February 26th, 2021
By Dr. Scot Goldberg, MD
Thoughts On Building A Community, Not Just A Practice
Practicing medicine is a very serious endeavor. A heck of a lot of training goes into becoming a doctor. Pre-med alone is tough – organic chemistry anyone? Not to mention getting into and surviving med school, and then there are residencies, board exams – it’s high pressure and a challenging curriculum. When you come out the other side and earn the title of “Doctor” you’ve been thoroughly tested and trained. It’s a long hard road.
I’m not complaining – just providing context.
Meanwhile a whole lot of effort and hard work goes into building a practice. Learning to become a doctor is one thing. Starting a business is a whole other set of skills and challenges and plenty of risk. It takes time and running a business as many of you probably know is not easy. And even when you’re “established” there are many variables out of your control such as…..oh I don’t know……a pandemic perhaps? Granted everyone has been challenged by that, but at the core of the pandemic is the virus itself and people’s health which as doctors puts us at the heart of the matter.
Again – not complaining. It’s a gift to be in the profession of helping people and being able to do it for a living!
But here’s where we get to the nitty gritty of those two things and taking them to the next level which is my point:
If it takes perseverance, smarts and motivation to become a doctor, and savvy and solid decision making to run a business, it takes humanity to build a COMMUNITY and that’s what we are trying to do here! Sure we want to be profitable and provide proper care, but medicine can be heavy. There’s laughter and tears, pain and relief, anxiety and joy, and plenty in between, and embracing them all while building relationships is what makes a community. A community around our practice.
We have enjoyed this new path of social media – Facebook, our newsletter, blogging here on the website and the like. Sharing Saturday Silliness, Foodie Fridays, Tuesday Trivia and plenty more on these different platforms allows us to inform, teach, laugh and learn together and we love getting the feedback from all of you – our patients! We like interacting with you and knowing you – not just treating you, and that goes for our entire staff! We hope you are enjoying the content and here’s to better times ahead and the continued journey!
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