129. Moving Past Insecurities with Orthopedic Surgeon Jacqueline Brady

129. Moving Past Insecurities with Orthopedic Surgeon Jacqueline Brady

Introducing Jacqueline Brady

Today I’m talking to orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jacqueline Brady about moving past insecurities.

Her Career Journey

Jackie earned her BS in neuroscience at Vanderbilt University before completing her MD at the University of Michigan. She completed her residency in orthopedic surgery at Oregon Health & Science University and then a fellowship in sports and shoulder surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery. She is currently an associate professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation at OHSU and the associate residency director for the OHSU orthopedic residency program. She is also a member of The Forum, a women-only sports med orthopedics group, and the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedics Society.

Moving Past Insecurities

Talking to other woman orthopedic surgeons, Jackie realized that she and so many of them shared the experience of undervaluing their own skills in the workplace. It wasn’t until someone took them aside, several years into residency, and told them how well they were doing that they began to see their success. Jackie and others looked at the problem objectively and published a paper looking at how women residents consistently under-evaluating themselves in self-evaluations. She hopes this work can help women to start moving past insecurities to do what their passionate about, because pursuing your passions benefits everyone around you.

Inside this episode:

  • Jackie shares her college basketball journey and talks about how life is richer when things don’t go exactly as planned. 
  • She describes how she switched residency programs during her second year and how it helps her now, as an associate residency director, relate to residents who are considering changing programs.
  • Jackie describes the imposter syndrome she felt during her fellowship and the moment when she looked around the table and realized that every single person there, including herself, had a part to play.
  • Born out of conversations with other woman orthopedics describing their insecurities, Jackie began researching the degree to which woman underestimate their own skills and abilities and found that woman residents’ self-evaluations are lower than men’s.
  • She lists one of the best benefits of the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedics Society as the connection to other woman powerhouses in the field and the opportunity for women to learn that they are not alone.
  • Jackie’s boss recognized that she was passionate about teaching simulations and gave her room to expand this part of the residency program, allowing everyone to benefit.

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