[to learn the beginning of the story, be sure to read the first post – Part 1: Time for Change] For the longest time, I never considered not having my own private practice, even though I knew I wasn’t happy. In fact, accepting and allowing that option to surface was fairly traumatic,...
[to learn the beginning of the story, be sure to read the first post – Part 1: Time for Change] Burnout has many definitions, but it’s commonly defined as the loss of enthusiasm for work, depersonalization (increasingly negative and cynical mindset), and a low sense of personal accomplishment. Physicians have one of the...
As I've educated myself about different ways to practice medicine, certain thing become more clear. The foremost problem I find in conventional medicine is it's reliance on being disease/diagnosis-centric. The sole focus of our medical industrial complex, which includes academic institutions and medical teaching, our insurance-based healthcare delivery...
