Jennifer Sills’ Post

The number of privately held independent medical practices has decreased from 60.1% in 2012 to approximately 45% in 2022. We believe this due in large part to the lack of emphasis on business and management in our medical education system. We don’t have time to wait for our educational system to change we must lead the change. My wife and I started our practice in 2018 and have learned valuable lessons through trial and error, which we share in our DermBiz series beginning on all streaming and social media platforms starting June 8th. https://lnkd.in/giDbakRb Our mission is to build a community of like-minded physician-led private practice owners who collaborate and support one another in order to: -strengthen and increase physician led private practice ownership -improve healthcare outcomes for the communities we serve and -improve workplace environments for healthcare workers We fight against this trend of consolidation by building a supportive encouraging community of private practice owners. Michelle Henry, MD Dr. Mercy Odueyungbo Achiamah Osei-Tutu Rajiv Nijhawan Joe T. Tanner Wagner, AINS, API, CAWC

CME - “I’ll take well intentioned, comical moneymaking schemes in healthcare for $200 Alex” Add continuing medical education (CME) to the long list of healthcare verticals that get it wrong. I’d love to share a story about how not understanding CME cost me $1000 plus a negative course of action on my national practitioners database record. In the state of Alabama, you must perform 25 hours of CME per year. I went to a conference that counted for 22 hours. Since I was a faculty member with a university, I mistakenly thought that medical school lectures that I had organized and legitimately given, counted for the other 3 hours. I was wrong. I was audited. I was asked for a certificate. I answered, “what certificate?” I was fined and reprimanded. I didn’t learn this crap in residency? How was I to know what counted as category 1 CME? Oh that’s right! It’s the stuff that makes someone else money that counts. I gotcha. Unless you spend thousands of dollars to go to some conference in San Antonio, or even worse, hundreds of dollars to take some online test that is useless, your educational activities “don’t count.“ Are there free CME activities? Absolutely. But you get what you pay for. More importantly isn’t the time of doctors worth something a little more valuable? I don’t know maybe like taking care of patients? Unfortunately, there’s not much we can do about these mandatory regulations. Maybe the best thing we can do is get a group of us disruptors together, form our own accredited conference, and work to solve the broken healthcare system. I’ll suggest Tuscany, but I’m open to suggestions. #cme #physicianburnout #physicians #healthcare #medicaleducation #physicianwellness

Welcome everyone to the Melanin Initiative! “In healthcare, there is often too much information and not enough time. Here at The Melanin Initiative, we avoid TMI by breaking things down into language you can understand, we create a safe space to ask your questions, and share our nursing perspective without taking too much of your time." Today we're talking to special guest, Clarence Sams, as we begin a new series called: Becoming a Physician. We're going to follow his journey to becoming a physician. Each semester he will return to share his experience as we watch his career, vision, and practice evolve. In episode 1, we discuss: -His journey to becoming a medical student -Mentors and peers who helped him along the way -How he selected his medical school -His vision for the future -His perspective of the current state of healthcare and where he sees it going in the next ten years -What he learned that he didn't know prior to medical school -What he wished he would have known prior to starting medical school Connect with us: Instagram: @samsiimed @geri_20 @lisha_renee_ TikTok: @samsiimed @themelanininitiat

Welcome everyone to the Melanin Initiative! “In healthcare, there is often too much information and not enough time. Here at The Melanin Initiative, we avoid TMI by breaking things down into language you can understand, we create a safe space to ask your questions, and share our nursing perspective without taking too much of your time." Today we're talking to special guest, Clarence Sams, as we begin a new series called: Becoming a Physician. We're going to follow his journey to becoming a physician. Each semester he will return to share his experience as we watch his career, vision, and practice evolve. In episode 1, we discuss: -His journey to becoming a medical student -Mentors and peers who helped him along the way -How he selected his medical school -His vision for the future -His perspective of the current state of healthcare and where he sees it going in the next ten years -What he learned that he didn't know prior to medical school -What he wished he would have known prior to starting medical school Connect with us: Instagram: @samsiimed @geri_20 @lisha_renee_ TikTok: @samsiimed @themelanininitiat

Welcome everyone to the Melanin Initiative! “In healthcare, there is often too much information and not enough time. Here at The Melanin Initiative, we avoid TMI by breaking things down into language you can understand, we create a safe space to ask your questions, and share our nursing perspective without taking too much of your time." Today we're talking to special guest, Clarence Sams, as we begin a new series called: Becoming a Physician. We're going to follow his journey to becoming a physician. Each semester he will return to share his experience as we watch his career, vision, and practice evolve. In episode 1, we discuss: -His journey to becoming a medical student -Mentors and peers who helped him along the way -How he selected his medical school -His vision for the future -His perspective of the current state of healthcare and where he sees it going in the next ten years -What he learned that he didn't know prior to medical school -What he wished he would have known prior to starting medical school Connect with us: Instagram: @samsiimed @geri_20 @lisha_renee_ TikTok: @samsiimed @themelanininitiat

