Need more time with your doctor? Feel like you’re not being heard by your doctor? Frustrated with the lack of help you get in the traditional health care system? We have got Dr. Alec Weir, Dr. Dom’s functional medicine doctor on Steady MD, here to talk about how virtual medicine may be exactly what you need. With an underlying theme of availability, convenience, and connection, Dr. Alec shares what drove him to be a functional doctor and a virtual doctor. He shares his process in becoming a medical doctor to a functional medicine doctor, what makes functional medicine different, the biggest barrier to virtual medicine, and how the advantages of virtual medicine outweigh the shortcomings of virtual medicine.  He provides insight on how he navigates behavior change with his patients and the importance of a patient’s relationship with their doctor. Moreover, Dr. Alec hones in on the lack of nutrition education in traditional medicine and his top tip to getting started with addressing your nutrition journey to more optimal health! With a focus on the patient’s goal, Dr. Alec & Dr. Dom share why Steady MD provides a responsive and transparent platform to your healthcare journey. Dr. Alec shares his thoughts on the future of functional and virtual medicine, in relation to insurance, and Dr. Dom shares why he appreciates Dr. Alec and the Steady MD platform.

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What You Will Learn In This Interview with Dr. Alec Weir:

2:28  – What is it that drove Dr. Alec’s journey?

3:42 – Why did Dr. Alec move into functional medicine

5:45 – How to become a functional medicine MD?

7:40 – What makes functional medicine different?

9:04 – How Dr. Alec helps navigate behavior change?

11:17  – The biggest barrier to virtual medicine: licensing in different states

12:04  – How virtual capacity affects access to care?

14:03  – What is the appropriate relationship between doctor and patient?

17:47  – Is nutrition a focus in medicine?

20:15 –  Where do you start with nutrition?

23:18 – Why Steady MD?

25:48  –  Why did Dr. Dom choose Dr. Alec to be his functional medicine doctor?

28:49 – Transparency, connection, and convenience with Steady MD.

About Dr. Alec Weir

Alec Weir, MD is a primary care and functional medicine provider with SteadyMD. Providing personalized healthcare to patients across the country.

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To learn more about Dr. Alec and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://jen.health/podcast/143

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