Offcall Physician Video Op-Ed: Dr. Sarah Gebauer
What is the biggest myth physicians believe about sabbaticals? 👀
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Recently, Dr. Sarah Gebauer and her family have spent 3–5 months at a time abroad, visiting 50+ countries over the last 4 years, all while keeping her anesthesiology practice in Colorado.
Now, she's breaking down everything she learned during her time away:
🔹 Why stepping away can accelerate your career, not derail it. In fact, her sabbatical opened a career direction she never would have found in the OR.
🔹 The two barriers she hears most (coverage and money) and why both are more solvable than you think.
🔹 The math hospital systems miss: replacing a physician costs far more than covering a short absence.
🔹 How unstructured time gave her space to figure out what she actually wanted, “maybe for the first time in 20 or 30 years."
Her bottom line: we need a new paradigm for a long life and a long career in medicine. Sabbaticals aren't a luxury to quietly give up on, they're completely doable.
Watch her video op-ed here
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