77 | Dr. Imran Lasker on medical 'vocations', social media & musculoskeletal radiology

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Dr. Imran Lasker is a consultant radiologist with a specialist interest in musculoskeletal radiology based in the UK. He co-hosts the Two Medics Podcast. He’s a big believer of choosing real life over work life and dabbles in social media from time to time.
In this episode, we discuss his journey starting the Two Medics Podcast with his co-host, and navigating social media and potential career retribution as a consequence. We talk about radiology, his background and why he chose this specialty and subspecialty of musculoskeletal radiology. He unpacks the common narrative of 'medical vocations' and how this is a trap for preventing pay restoration, and the financial privilege behind it. We discuss the FIRE community and his tips on finding a career that suits you.
NB: I was recovering from COVID in this episode and may intermittently sound a little hoarse. Apologies for any hiccups in the listener experience - my hope is that it does not detract from Imran's journey!
Mentioned in this episode:
Ronny Chieng's bit on Asian stereotypes for being doctors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGMYP9Lgf94&ab_channel=NetflixIsAJoke
Mr. Money Mustache and the FIRE community: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/
The Psychology of Money: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41881472-the-psychology-of-money
So Good They Can't Ignore You: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13525945-so-good-they-can-t-ignore-you
Social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DocLasker
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ImranLasker
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doclasker
Two Medics Podcast: https://www.twomedics.com/

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Hoofdstukken

1. Imran Lasker (00:00:00)

2. Social media (00:01:00)

3. Two Medics Podcast (00:01:57)

4. Med Twitter (00:04:20)

5. Social media retribution and pay restoration in NHS (00:06:19)

6. Finding medicine and radiology (00:14:29)

7. Medicine as a job, not a vocation (00:25:47)

8. Finding musculoskeletal radiology (00:40:39)

9. Challenges in radiology (00:46:47)

10. Day-to-day routine as a radiologist (00:49:55)

11. FIRE community (00:52:11)