A day in the life of a family medicine ATTENDING DOCTOR! (DETAILED) 

Aw that’s amazing! All the best to you! There is light at the end of the tunnel I guess

Welcomeeee!! Enjoy! Catch up quick life has changed A LOT since this video haha

Aw thanks for these kind words. Thank you for being here and supporting my channel!

High stress? I’ve heard the opposite.

@@Ray-zc9ln I think both are true. I've heard high stress in terms of number of patients to get through, insurance limiting what you can do for your patients, not enough time to do what you need to, too many demands on PCPs, too much paperwork, etc. It's not the same "traditional" high stress like PCC or trauma would be, of course.

Haha that comes from residency. After going through that, I feel like I’ve seen it all and can handle whatever. Thank you for watching!

Haha I’m glad you can relate!!

I’m glad you’re here!

Thanks for watching! I see about the same although the goal for us is 19 a day. My schedule fluctuates so much with the no shows and still being relatively new. I am typing my notes while the patient is talking and I just don't over-do it. Usually I'm signing as we wrap up the visit or if I need a couple more mins, I send the patient out to be discharged by my RN and I finish up before seeing the next patient. Even if I'm behind, I still finish the notes because I know that's what works best for my flow.

Thanks for that feedback, I will!

Hi Dr. Ijeoma, I'm a medical student in Russia and I look forward to family medicine in Canada. Is it possible?

Thank you! I appreciate the kind words 🤗

Happy you found my channel! After your years of clinical training you just get familiar with them and you know a few from each category. I do look up meds when I’m looking for maybe a third line option, or a patient has an unfamiliar allergy and I need to use something else, and of course for drug interactions because I definitely can’t keep those straight. Great question.

Glad you are here! No I do not have to do home visits. most primary care doctors here do not HAVE to but may have job flexibility to allow them to if they want.

Glad you liked it!

Great question. We had a high % peds patients in my clinic so yes I was very well trained for kids for well and sick visits. I don’t see kids though currently. I can’t honestly say I would manage a child as well as a pediatrician because they just have way more reps under their belt and have seen way more normal/abnormal kids. But definitely have the confidence out of residency to see kids.

Yes I do and I also just don't type that much. EPIC is out EMR and it pull a lot into the notes also and that helps especially for the assessment and plan!

Exactly right, they schedule 2 patients in the same appointment time. so of course, if they both come it’s impossible to stay on time but you just try to catch up at some other point in the day

@@thebalancingactmd Okay! Thanks so much for your answer and this video! really enjoyed watching!

I can reach out to other docs in the practice for their opinion. Or I look things up and see what I can at least offer as a next step--labs, imaging, trial meds if not going to be harmful, etc. We also have ability to e-consult just about any specialty, so I use that to my advantage alot--they get back to me usually w/n 24-48h. I am transparent with patients if I don't know what's going on. And if at the end I still feel uneasy, I do close follow up like 1-2 weeks so I can see them again.

@@thebalancingactmd So, after e-consult gets back to you, do you call the patient or have them schedule another appointment to let them know their diagnosis?

@@minervasanchez-tenorio3531 I usually prescribe/order whatever they recommend, or sometimes they say just place a real referral so I"ll do that, then have nursing staff notify the patient. sorry for the late reply I just saw this.

@@thebalancingactmd one last question, did you take a day off out of the week when you were in medical school or did you have to study every day?

@@minervasanchez-tenorio3531 I studies every day for the most part. maybe sunday off or kept it light

Yep I have a white coat but I just don’t wear it often. I get cold and just prefer the comfort of my jacket more.