Medical Mentor Coaching Podcast
Dr. Stacey Ishman
Show overview
Medical Mentor Coaching Podcast has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 66 episodes. That works out to roughly 15 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 11 min and 15 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 34 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 34 episodes published. Published by Dr. Stacey Ishman.
From the publisher
Academic medicine is designed to reward output, not clarity. The result is physicians who feel overwhelmed and overextended. The Academic Medicine Strategy Podcast breaks down the systems, structures, and expectations that create that experience and how to navigate them strategically. Hosted by Dr. Stacey Ishman, a national leader in academic medicine with over 230 peer-reviewed publications, this podcast is grounded in her experience working with faculty, departments, and institutions to build clearer, more sustainable academic careers. This podcast is for: • Academic physicians across all specialties and career stages • Faculty leaders and program directors responsible for developing others • Departments and institutions focused on retention, promotion, and leadership pipelines Episodes explore the intersection of individual career strategy and institutional design, including: • Promotion pathways and why they often feel unclear • Time, effort, and why productivity is not just personal • Mentorship, sponsorship, and leadership development • Retention, burnout, and how departments can better support faculty • How to build a career that is both sustainable and nationally visible You will hear practical frameworks, real coaching insights, and behind-the-scenes thinking drawn from years of work across academic medicine.
Latest Episodes
View all 66 episodesThe AMedSG National Reputation Series: What is Your Word
What Thriving Faculty Know: Identity Formation with Dr. McMains
Why Time Management Is Important
What Great Deans Know: How Medical School Curriculum Actually Gets Designed with Dr. David L. Battinelli
Building Great Careers: Designing the Career You Actually Want with Pamela Mudd
What Great Deans Know: Why Faculty Stay and Succeed with Joe Kerschner
What Faculty Who Advance in Four Years Do Differently
The $500k Question: Why FERI Pays for Itself (And then Some)
What Promotion Committees Actually Evaluate: The Faculty Misalignment Problem
The Mentor Gap: Why Good Mentors Don't Automatically Create Promotion-Ready Faculty
Navigating Divisional Leadership Transitions: Building Stability Through Change
Promotion Criteria vs. Promotion Strategy: The Gap Nobody Names
The First 90 Days in Academic Medicine: What Actually Matters
How Coaching Prevents Physician Burnout and Improves Faculty Retention in Academic Medicine
How to Survive an EMR Go-Live Without Burning Out
Negotiations: Women in Laryngology
Stop Trying to Write Manuscripts at 7pm After a Full Clinic Day
If Deep Work Only Happens After Everything Else, It Will Never Happen
Why Your Best Cognitive Hours Are Wasted on Email (And What to Do About It)
You Don't Have a Time Problem. You Have a Decision Problem.
You Don’t Have a Time Problem. You Have a Decision Problem Early-career physicians often feel like they’re running out of time, yet still falling behind on the work that actually moves their careers forward. In this episode, Dr. Stacey Ishman reframes the problem: it’s not about finding more time, it’s about making better decisions about where your time and energy go. This shift is critical for building a sustainable path to promotion, research, and meaningful academic impact. No need to take notes—visit the blog for a full summary of key insights. If you’re interested in working with Academic Medicine Strategy Group, visit www.amedsg.com to learn more about our programs designed to help you build a clear, strategic path to promotion, research, and career advancement. Key Points: [00:00–00:03] The Myth of “Not Enough Time” Feeling behind isn’t due to lack of effort. Physicians are working hard, but often not on the work that actually advances their careers. [00:03–00:05] Reactive Work vs Strategic Work Most physicians operate in reactive mode—handling urgent tasks—while delaying high-impact work like manuscripts, grants, and career planning. [00:05–00:07] Motion vs Progress Being busy and productive doesn’t equal career advancement. Strategic output, not activity, is what drives promotion and reputation. [00:07–00:09] Decision Fatigue Is the Real Bottleneck The constant micro-decisions in academic medicine drain cognitive energy, leaving little capacity for deep, meaningful work. [00:09–00:11] You Can’t “Find” Time—You Allocate It Every hour is already assigned. The key is intentionally allocating time to what matters most for your career trajectory. [00:11–00:13] The Three Types of Work That Define Your Career Reactive work: urgent, externally driven Collaborative work: necessary but scheduled around others Deep work: high-value, career-defining work that requires focus [00:13–00:16] Protecting Deep Work Time Strategic work requires protected, uninterrupted time blocks. Treat this time like clinic—non-negotiable and essential. [00:16–00:18] A Practical System to Start This Week Identify one meaningful project, schedule a dedicated block, define exactly what you’ll do, and track whether it actually happens. Summary: The real barrier to career progress isn’t time—it’s unstructured decision-making. When you shift from reacting to intentionally allocating your energy toward deep, strategic work, you create momentum that compounds over time. For early-career physicians, this is the difference between staying busy and actually building a career that advances. Please RATE, REVIEW, and FOLLOW the Academic Medicine Strategy Group Podcast on your favorite platform. If you are interested in getting in touch with us or providing topic suggestions, please: ● DM me on Instagram at @sishmancoach ● Message me on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/medical-mentor-coaching ● Email me at [email protected] ● Contact me at the website at www.amedsg.com