The Scope of Practice Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Episode 100 - This is a bittersweet episode for me, since it’s going to be my final podcast.  The last 2 years has been a phenomenal journey for all of us. I’ve gotten emails from so many of you telling me how valuable this content has been, and I’m so grateful to have been part of your journey.  I set out to create a platform to empower physicians to take control of their careers, their families, and their personal finances.  My hope was to embolden you with knowledge and encouragement so you can live your best life on your terms.  Now, after over 75,000 downloads, 100 weekly episodes, and 19 Sunday Specials, I hope I’ve given you some of those tools that you need.  

That’s why I’m so excited about today’s discussion.  As physicians, I think we know better than anyone else what we need to take care of our patients.  The government isn’t coming to help us.  The government is full of people who don’t know or can’t understand how to care for patients because they’ve never had to do it.  You’re a physician. You should be the one in charge of making decisions for your patients.  If we’re going to make that a reality, we have to start by taking charge of ourselves.   

Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!

It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!

This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time.  Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.   

This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage.  A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time.  This course is just a fraction of that cost and you can complete it on your own time!

The course is also eligible for CME credits, so you can use your employer's CME funds to sign up.

Registration for the course is open NOW! 

FREE disability quotes from Physician Financial Services: www.physicianfinancialservices.com

Free Resource: 32 Easy Ways to Recognize Your Team Members

Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!

Most physicians and dentists come out of training programs with a huge amount of personal debt and little to no idea of how to actually run a clinical practice.  This Facebook community is for anyone who wants to learn more about how to manage their business more successfully and master their personal finances.

Episode 99  - What would it be like to work in a place where everyone genuinely enjoyed working there?  Wouldn't you love to have a healthy workplace environment, low staff turnover, and high productivity?  According to today's guest, William Vanderbloemen, your company's success lives and dies with how effectively you develop a healthy, vibrant team culture.

A good team culture doesn't develop by accident.  It's something you create over time through nurture and deliberate planning.  Cultivating a good team culture will lead to lower staff turnover, increased profitability, better team morale, and a more positive work experience.

I hope you enjoy this week's episode as William Vanderbloemen shares the key features that you need in order to ensure that your team culture is healthy.  Whether you're joining an established company or starting your own, there are great tips in here that you need!  Sit back and listen to a great conversation about how you as a leader can build the company of your dreams with the team  you already have in place.

Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!

It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!

This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time.  Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.   

This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage.  A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time.  This course is just a fraction of that cost and you can complete it on your own time!

The course is also eligible for CME credits, so you can use your employer's CME funds to sign up.

Registration for the course is open NOW! 

FREE disability quotes from Physician Financial Services: www.physicianfinancialservices.com

Meet William Vanderbloemen

William Vanderbloemen has been able to combine over 15 years of ministry experience as a Senior Pastor with the best practices of Executive Search to provide churches with a unique offering: a deep understanding of local church work with the very best knowledge and practices of professional executive search.

William is regularly invited to speak across the country in both church services and as a resource to churches and conferences on leadership. His latest book is Culture Wins: The Roadmap To An Irresistible Workplace.

• COVID-19 - https://www.vanderbloemen.com/covid19
• Next: Pastoral Succession That Works: https://www.vanderbloemen.com/next-pastoral-succession-that-works-book

Free Resource: 32 Easy Ways to Recognize Your Team Members

Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!

Episode 90 - I’m excited to bring you this special throwback episode.  We’re reaching all the way back to episode 2 of the podcast.  If you haven’t heard this episode, then buckle up.  This episode was one of my favorites of the last 2 years.  My guest is a retired U.S. Navy surgeon general, Vice Admiral Forrest Faison.  He spent his 30 year career in the Navy first as a pediatric neurodevelopmental specialist before moving into executive medicine and eventually leading all of the Navy Medical Corps as the 38th surgeon general. He has had an amazing career, leading the men and women of the Navy and Marine Corps through incredible hardships such as wartime combat hospital operations, as well as six pandemics.   This is a phenomenal conversation you’re about to hear.  If you ever wanted a free master class in physician leadership, you’re about to hear it.  So, it is now my honor to present to you my conversation with retired Vice Admiral Forrest Faison.

Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!

It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!

I'm excited to tell you about a new online course I'm launching called “Residency-Proof Your Marriage.”  I’ve seen way too many couples get divorced or see their relationships go sour during their medical career.  Medical training is an inherently divisive time, so you have to work to combat that!  

This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time.  Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.   

This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage.  A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time.  This course is just a fraction of that cost and you can complete it on your own time!