Welcome everyone to the Melanin Initiative! “In healthcare, there is often too much information and not enough time. Here at The Melanin Initiative, we avoid TMI by breaking things down into language you can understand, we create a safe space to ask your questions, and share our nursing perspective without taking too much of your time." Today we're talking to special guest, Clarence Sams, as we begin a new series called: Becoming a Physician. We're going to follow his journey to becoming a physician. Each semester he will return to share his experience as we watch his career, vision, and practice evolve. In episode 1, we discuss: -His journey to becoming a medical student -Mentors and peers who helped him along the way -How he selected his medical school -His vision for the future -His perspective of the current state of healthcare and where he sees it going in the next ten years -What he learned that he didn't know prior to medical school -What he wished he would have known prior to starting medical school Connect with us: Instagram: @samsiimed @geri_20 @lisha_renee_ TikTok: @samsiimed @themelanininitiat

Welcome everyone to the Melanin Initiative! “In healthcare, there is often too much information and not enough time. Here at The Melanin Initiative, we avoid TMI by breaking things down into language you can understand, we create a safe space to ask your questions, and share our nursing perspective without taking too much of your time." Today we're talking to special guest, Clarence Sams, as we begin a new series called: Becoming a Physician. We're going to follow his journey to becoming a physician. Each semester he will return to share his experience as we watch his career, vision, and practice evolve. In episode 1, we discuss: -His journey to becoming a medical student -Mentors and peers who helped him along the way -How he selected his medical school -His vision for the future -His perspective of the current state of healthcare and where he sees it going in the next ten years -What he learned that he didn't know prior to medical school -What he wished he would have known prior to starting medical school Connect with us: Instagram: @samsiimed @geri_20 @lisha_renee_ TikTok: @samsiimed @themelanininitiat

Welcome everyone to the Melanin Initiative! “In healthcare, there is often too much information and not enough time. Here at The Melanin Initiative, we avoid TMI by breaking things down into language you can understand, we create a safe space to ask your questions, and share our nursing perspective without taking too much of your time." Today we're talking to special guest, Clarence Sams, as we begin a new series called: Becoming a Physician. We're going to follow his journey to becoming a physician. Each semester he will return to share his experience as we watch his career, vision, and practice evolve. In episode 1, we discuss: -His journey to becoming a medical student -Mentors and peers who helped him along the way -How he selected his medical school -His vision for the future -His perspective of the current state of healthcare and where he sees it going in the next ten years -What he learned that he didn't know prior to medical school -What he wished he would have known prior to starting medical school Connect with us: Instagram: @samsiimed @geri_20 @lisha_renee_ TikTok: @samsiimed @themelanininitiat

Welcome everyone to the Melanin Initiative! “In healthcare, there is often too much information and not enough time. Here at The Melanin Initiative, we avoid TMI by breaking things down into language you can understand, we create a safe space to ask your questions, and share our nursing perspective without taking too much of your time." Today we're talking to special guest, Clarence Sams, as we begin a new series called: Becoming a Physician. We're going to follow his journey to becoming a physician. Each semester he will return to share his experience as we watch his career, vision, and practice evolve. In episode 1, we discuss: -His journey to becoming a medical student -Mentors and peers who helped him along the way -How he selected his medical school -His vision for the future -His perspective of the current state of healthcare and where he sees it going in the next ten years -What he learned that he didn't know prior to medical school -What he wished he would have known prior to starting medical school Connect with us: Instagram: @samsiimed @geri_20 @lisha_renee_ TikTok: @samsiimed @themelanininitiat

Welcome everyone to the Melanin Initiative! “In healthcare, there is often too much information and not enough time. Here at The Melanin Initiative, we avoid TMI by breaking things down into language you can understand, we create a safe space to ask your questions, and share our nursing perspective without taking too much of your time." Today we're talking to special guest, Clarence Sams, as we begin a new series called: Becoming a Physician. We're going to follow his journey to becoming a physician. Each semester he will return to share his experience as we watch his career, vision, and practice evolve. In episode 1, we discuss: -His journey to becoming a medical student -Mentors and peers who helped him along the way -How he selected his medical school -His vision for the future -His perspective of the current state of healthcare and where he sees it going in the next ten years -What he learned that he didn't know prior to medical school -What he wished he would have known prior to starting medical school Connect with us: Instagram: @samsiimed @geri_20 @lisha_renee_ TikTok: @samsiimed @themelanininitiat