Life After Ursinus
Life After Ursinus
Ursinus Alumni
Episode 3: Women In Medicine (Part 2)
21 minutes Posted Jul 13, 2020 at 3:01 pm.
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Please note: The following episode discusses COVID-19 and contains information which some listeners might find upsetting. Listener discretion is advised.

In this special COVID-19 themed episode, Drs. McCoy and Hussaini discuss how the novel coronavirus has impacted their professional spaces and the medical community at large.

  • Dr. McCoy discusses the impact of COVID-19 in her role as Chief Medical Officer and how a pandemic has impacted medical operations at Cape Regional Health Center.
  • Dr. Hussaini discusses the impact of COVID-19 on her residency training program.
  • Drs. McCoy and Hussaini discuss moral distress during the pandemic: on physicans, patients, and family members.
  • Drs. McCoy and Hussaini describe the difficulty of treating the novel coronavirus from the “peak” of the virus in their respective communities, to the unknown of how to treat symptoms, to how end of life protocol has shifted.
  • Drs. McCoy and Hussaini end the episode on a positive note by sharing their favorite memories at Ursinus College and how being a Bear for Life has carried into their life beyond Ursinus.