{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Talent vs Skill with Dr. Jane O\u2019Rorke","description":"Jane O'Rorke, MD is a Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Health\u2014San Antonio Long School of Medicine. Dr. O'Rorke completed her medical school from SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn and her residency from the University of Texas\u2014San Antonio where she also served as a Chief Resident. She went on to complete a Faculty Development Fellowship at the University of North Carolina\u2014Chapel Hill. Dr. O\u2019Rorke has won numerous teaching awards including Southern Society of General Internal Medicine Clinician Educator-of-the-Year Award and the University of Texas Presidential Teaching Excellence Award. When one of Dr. Jane O\u2019Rorke\u2019s students doesn\u2019t know something, she encourages them to celebrate! As she explains, not knowing something is an opportunity to fill in knowledge gaps\u2014and that is a good thing. Today, we learn how Dr. O\u2019Rorke approaches learning (both for herself, and her students). She takes a personal interest in the people around her\u2014because it makes her more invested in the work she does. And finally, she shares her personal development and how she has been proactive in working on developing certain skills even if they weren\u2019t natural talents for her, emphasizing that if we put our mind to something we care about, we have the power to improve at anything. Pearls of Wisdom: 1. Don\u2019t accept that you either have talent, or you don\u2019t. Recognize that skills are something we can develop like muscles, and there is nothing we can\u2019t improve on. 2. The key to being a great teacher is as simple as taking an interest in your learners. 3. Embrace vulnerability. It\u2019s difficult, but it\u2019s the way to tap into wisdom, and avoid the pitfalls that people have experienced before us. ","author_name":"The Medicine Mentors Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/themedicinementors.libsyn.com\/","html":"