On January 10th, in the seventh FYRM session of academic year 2016, we welcomed Dr. Melissa Piasecki, the Executive Associate Dean, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Psychiatry at University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. She is a graduate of Washington University at St. Louis School of Medicine who completed her residency in Psychiatry at University of Vermont and a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at University of Hawaii. Her present career entails more than being a clinical psychiatrist – as a researcher, she has edited and co-edited texts on Correctional Psychiatry, Communication Skills and Problem Based Learning. She is also engaged in education of medical students and residents as well as legal professions such as psychiatric evaluation at courts.
In this session, Dr. Piasecki, as a woman playing active roles in various academic fields, gave us a presentation on “Balancing work and family.” This session was unique in that she never hesitated to share her personal life events such as marriage and encounters with her hobbies, which she mentioned were all essential to her career path.
What if we face difficult situations in our work? How can we spare time to relax or to spend with our families in the course of our career? Both as a psychiatrist and as a mother playing active roles in society, her talk was full of tips for us future medical professionals concerned about work-life balance.

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