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Teach the basics of practice management to medical students

Raymond Tsai, MD
Physician
August 20, 2014

For three years before I applied to medical school, I worked in post-Katrina New Orleans helping to rebuild school-based health centers. One of the main challenges, however, was how to create a sustainable safety net for at-risk youth to whom we were hoping to provide much needed health services — key word being “sustainable.”

All too often, there isn’t funding to carry out primary care’s mission of improving the health of communities and …

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Teach the basics of practice management to medical students

Am I smart enough for family medicine?

Raymond Tsai, MD
Education
April 1, 2013

I’m not sure why my parents were surprised when I told them that I was applying to go into family medicine. It seemed like a logical transition after spending six years working in public health and primary care before medical school, but from the perspective of Taiwanese immigrant parents, I couldn’t have made a more absurd career choice. I was confronted with comments such as, “Most people choose careers to make …

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Am I smart enough for family medicine?

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