68 | Dr. Maria Poynter on medical parenthood, returning to work & public health

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Dr. Maria Poynter is a public health medicine specialist and Medical Officer of Health. She is currently the clinical director for the Auckland Regional Public Health Service and will be the director of transformation in the National Public Health Service. She has previously been a council member for the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine and is passionate about equity and health-enabling system design. Outside of work, she is energized by family, cooking and exercising in nature.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into public health medicine, the differences between training with the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, what it means to be a medical officer of health and the diverse work involved in being a public health specialist. Finally, we discuss her work-life balance, the balance of have a double medical parent household, and the transition of returning to work after being a stay-at-home mum for five years.

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1. Maria Poynter (00:00:00)

2. Finding medicine (00:01:22)

3. Finding public health (00:03:28)

4. Public health training (00:07:49)

5. NZPHM vs RACP (00:11:23)

6. NZPHM council work (00:12:42)

7. Clinical director of ARPHS (00:13:51)

8. The work of a public health specialist (00:16:23)

9. Medical officer of health (00:21:41)

10. Returning to work after being a stay-at-home mum (00:27:23)

11. Double medical partnership (00:32:25)

12. Work-life balance (00:34:35)