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38. The Words We Wear: Clarifying Professional Identity in Healthcare from Vermont

Fri, 07/24/2026 - 5:30pm | Dr. Shaikh

Is your job title just a label or a signal of trust? In this episode, we go beyond the word "provider" to explore the ethics of naming in modern medicine. From the 1965 Medicare origins of the "P-word" to the complex journey of Professional Identity Formation, we discuss how titles like Physician, Nurse Practitioner, and Physician Assistant shape team-based care and the therapeutic relationship. Jan Carney tells us how the ethics of names and labels can change healthcare from a commercial transaction back into a human calling. Discover why clarity is a form of kindness for patients and why reclaiming professional identities is vital for clinician wellbeing and resilience.

The mischievous musician Didar Singh Khalsa, on Listening Lyrics, July 24, 2026

Fri, 07/24/2026 - 5:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

This week on Listening Lyrics we have Didar Singh Khalsa. He is a Woodland-area guitarist, singer and highly prolific songwriter whose music blends Americana, alternative folk rock and country-rock.

Didar has played guitar for more than five decades. He began writing and recording his own songs much later, partly inspired by attending several songwriting camps taught by British guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson.

His songs tend to be lyric-driven, imaginative and sometimes wry or philosophical.

His latest album Bourgeois Virtue contains 14 songs, including “Lord, Wind Me Down Slowly,” “We’re Underwater Here,” “Finish the Tapestry” and “Under the Linden Tree.”

Didar is a distinctive local musician who writes because he has something personal, thoughtful and occasionally mischievous to say, rather than because he is chasing commercial trends.
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