and faculty wellbeing.

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   26 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Special Episode 1 - Menopause

   September is Women in Medicine Month, a time when the medical community and others celebrate and honor the contributions of women in the field of medicine. In honor of Women in Medicine Month, Out with Burnout is taking a break between seasons 2 and 3 to provide a special episode diving into the topic of Menopause. The Out with Burnout hosts, Drs. Katherine Rivera-Spoljaric and Phil Abraham discuss symptoms and treatments of menopause with Dr. Denise Willers. Dr. Willers is a Prof...

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   4 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 18 - Recreational Wellness

   This is the 18th of a series of 18 episodes focused on understanding the wellness wheel and providing tips and tricks on how to improve your life. This month's topic is Recreational Wellbeing with special guest Gammon Earhart, PT, PhD. Dr, Earhart is a Professor of Physical Therapy, Neurology, and Neuroscience, and serves as the Associate Dean for Physical Therapy and Director of Program in Physical Therapy. Sources mentioned in this episode: Exercise reshapes aging bodies and minds - Sc...

Inside a recent episode

Special Episode 1 - Menopause

Published 26 Sept 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Yeah. I'm interested in that perimenopause heart because I think that you can be I mean for in your 40s and if it's there's like a that big of a range between when your menopausal and symptoms can start and like you know we start having some including myself right because I'm in that age group. But we start having some symptoms that are random and then you know sometimes like mental like like a mental fog and or fatigue and or mood changes and things like a very non -specific and perhaps because you're younger that doesn't you don't think about that and or your provider doesn't think about that and they do labs and they say oh you're fine well then I say well then this might be in my head and I can't sleep is it because it's stress so how do you advise your patients to tease through some of those symptoms and then my second question would be it is there a lab work that can help you know where you are I've heard make things about that so I wanted to know what you think. […]

Who has been a guest on Out with Burnout

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Steve Taff
• Patrick Hill
• Bradley Evanoff
• Adam Goldstein
• David Carr

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 17 / 100

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Quality

24

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

27

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