Wemcast

In this episode, Dr Jen Sherman is joined by Anna Wells. Having qualified as a Doctor in the Scottish Highlands. Anna has successfully undergone a career change and now runs her own adventure guiding company in Scotland. Anna is passionate about the mountains. The freedom of wide-open spaces and the rush of trying hard is where she is happiest. Her favourite activities are rock climbing, summer alpinism, skimo and running, with her happiest moments including completing a winter traverse of the Cullin ridge in one day, climbing El Capitan, summiting 37 4000ers in one summer, and having been fortunate to travel the world as part of the GB Ice Climbing Team. In this episode Jen and Anna discuss: How her interest in climbing and mountains began Her academic career and how she came to study Medicine Her experience of being a Junior Doctor Why she decided to take a career break from Medicine How this career break evolved into a career transition The mental and emotional challenges of undergoing this transit