Progress Notes is PCP’s mostly guest-written blog. It’s a place to find positive, inspiring stories about primary care and leadership we might not see anywhere else. Interested in contributing? Contact us.
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Leadership Development Research
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Lessons in Launching a Team (and Career) at Primary Care Progress
Early in 2018, seven students at Bryant University joined me on a parallel path of uncharted waters: launching our lives into Primary Care Progress.
Structured Discussion Groups Can Prevent Burnout
I wish I had known then what I know now about Balint groups – their powerful capacity to provide meaning and prevent burnout among physicians.
Welcoming 2018 with a Challenge
2017 was unprecedented. This year, let’s rock the boat by doing something bold, provocative, and maybe just a little crazy. Let’s launch a thousand movements. #WeCanDoThis
The Hidden Work of Primary Care
I sat at my desk astonished after her exit. By all current billing standards, I had done nothing. I had spent no more than fifteen minutes with Alice and had done nothing more than explain in layman’s terms what had taken place in her recent ER visit.
Some Lessons for Medicine from a Career in Communications
Our nation’s medical and scientific communities are powerful, essential – and misunderstood. And that misunderstanding fuels a lot of missed opportunities for us lay folks to support your work. So from Mark Twain to Game of Thrones, here’s some hard-won wisdom for communicating your craft.
Leading the Transformation of Primary Care
On days when it seems the paperwork and mouse clicks are endless, it is difficult to appreciate the changes we are seeing in primary care. There are still significant bureaucratic and financial barriers between physicians and their relationships with patients, but things are starting to change.
Turning Anger Into Action
PCP may be a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, but we’re also mission-driven and values-led, meaning that if ever there was a moment to live out our values – to stand up against prejudice and bigotry and support healthcare for all – our moment is now.
We Don’t Need More Joy In Medicine. We Need More Vocal Discontentment.
When a system isn’t working, we don’t adapt to it: We fix it. If we want more joy in practice, patients and providers need more time together. We need a relationship.
A Cup of Coffee Can Go A Long Way
A few weeks ago, our team reached out to a member of our national network with whom we hadn’t connected in more than five years. Over scones and lattes, a question was posed, “How are you?” His response left me speechless.