Docs Outside The Box

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Today you’re going to hear from Dr. Peter Valenzuela – the creative mind behind the comic strip Doc Related.” Doc Related is a comic strip with a satirical take on healthcare through the eyes of healthcare professionals. Think of Dilbert and the television show, The Office but for healthcare. You’ve probably seen his comic strips on numerous physician Facebook groups.  

Not only is he a creative, he’s also made the transition into hospital administration and serves as a Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of a large physician group in California. Now, I’m not the biggest fan of corporate medicine, but Peter gives us a direct look into the life of a physician who serves as a CMO.

Honestly, he has changed my perspective with this interview. For the residents and young attendings out there, this is an episode you don’t want to miss if you’re interested in what life is life in the Corporate Suite (C-suite).

Resources:

ProWriting Aid

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Facebook

LinkedIn

What’s good everyone!

Today you’re going to hear from Dr. Peter Valenzuela – the creative mind behind the comic strip Doc Related.” Doc Related is a comic strip with a satirical take on healthcare through the eyes of healthcare professionals. Think of Dilbert and the television show, The Office but for healthcare. You’ve probably seen his comic strips on numerous physician Facebook groups.  

Not only is he a creative, he’s also made the transition into hospital administration and serves as a Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of a large physician group in California. Now, I’m not the biggest fan of corporate medicine, but Peter gives us a direct look into the life of a physician who serves as a CMO.

Honestly, he has changed my perspective with this interview. For the residents and young attendings out there, this is an episode you don’t want to miss if you’re interested in what life is life in the Corporate Suite (C-suite).

Resources:

ProWriting Aid

Follow Dr. Valenzuela:

Twitter

Facebook

LinkedIn

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What is the use of knowing that “everything is negotiable” if you lack both the skills and confidence? Negotiation expert and host of the popular podcast Negotiate Anything, Kwame Christian, chops it up with me on today’s episode.

Kwame is a business lawyer and the Director of the American Negotiation Institute. In this role, he conducts live negotiation and conflict resolution training sessions for organizations.

We’re talking about the basics of negotiation in a way that you’ll find USEFUL. We go through scenarios that graduating residents will find themselves in with hospitals. Kwame gets surgical with this, and you’ll be fascinated by his ability to handle pretty difficulty situations.

If you feel like negotiation is your weakness – this episode is for you!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Nobody will play with me

How to talk so little kids will listen

Salary Negotiation Guide

What’s good everyone!

What is the use of knowing that “everything is negotiable” if you lack both the skills and confidence? Negotiation expert and host of the popular podcast Negotiate Anything, Kwame Christian, chops it up with me on today’s episode.

Kwame is a business lawyer and the Director of the American Negotiation Institute. In this role, he conducts live negotiation and conflict resolution training sessions for organizations.

We’re talking about the basics of negotiation in a way that you’ll find USEFUL. We go through scenarios that graduating residents will find themselves in with hospitals. Kwame gets surgical with this, and you’ll be fascinated by his ability to handle pretty difficulty situations.

If you feel like negotiation is your weakness – this episode is for you!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Nobody will play with me

How to talk so little kids will listen

Salary Negotiation Guide

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Much like auto body shops, did you know that hospitals present different prices to individuals compared to insurance companies? You may think, “Yeah of course, hospitals present a more inflated bill to insurance companies!” Well, there’s evidence to show this is not the case. Price gouging and lack of transparency has been a major problem in the healthcare industry for decades.

Dr. Marty Makary, author of his new book The Price We Pay, drops in to talk about this and the research he is currently doing to combat this issue.

Dr. Makary is a surgeon, New York Times best-selling author, and health care expert. He is also a professor of Health Policy & Management at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. His areas of interest include the health care costs, overtreatment, the opioid epidemic, patient safety and the movement to make healthcare more transparent.

Resources Mentioned:

Restoring Medicine

Giving birth costs a lot. Hospitals won't tell you how much

What’s good everyone,

Much like auto body shops, did you know that hospitals present different prices to individuals compared to insurance companies? You may think, “Yeah of course, hospitals present a more inflated bill to insurance companies!” Well, there’s evidence to show this is not the case. Price gouging and lack of transparency has been a major problem in the healthcare industry for decades.

Dr. Marty Makary, author of his new book The Price We Pay, drops in to talk about this and the research he is currently doing to combat this issue.

