Changing the PrivatePractice.MD Mission

The focus of the discussion on PrivatePractice.MD is changing from this point forward. When I first thought about starting a website for doctors in private practice, I planned to develop a team of medical practice experts to teach all of the doctor members useful facts and impart general business knowledge that most doctors don’t get taught in their long education.

Medical practice experts will still be part of this goal, and many of the upcoming podcasts will feature these experts. But I realize that there are many fine brick and mortar and internet resources for medical practice management information available to physicians. Read more

See One, Do One, Teach One

All physicians know the adage “See one, do one, teach one” from medical school and residency training. Typically it’s used in reference to some procedure we need to master, like starting an arterial line or putting in a chest tube, etc. While it over simplifies the learning process we all go through, because we usually watch a procedure more than one time before trying it ourselves, it makes the point that you need to do something before you can teach it. Politicians in Washington may not understand the concept, since they seem intent on telling business folks how to run their businesses despite the fact that most of them have never run, much less started, a business. But all doctors “get it”. Read more