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When You Knew You Wanted To Be a Physician
One look at his "miserable soot-covered" face while hitching rides on trains convinced Robert L. Horner, MD, that he wanted to be a physician. When did you know you wanted to be a physician?
Robert L. Horner, MD, knew he wanted to be a physician when he was 16 and riding the rails out West.
In June's Physician Writer Search column, Dr. Horner writes:
"It was dark, wet, and cold as the train pulled into Rawlins, Wyo. I had been riding east in an open car that trailed a Union Pacific coal-burning helper engine, and found myself covered with soot. Filthy and shivering, I went into the washroom of a pool hall across the street from the railroad yard and tried to wash with cold water and toilet paper; there was no soap. My face was streaked like a zebra, my eyes were bloodshot, and I was tired and hungry. I was 16 years old. “Is this really the life that I want?” I asked myself."
His family had been encouraging him to study medicine, but his uncle, who was a doc, had to wear ties and be indoors all day. But then, his "miserable soot-covered" face convinced him.
When did you know you wanted to be a physician?
Asset Protection and Financial Planning
December 6th 2021Asset protection attorney and regular Physicians Practice contributor Ike Devji and Anthony Williams, an investment advisor representative and the founder and president of Mosaic Financial Associates, discuss the impact of COVID-19 on high-earner assets and financial planning, impending tax changes, common asset protection and wealth preservation mistakes high earners make, and more.
Reducing burnout with medical scribes
November 29th 2021Physicians Practice® spoke with Fernando Mendoza, MD, FAAP, FACEP, the founder and CEO of Scrivas, LLC, about the rising rates of reported burnout among physicians and how medical scribes might be able to alleviate some pressures from physicians.
