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In this special episode, we revisit the top three fan-favorite episodes of the 'Physician's Guide to Doctoring.' Our journey begins with Episode 96, featuring Dr. Sarah Smith, who shares revolutionary strategies for tackling charting backlogs, enhancing efficiency in medical documentation. Next, Episode 200 takes us into the world of Dr. Naomi Lawrence-Reid, where she discusses leveraging medical training to create diverse income streams, offering insights into the versatility and adaptability of medical expertise. Finally, Episode 189 with Dr. Sarah Hart-Unger delves into the universal challenge of achieving work-life balance, providing practical tips and strategies for physicians to manage their professional and personal lives effectively. These episodes not only offer valuable practical advice but also reflect the evolving landscape of medical practice and the personal endeavors of physicians.

More on each episode: Physician Charting Coaching - Strategies to Save Time, Improve Efficiency, And Get More Done!

Released September 6, 2021

Dr. Sarah Smith is a family physician and charting coach. She specializes in helping physicians with our charting backlog so we can get home on time without the looming cloud of unfinished charts and callbacks. 

We discuss how to add efficiency to your day by making sure you are laser focused on your patient and you aren’t finished until that chart is closed. This frees up mental space for the next patient, making that visit a bit more efficient. By the end of your morning, have a plan for how you are going to tackle callbacks. We also discuss dictation, scribes, templates, and how this is all easier said than done.

She went to medical school at the University of Western Australia and has worked in primarily rural communities as a family physician, and is now in Edson, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Smith is a certified life coach and knows firsthand the experience of never being done and having unfinished charts and inboxes begging for your attention.  She has hundreds of hours of experience coaching many physicians in the outpatient setting with improving their office and workplace efficiency and finding solutions to getting their work done during their clinical day. You can find her at chartingcoach.ca.

Using Your Medical Training for Multiple Income Streams with Naomi Lawrence-Reid, MD

Published Jun 07, 2022

Naomi Lawrence-Reid, M.D. is a pediatrician and founder of Doctoring Differently, a course and coaching platform designed to teach physicians of all specialties how to transition out of full-time clinical and academic practice while starting lucrative and flexible careers that best utilize their medical training and experience. We discuss all of her different income streams, like per-diem, locum tenens, veteran and social security disability exams, medical expert witness work, aesthetics, how she got into each of them, how we can get started, and why it is OK for a pediatrician to inject Botox into adults.

Dr. Lawrence-Reid initially intended on a career as a pediatric emergency medicine specialist, but she was unwilling to yield to the confines of restrictive hospital contracts, non-negotiable salaries, exhaustive administrative duties, and oppressive call schedules. She developed the Doctoring Differently curriculum in order to give physicians the tools to choose themselves and transform their individual passions and expertise into gratifying careers with increased income, tremendous freedom, and enhanced quality of life.

Dr. Lawrence-Reid is a proud Boston-area native currently based in San Diego, Califor