Medicine
Last summer around this time, I announced that I had started writing a book titled Conservative Medicine and elaborated on my ambitious book proposal in a series of blog posts. It's now a year later, but, sad to say, I haven't made much progress. I have some good excuses, though. In the past year, I:
- The Common Sense Family Doctor Speaks
Since I began blogging in July 2009, my posts have been featured in widely read blogs such as KevinMD.com, The Doctor Weighs In, The Health Care Blog, The Doctor Blog, and Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview, as well as the websites of major national...
- Conservative Medicine: The Big Idea (and Title) Of My Book
A few days ago I was reminiscing about my family medicine residency, where at one of my outpatient training sites I provided care to Amish patients in rural southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The Amish didn't believe in checkups and rarely visited...
- Public Speaking Update
Since I began blogging at Common Sense Family Doctor in July 2009, its posts have been featured in widely read blogs such as KevinMD.com, Better Health, The Health Care Blog, and Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview, as well as the websites of major...
- Welcome To The Blogosphere, American Family Physician
In addition to blogging for Common Sense Family Doctor and Healthcare Headaches, starting today I will also be writing and moderating a new blog for the journal American Family Physician (where I am an associate medical editor). The AFP Community Blog...
- From One Blog To Three
As Common Sense Family Doctor approaches its first anniversary, I am pleased to announce that I will soon be writing and moderating two new blogs that you are more than welcome to visit. Common Sense MD, hosted by the U.K.'s Family Health Guide, offers...
Medicine
"All In" as Common Sense Family Doctor turns five
Last summer around this time, I announced that I had started writing a book titled Conservative Medicine and elaborated on my ambitious book proposal in a series of blog posts. It's now a year later, but, sad to say, I haven't made much progress. I have some good excuses, though. In the past year, I:
- Became Associate Course Director, then Course Director, of the first-year Georgetown School of Medicine course "Patients, Populations & Policy"
- Gave three lectures and numerous interviews about the benefits and harms of CT screening for lung cancer
- Created a searchable database of primary care relevant recommendations from the Choosing Wisely campaign
- Was appointed to a four-year term on the American Academy of Family Physicians' Commission on the Health of the Public and Science
- Was re-appointed to the editorial board of Family Practice Management
- Moved into a new home (in January)
- Welcomed my fourth child / second daughter (in May) - in case you haven't been counting, my kids' ages are now 8, 6, 2, and 2 months
- Re-certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine by passing my Board exam
- Passed 6,500 Twitter followers and 10,000 tweets
- Passed 525,000 blog page views and reached 475 posts
So, though it may seem to readers like I've been loafing, the reality is that my time and energy has often been needed elsewhere. And when choosing between book writing and blogging, the latter wins out. In fact, to make more time in my schedule to post to Common Sense Family Doctor, I've decided to voluntarily cut back on my American Family Physician editor duties to the tune of $1000 per month. Creating this protected time should allow me to post more often than I have been able to lately, and take chances intellectually by daring to write about topics outside of my areas of health expertise, such as educational reform.
On the fifth anniversary of my very first post, I am announcing a new investment in myself and this blog. I am going "all in" on Common Sense Family Doctor.
On the fifth anniversary of my very first post, I am announcing a new investment in myself and this blog. I am going "all in" on Common Sense Family Doctor.
- The Common Sense Family Doctor Speaks
Since I began blogging in July 2009, my posts have been featured in widely read blogs such as KevinMD.com, The Doctor Weighs In, The Health Care Blog, The Doctor Blog, and Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview, as well as the websites of major national...
- Conservative Medicine: The Big Idea (and Title) Of My Book
A few days ago I was reminiscing about my family medicine residency, where at one of my outpatient training sites I provided care to Amish patients in rural southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The Amish didn't believe in checkups and rarely visited...
- Public Speaking Update
Since I began blogging at Common Sense Family Doctor in July 2009, its posts have been featured in widely read blogs such as KevinMD.com, Better Health, The Health Care Blog, and Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview, as well as the websites of major...
- Welcome To The Blogosphere, American Family Physician
In addition to blogging for Common Sense Family Doctor and Healthcare Headaches, starting today I will also be writing and moderating a new blog for the journal American Family Physician (where I am an associate medical editor). The AFP Community Blog...
- From One Blog To Three
As Common Sense Family Doctor approaches its first anniversary, I am pleased to announce that I will soon be writing and moderating two new blogs that you are more than welcome to visit. Common Sense MD, hosted by the U.K.'s Family Health Guide, offers...