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Changing the PrivatePractice.MD Mission

Medical schools are great at teaching young doctors how to diagnose and treat disease. But medical schools forget to teach doctors the other lessons they need about the business of medicine, and how to manage all the other aspects of their lives. PrivatePractice.MD hopes to fill that void. Join the discussion. Share. Ask questions. It will be good for your health!

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Rural Primary Care Denied

Garden Vegetables To Thank The Doctor Today one of my patients kindly gave me a basket of tomatoes and other vegetables harvested from her garden just this morning. I was touched by her friendly gesture, and surprised because I practice in that urban mecca called Hartford, CT. I’m not sure how many productive gardens there [...]

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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 [...]

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