A Doctor's Perspective: Recent Episodes

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Dr. Dennis Timko takes a more conservative approach to his treatment and has a passion for diabetic injuries, neuropathy foot pains, pediatric feet issues, and will soon be double board certified. He has three years of surgical training and has special certification in wound care. He is currently learning more about herbal medicines and vitamin therapies and would like to offer a more complete approach to his patient’s needs. Dr. Timko’s story for becoming a podiatrist is the kind that makes doctors special. He was a runner and witnessed plenty of ankle and foot injuries and shadowed podiatrists for a few summers and that is when he realized, this should be my career. I didn’t know this but the school he went to was an Osteopathic school in Iowa. First two years they all shared the same classes and then they switched to their specialties in year three. Dr. Timko has a podcast called WTF – What the Foot, is an aspiring Videographer, wordpress enthusiast, father, baseball addict and another surprise half way through the episode. He gives advice on tips and options to start up a new podiatry office, location, social media marketing and he says to just “ask the patient” for a referral. He also explains MACRA for Medicare reimbursement and the outlook of his profession in the next 5 years. Key to his success, “I don’t want my patient to leave the office until they can explain back to me what the problem is.” Learn how to run your own clinic wordpress site. Electronic records: Dr Chrono integrates with speech to text for electronic notes, Leo Laporte The Tech Guy , Prospect 361, Tim McCloud Rick Wilson podcast: baseball chatter, Meet the master Podiatric Success podcast, Spotify, Gymaholic App: Punch in chest and shoulder exercises, length of work out and it generates random exercises on your phone, Score app: Sport scores and notifies you when your player is up to bat show notes http://adoctorsperspective.net/03 prerelease ebook signup http://adoctorsperspective.net/freeebook

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My guest today is a board certified, fellowship trained Dermatologist. He attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and double majored in Chemistry and Microbiology. Continued his education at Louisiana State University in Shreveport for Medical School and then did his residency at University of Alabama in Birmingham. Dr. Ledet also did a year of research on clinical drug trials of psoriasis and foot fungus. His Fellowship training was Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology in Cincinnati Ohio. Dr. John is highly skilled at MOHS surgery. Listen to the show for his recommendation on affordable and quality face cream...or is it lotion? One of the keys to success is to know your audience and the people you are serving. A farming community vs tech community will require you to change how you communicate to the patients. He also gives a great tip on how to install a low cost call system to alert staff that you need help in a room instead of screaming at them through a door. Train your staff with scripts and procedures so that the most common questions patients have are already answered. Streamline processes and educate your staff on the what and why you want the phone answered a certain way, why you use this suture versus another etc . He has plenty more to say so listen to the episode. In fact go ahead and subscribe on whatever podcast listening device you love and never miss the next episode www.adoctorsperspective.net Make your systems in your office about the patient not about what you want. You have to do what you’re supposed to do, so you can do what you want to do later. Students take care of the curricula of the curriculum, slow down on the extracurricula. Tiemann instruments, Midmark exam chairs, Recommends Blue Apron, podcast Myths and Legends, Sport Podcasts Espn show notes http://adoctorsperspective.net/01 prerelease ebook signup http://adoctorsperspective.net/freeebook