Member-only story
What matters most to doctors — Time or Money or Peace of mind?
Doctors are angels who take care of the human race. They sacrifice their childhood studying to get admission to medical school. Once they start working, they are always up 24/7 to care for the people around them. Does anyone think what matters most to them?
You ask 100 people, 70 would say money, 25 would say time, some understanding souls would even say peace of mind
I have traveled from Asia to America to Europe and it’s no different anywhere. Also, I happen to marry a doctor for the last 16 years that make me appreciate their life challenges a little bit more closely
On a daily basis, doctors time gets pulled in 3 directions:
- Patients
- Family
- Office staff
It gets more challenging if the doctor is having their own practice rather than working for someone. Anyone can guess why doctors shy away from opening their own practice — it’s really HARD, time-consuming and juggling all the above priorities is not for faint of heart
For the brave-heart doctors who open their practices, they are challenged with how to tell “patients” they are good doctors. Yes, this happens during the span of many years when people know who’s good and who’s not — however, time is not on…