Dr. Makary is a surgeon, New York Times best-selling author, and health care expert. He is also a professor of Health Policy & Management at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. His areas of interest include the health care costs, overtreatment, the opioid epidemic, patient safety and the movement to make healthcare more transparent.

Resources Mentioned:

Restoring Medicine

Giving birth costs a lot. Hospitals won't tell you how much

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I am very happy as a physician. But I’m not going to lie, there are things that people who are not doctors get to do that make me pretty jealous. One of them is the ability to have a career pivot. So many of my college friends have changed careers and sometimes I wonder “Could that be me?”

My next guest is definitely not afraid to both ask that question and take action on it. Dr. Lynn Morski from the Quit Happens podcast joins me on this show to discuss how quitting strategically can be the pathway to a more fulfilled life. That’s right she’s a “Quitting Evangelist,” and she’s very honest about her pathway that has taken her through the tech industry, medicine, and also law.

Things you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why many avoid quitting
• How to make your resume/CV look good with multiple experiences in quitting
• How she helps doctors get over the stigma of quitting
• How she became a quitting evangelist
• She takes us through the steps of quitting strategically as physicians
• How she answers #imnotjustadoc

Resources:

Oura Ring

Book: Quitting by Design

Lear more about Dr. Morski: https://quittingbydesign.com/

What’s good everyone,

I am very happy as a physician. But I’m not going to lie, there are things that people who are not doctors get to do that make me pretty jealous. One of them is the ability to have a career pivot. So many of my college friends have changed careers and sometimes I wonder “Could that be me?”

My next guest is definitely not afraid to both ask that question and take action on it. Dr. Lynn Morski from the Quit Happens podcast joins me on this show to discuss how quitting strategically can be the pathway to a more fulfilled life. That’s right she’s a “Quitting Evangelist,” and she’s very honest about her pathway that has taken her through the tech industry, medicine, and also law.

Things you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why many avoid quitting
• How to make your resume/CV look good with multiple experiences in quitting
• How she helps doctors get over the stigma of quitting
• How she became a quitting evangelist
• She takes us through the steps of quitting strategically as physicians
• How she answers #imnotjustadoc

Resources:

Oura Ring

Book: Quitting by Design

Lear more about Dr. Morski: https://quittingbydesign.com/

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!

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My apologies for the short break in the beginning of the month. Check out the beginning of this episode to find out what happened.

On this episode, I’m chopping it up with Dr. Cedric Dark, the Founder and Executive Editor of Policy Prescriptions. Think of Policy Prescriptions as a cliff notes version of health policy research so that lawmakers can make bills based off actual evidence-based studies. Now at this for well over 10 years, Dr. Dark got his start while interning in Washington, D.C. and learning how much policymakers relied on politics and ideology.

Not only will you learn more about Cedric, but you’ll also get a civics lesson on exactly how health policy bills on funded on a federal level. For those who want to get more on the front lines of advocacy, especially with social media – this episode is for you!

Things you’ll learn in this episode:

• How he developed in interest in Emergency Medicine
• What people in Washington, D.C. think about physicians
• His advice for clinicians looking to get into public advocacy
• How he answers #imnotjustadoc

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Policy Prescriptions

Mazie Foundation

The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment

Follow Dr. Dark:

Twitter: @realcedricdark or @policyrx

What’s good everyone…

My apologies for the short break in the beginning of the month. Check out the beginning of this episode to find out what happened.

On this episode, I’m chopping it up with Dr. Cedric Dark, the Founder and Executive Editor of Policy Prescriptions. Think of Policy Prescriptions as a cliff notes version of health policy research so that lawmakers can make bills based off actual evidence-based studies. Now at this for well over 10 years, Dr. Dark got his start while interning in Washington, D.C. and learning how much policymakers relied on politics and ideology.

Not only will you learn more about Cedric, but you’ll also get a civics lesson on exactly how health policy bills on funded on a federal level. For those who want to get more on the front lines of advocacy, especially with social media – this episode is for you!

Things you’ll learn in this episode:

• How he developed in interest in Emergency Medicine
• What people in Washington, D.C. think about physicians
• His advice for clinicians looking to get into public advocacy
• How he answers #imnotjustadoc

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Policy Prescriptions

Mazie Foundation

The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment

Follow Dr. Dark:

Twitter: @realcedricdark or @policyrx