Interview with Angela Clifford, October 6, 2018

Partial Transcript: Hello. It's October 6, 2018.

Segment Synopsis: Dr. Angela Clifford is introduced. She talks about her family background and her education growing up in Edmonson County and Bowling Green, Kentucky. She talks about her inspiration for becoming a surgeon.

Keywords: Centre College; Family; Fathers; Goals; Lexington (Ky.); Mathematics; Medical schools; Schools; Science; Starlight Theatre (TV series); Starlight Theatre (Television program); Supportive; Surgeons; United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Subjects: Bowling Green (Ky.); Childhood; Edmonson County (Ky.); Education--Kentucky; Employment--Kentucky; Families.

Partial Transcript: So, um, where did you get your undergraduate degree?

Segment Synopsis: Clifford talks about attending the University of Kentucky for her undergraduate education in the pre-med track. She talks about the support she received from faculty members and her family.

Keywords: Applications; Family; Interviews; Pre-medical track; Supportive; Undergraduate education; University of Louisville

Subjects: College choice; College environment; College students--Attitudes.; College students--Conduct of life.; College students--Social conditions; Universities and colleges--Faculty.; Universities and colleges.; University of Kentucky. College of Medicine; University of Kentucky. Medical Center

Partial Transcript: And so when you first started, do you, do you remember any of the feelings that you had or thoughts you might have had, um, when you started med school?

Segment Synopsis: Clifford talks about her feelings upon entering medical school. She talks about her study habits and how they were affected by the militarization on campus after the Kent State shootings. She mentions the number of women in the program.

Keywords: Classes; Courses; Curfews; Exams; Feelings; Fires; Medical schools; Military; Numbers; ROTC Building; Scared; Science; Study groups; Studying

Subjects: College environment; College students--Attitudes.; College students--Conduct of life.; College students--Social conditions; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Medical education; Physicians--Kentucky; Universities and colleges--Faculty.; Universities and colleges.; University of Kentucky. College of Medicine; University of Kentucky. Medical Center; Women physicians.; Women--Employment.

Partial Transcript: Um, okay so as you finished the first two years and then you went into your, um, clerkships--

Segment Synopsis: Clifford talks about her favorite clerkship, in surgery. She talks about her internships and residency at the University of Missouri. She mentions the number of women in the program.

Keywords: Attitudes; Clerkships; Favorites; Feelings; Fellowships; Internships; Models; Numbers; Operating rooms; Parents; Residency; Rotations; Surgery; University of Missouri

Subjects: College choice; College environment; College students--Attitudes.; College students--Conduct of life.; College students--Social conditions; Medical education; Universities and colleges.; Women physicians.; Women--Employment.

Partial Transcript: Do you, um--what is it you liked about surgery?

Segment Synopsis: Clifford talks about why she enjoyed surgery. She talks about the hard work of being a solo practitioner and discusses the hospitals she practiced at.

Keywords: Business management; General surgeons; Grueling; Hard work; Hospitals; Illness; Instant results; Lexington (Ky.); Medical practice; Patient-doctor relationships; Patients; Private practice; Sick; Solo practice; Solo practitioners; Surgeons; Surgery; Versailles (Ky.)

Subjects: Medicine.; Physician and patient.; Physicians--Kentucky; Women physicians.; Women--Employment.

Partial Transcript: So, after you left Missouri that's when you came back to Kentucky and you opened your solo practice.

Segment Synopsis: Clifford describes her career path from being a solo practitioner to providing medical services in state prisons. She talks about balancing family with work life.

Keywords: Balance; Careers; Closing; Domestic life; Family life; Injuries; Medical care; Medical practice; Medical services; Parents; Patients; Private practice; Retirement; Solo practice; Solo practitioners; State prisons; Support; Surgeons; Surgery; Work ethic

Subjects: Medicine.; Physicians--Kentucky

Partial Transcript: H--uh, I--we've been looking at the composite from your graduating class.

Segment Synopsis: Clifford talks about her relationships with her classmates. She talks about the barriers women face in the medical profession and women's influence on the field.

Keywords: Acceptance; Barriers; Changes; Classmates; Compassion; Generations; Graduating class; Influence; Men; Numbers; Nurturing; Obstetrics and gynecology (OB-GYN); Relationships; Surgeons; Women

Subjects: Physician and patient.; Sex discrimination in employment.; Sex role in the work environment.; Sex role.; Sexism.; Women physicians.; Women--Employment.

Partial Transcript: What, um, what would you say are some of your highlights of your career looking back?

Segment Synopsis: Clifford talks about saving patients from life-or-death situations.

Keywords: Careers; Death; Decisions; Talents

Subjects: Medicine.; Physician and patient.; Physicians--Kentucky

Partial Transcript: So, when you think about from the beginning until now, how, how do you think medicine has changed?

Segment Synopsis: Clifford talks about how the field of medicine has changed since her early days. She talks about whether medicine has changed her life.

Keywords: CT scans; Changes; Childhood; Compassion; Confidence; Costs; Humility; Impact; Technology

Subjects: Medicine.; Physician and patient.; Physicians--Kentucky; Technological innovations

Partial Transcript: Okay Dr. Clifford, we're very close to the end.

Segment Synopsis: Clifford gives advice to prospective medical students. She talks about her feelings about her career. She talks about the differences between male and female doctors. The interview is concluded.

Keywords: Advice; Careers; Determination; Goals; Hard work; Helping; Men; Patient-doctor relationships; Proud; Women; Worth it

Subjects: College students--Attitudes.; College students--Conduct of life.; College students--Social conditions; Health.; Medical education; Medicine.; Physician and patient.; Physicians--Kentucky; Universities and colleges.; Women physicians.; Women--Employment.