I’ve written a lot about the benefits of direct primary care to my patients. But here’s another one – unlike in my prior corporate job, I can actually take some time out of the office to recharge. Doctors are only human, and we actually perform our jobs with more intelligence, creativity, and compassion when we’re well rested and get to spend adequate time with our family and friends. Accordingly, I’m doing something this week that I’ve rarely done in my career as a physician before: closing shop in order to hang out with my kids, who have the week off from school for spring break.
We’ll be back in the office next Monday. Until then, my patients should feel absolutely free to text or call me for anything important. But otherwise I’ll be off, meaning no further posts to this blog nor uploads to our social media channels for the next seven days.
