Katie is a CT3 trainee in Pyschiatry and I spoke to her whilst she was on maternity leave looking after her youngest (who features in this episode *cue awwwhhh's*). It was an absolute pleasure to talk to her about being the 'outspoken' student, her switch from arts to science and how her journey through medical school helped shaped her current career. Towards the end we talked a lot about burnout, how the stress of the job can affect us and how being able to take action on that can be such a powerful and brave thing to do. Honestly, it felt like such a relief to be able to talk to a doctor that was so open about talking about this and even though neither of us are leaving medicine, we both felt it is important to talk about that as an option and not to add to the stigma that surrounds leaving medicine. 

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