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Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two part series.<\/em><\/p>\n

Many of you may have heard the term Imposter Syndrome.\u00a0 Dr. Jaime Hope gave an incredible lecture on this topic at FIX in 2017. I first had the pleasure of listening to her give this talk at the ACOEP Spring Seminar this April.\u00a0I was intrigued and personally touched by Dr. Hope\u2019s lecture.\u00a0 As she described this syndrome I concluded that I personally suffer from this.<\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar, imposter syndrome is a phenomenon that affects highly achieving people (usually females). The person believes they are a fake and are fooling others into believing they are smart and successful, but that eventually they will be exposed for their true capabilities.\u00a0 This syndrome is highly common and has affected famous individuals such as Meryl Streep and Maya Angelou.\u00a0 Dr. Hope energetically explained this and gave fantastic ideas on how to battle our own tendencies to negate our personal achievements which Jaime terms \u201cautomatic negative thoughts or \u2018ANTS.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

As Dr. Hope talked about how people with Imposter Syndrome don\u2019t actually believe they are deserving of their successes, it reminded me of when I applied for the position of Associate Program Director for our residency 2 years ago.\u00a0 When the job opened up I could think of nothing else but how much I wanted to do it!\u00a0 BUT I didn\u2019t feel like I would stand out as the top applicant and\u00a0 surely no one would believe I would be the best one to hire.\u00a0When considering my qualifications I knew I had poured myself into my position as core faculty for our residency.\u00a0I volunteered to help with any task needed, had almost 100% attendance at all our events, and spent hours and hours preparing every lecture I gave to the residents.\u00a0 BUT I knew hard work wasn\u2019t enough\u2026an APD had to be special.\u00a0I didn\u2019t have any \u201cspecialness.\u201d\u00a0However our residency leadership believed I could it and hired me!!\u00a0 But even after my awesome promotion I still attributed my new title to luck and to the fact that I was the only one who applied.\u00a0 I just knew in my head that if anyone else had applied I would not have got the job.<\/p>\n

So YES I definitely suffer from Imposter Syndrome.\u00a0 Hearing Dr. Hope explain what this is and how we can \u201ctreat\u201d it inspired me to learn more about it and about her.\u00a0 I wanted to ask her more about what led to her basically becoming the keynote speaker for Imposter Syndrome.\u00a0 It was amazing she could take a topic like this and turn it into a funny, engaging and heartfelt lecture that has the potential to apply to so many of us in the medical field.\u00a0 She was more than willing to answer all of my questions.<\/p>\n

Check out Part 2 next week to read what Dr. Hope had to say.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A version of this article was originally published in ACOEP’s newsletter “The Pulse.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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