Surviving Private Practice In Malaysia

Surviving Private Practice In Malaysia

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Surviving Private Practice In Malaysia episodes

  • Art of Overcoming Overthinking

    Overthinking is the tendency to ponder all possible outcomes when an event occurs. It's something that happens to all of us, but learning to manage it is crucial, especially for doctors in private practice. In the book entitled "Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking" , Jon Acuff. delves into the concept of overthinking and offers practical steps to conquer it. He introduces the notion of "soundtracks" – those repetitive thought patterns or scripts that influence our actions and decisions. Overthinking isn't a personality trait; it's the sneakiest form of fear, robbing us of time, creativity, and goals. It's an epidemic. He gives 13 steps to overcoming overthinking.


    9 min
  • Is it worthwhile doing difficult cases in Private Practice?

    In the medical profession, a difficult case refers to a patient with a complex or challenging medical condition that is difficult to diagnose, manage or treat. I have always wondered whether it is worthwhile doing difficult cases in Private Practice. In this episode I will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of doing difficult cases in Private Practice and give some advice to young specialists in Private Practice.

    8 min
  • Under promising and over delivering in Private Practice
    Under-promise and over-deliver was a term coined by business author and speaker Tom Peters, in 1987. His concept is to set lower expectations and then deliver more than what was promised. The concept is simple: a good surprise is much better than a bad surprise. In other words, stakeholders would much rather find out their expectations were exceeded than unmet. Is this a good strategy? In this episode I will discuss the pros and cons of adopting this strategy in Private Practice.
    9 min
  • Failures – Why doctors don’t learn from them

    In this episode I will compare the airline industry with the healthcare industry. By learning from mistakes the airline industry has improved their safety record. This is not so in the health care industry. I will discuss why this is so and attempt to give some suggestions as to how doctors can learn from mistakes.

    12 min
  • How to get invited as a speaker in conference
    When I was younger, I always wondered what I could do to make organizers select me as a speaker in their conferences. I must say, I have come a long way in this area. Here, are some strategies I have adopted which  I hope will serve as a guide for young doctors who have the ambition of becoming speakers to your peers.
    11 min
  • How I use data to improve myself

    I learned very early in my career about the importance of keeping data to improve myself as a doctor. In this podcast I will describe the  challenges I went through over the last 28 years as a private practitioner to keep good data which helped me to learn from my patients. I will also give some tips to young doctors going into private practice how to organize yourselves and keep good data.

    13 min

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I am an obstetrician and gynaecologist working in private practice in Malaysia for the last 27 years. Many students who want to become doctors and young doctors, do not know how private practice in…