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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

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A March 2022 study of Stanford offering coaching as a benefit to their physicians and finding improved self-compassion and burnout. The initial RCT published on physician coaching in JAMA in 2019 showing that coaching improves quality of life. This is the first RCT that was available for coaching in physicians. [link] 5.

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Wait Times: Direct Primary Care vs. Traditional Primary Care

The Direct Doctors Difference

In 2019 we discussed the basics of why patients wait a long time to hear back, get through on the phone lines, or be seen with a primary care doctor. We’ve heard of patients quoted a six to twelve month wait period before they can see a doctor as a new patient!

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

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So the data relating to the number of geriatricians in this country, salaries in comparison to hospitalists or primary care physicians. How do we train primary care doctors to do geriatrics? “You’ll not be the richest doctor, but you will be the most satisfied.”