The course is also eligible for CME credits, so you can use your employer's CME funds to sign up.

Registration for the course is open NOW! 

Free Resource: 32 Easy Ways to Celebrate Your Team Members

To help you improve your employee experience, as well as your customer experience, I have a great free resource for you this week.  It’s a free pdf download called “32 Easy Ways to Celebrate Your Team Members.” This free resource offers a lot of ideas for finding fun and creative ways to recognize your team members for the work they do.  There are a lot of free or very inexpensive ideas in here.  Take a moment each week to recognize your team members for doing a great job or for upholding your company’s values in a meaningful way, or for finding ways to improve the customer experience.  

Just click here to download your free copy today.

 
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Episode 18 - If COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on your life, you probably find parts of your life feeling off-balance.  Most physicians I talk to have felt that way for months!  Dr. Dawn Baker has written extensively about how to find and maintain work/life balance, and she joins us on The Scope of Practice Podcast today to share her insights.

What if you could feel like you are totally balanced between all the parts of your life?  What would it take?  What would you give for that?  Dr. Baker has some answers for you, and best of all, it's totally free.  In fact, it's better than that because it all comes directly from you!  Your ability to achieve balance is not out of reach.

Dr. Baker drops some incredible wisdom regarding achieving financial independence, the importance of good mentors, the value of self-knowledge, and (my favorite) how to avoid the "Hedonic Treadmill of Achievement."  This conversation will encourage and inspire you!

Show notes with all links: www.thescopeofpractice.com/episode18

Free Resource: Creating a Personal Mission Statement

Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!

One-on-one personal finance and business coaching 

FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern

Episode 17 - Let's face it, COVID-19 has destroyed a lot of businesses.  A lot of people had their dreams and life savings invested in a business that is just gone.  Even physicians have seen their business or entire hospital close.  Is it impossible to just start over, or to grow your business following the COVID shutdown?  Dr. Glenn Vo doesn't think so!

Dr. Glenn Vo is a full-time dentist and thriving entrepreneur who started the group "Nifty Thrifty Dentists."  He has an entrepreneurial mindset and is experienced at starting and growing a business from scratch.  In today's podcast episode, Dr. Vo talks about how physicians and dentists can approach business in a way that will enable them to grow, even in the aftermath of COVID-19.

This pandemic doesn't have to be the death of your business or your dreams!  Dr. Vo and I had a great discussion on the philosophical and practical aspects of entrepreneurship that will help you get your business started, growing, and booming!

"Entrepreneurship: It’s all about your mindset.  You’ve got to get your mindset right!"

 - Dr. Glenn Vo

 Dr. Glenn Vo co-owns Denton Smiles Dentistry with his wife Dr. Susan Tran, where they have achieved Best of Denton 3 years consecutively. He is also the founder of Nifty Thrifty Dentists, a website and Facebook group that is aimed to helping dentists pull resources together to save money by leveraging for group buys. Alongside with Nifty Thrifty, he hosts a podcast that is one of the top podcasts on iTunes. Additionally, he is the host of The Doctor Entrepreneur Podcast as well as a best selling author.

 - SoMeDocs Masterclass for Online Business: email me at brent@thescopeofpractice.com to register today!

- Free Resource: The Scope of Practice Reading List 

- Featured Online Community: Healthcare Business Management Association

- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern

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One-on-one personal finance and business coaching

If you need a little more individualized help figuring out:

• How to build and implement a successful long-term finance strategy
• How to budget effectively without going crazy
• What to do in order to get you and your spouse on the same page with your finances
• Writing a resume
• How to find the right practice to join
• Or anything else related to business or personal finance

I’d love to help you so you can have the successful career and financial freedom you deserve.  Just click here and email me to set up a free consultation to determine if one-on-one coaching is right for you.  

I’ve coached hundreds of families to eliminate millions of dollars in debt and get their finances on track, and I’d love to help you do the same so you feel safe knowing your career and personal finances are as strong as you want them to be.

Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!

Episode 16 - If your business doesn't rank #1 on Google, you're losing business!  Unfortunately, the best physicians don't always get the most business.  A lot of times, it comes down to who has the best marketing strategies.  If you have the best messages and the clearest communication, you're more likely to win.

Go Google your business right now!  If you're not on the first page for your specialty in your area, it's likely that you're losing business to your competitors.  This week, Kelley and Justin Knott share the secrets of healthcare marketing with us.  They'll teach us how to rank #1 on Google, how to get the best patient reviews, and how to effectively utilize physician liaisons in your practice.

