Doctors are expected to make high-stakes decisions quickly and often. And while plenty of medical guidelines exist, sometimes finding the right answer relies on intuition as much as logic. So what happens when suddenly that intuition is … gone? Retired anesthesiologist Dr. Ronald Dworkin tells Anita about the day he lost his intuition and how he got it back. She also talks to one of her favorite medical minds (her brother-in-law, Dr. Amit Gupta) about training intuition in the next generation of doctors.

Meet the guests:

- <a href="https://ronaldwdworkin.com/">Dr. Ronald Dworkin</a> is a research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia and a retired anesthesiologist

- <a href="https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/gi/people/amit-gupta-md/">Dr. Amit Gupta</a> is a gastroenterologist, assistant professor of medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill and Anita's brother-in-law

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A Doctor’s Intuition Lost And Found

APR 10, 202550 MIN
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A Doctor’s Intuition Lost And Found

APR 10, 202550 MIN

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Doctors are expected to make high-stakes decisions quickly and often. And while plenty of medical guidelines exist, sometimes finding the right answer relies on intuition as much as logic. So what happens when suddenly that intuition is … gone? Retired anesthesiologist Dr. Ronald Dworkin tells Anita about the day he lost his intuition and how he got it back. She also talks to one of her favorite medical minds (her brother-in-law, Dr. Amit Gupta) about training intuition in the next generation of doctors.

Meet the guests:

- Dr. Ronald Dworkin is a research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia and a retired anesthesiologist

- Dr. Amit Gupta is a gastroenterologist, assistant professor of medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill and Anita's brother-in-law

Read the transcript | Review the podcast on your preferred platform

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