None of this stuff happens by accident!  The days of "hanging a shingle" in your town and creating a thriving business are pretty much over!  If you want to rank #1 on Google and get more patients, have a better business, and help more people, then you need to listen to this episode!

Free Resource: Creating a one-liner that will kickstart your business' growth

This week's blog post: How to Build a Sterling Reputation

Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!

FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern

Sunday Special 03 - The United States is in a crisis right now!  It's not an exaggeration to say that there is a large percentage of the U.S. population that would love to see the American experiment end.  America has been the source of the greatest expansion of wealth, promotion of freedom, and elimination of poverty in the history of humanity.  Ending that would be an unmitigated disaster!  America needs Jesus now more than ever!!

In this episode, Dr. Pat Young talks about his experience as a physician over the past two decades.  He served over 20 years in the U.S. Navy.  Now, he continues his mission of teaching, coaching, and serving both his patients and his students and trainees.  He is an incredible leader and really understands what it takes to be able to share your faith in times like this.

This is an empowering episode with one of the great physician leaders of our modern times.  You'll come away from this episode encouraged and emboldened to share the good news of Jesus Christ with a dying world.   America needs Jesus, and you can share that with them!

Free Resource: The Body of Christ - A 14-day devotional series for healthcare professionals

This is a medically-themed devotional series with Bible passage discussion, reflection questions, prayers, and action steps to take each day.  It's a great series, and you can download it for free!

Connect to Dr. Pat Young on Twitter by clicking here

Episode 15  - What would it be like to work in a place where everyone genuinely enjoyed working there?  Wouldn't you love to have a healthy workplace environment, low staff turnover, and high productivity?  According to today's guest, William Vanderbloemen, your company's success lives and dies with how effectively you develop a healthy, vibrant team culture.

A good team culture doesn't develop by accident.  It's something you create over time through nurture and deliberate planning.  Cultivating a good team culture will lead to lower staff turnover, increased profitability, better team morale, and a more positive work experience.

I hope you enjoy this week's episode as William Vanderbloemen shares the key features that you need in order to ensure that your team culture is healthy.  Whether you're joining an established company or starting your own, there are great tips in here that you need!  Sit back and listen to a great conversation about how you as a leader can build the company of your dreams with the team  you already have in place.

• Free Resource: 32 Easy Ways to Recognize Your Team Members
• Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group! 
• Buy William's Book: Culture Wins

One-on-one personal finance and business coaching

If you need a little more individualized help figuring out:

How to build and implement a successful long-term finance strategy

• How to budget effectively without going crazy
• What to do in order to get you and your spouse on the same page with your finances
• Writing a resume
• How to find the right practice to join
• Or anything else related to business or personal finance

I’d love to help you soyou can have the successful career and financial freedom you deserve.  Just click here and email me to set up a free consultationto determine if one-on-one coaching is right for you.  

I’ve coached hundreds of families to eliminate millions of dollars in debt and get their finances on track, and I’d love to help you do the same so you feel safe knowing your career and personal finances are as strong as you want them to be.

Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!

• FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern
• Featured online community: Physician Medical Expert Group

Episode 14  - Students loans are wrecking financial plans of physicians around the country, and no one is coming to your rescue!!  Fortunately, that means that the power is in YOUR hands!  But, if you're over $200,000 in debt and just starting out your career, it might seem overwhelming.  Travis Hornsby is today's guest, and in this episode he walks us step by step through all of the important issues to consider as we tackle our student loans.

Your student loans shouldn't crush your dreams.  You deserve to have a life of financial freedom.  You just need a plan!  Follow along with today's episode and you'll get clarification on all the parts of the plan that you need to get your finances on track so you can live with the financial security you deserve!

• Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group! 
• Nominate The Scope of Practice for a Plutus Award

One-on-one personal finance and business coaching

If you need a little more individualized help figuring out:

• How to build and implement a successful long-term finance strategy
• How to budget effectively without going crazy
• What to do in order to get you and your spouse on the same page with your finances
• Writing a resume
• How to find the right practice to join
• Or anything else related to business or personal finance

I’d love to help you so you can have the successful career and financial freedom you deserve.  Just click here and email me to set up a free consultation to determine if one-on-one coaching is right for you.  

I’ve coached hundreds of families to eliminate millions of dollars in debt and get their finances on track, and I’d love to help you do the same so you feel safe knowing your career and personal finances are as strong as you want them to be.

Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!

• Contact Travis Hornsby today to get started on a personalized plan to crush your student loans!
• FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern

Featured online community: Physician Dad Nerd Group

Episode 13 - Up to 80% of physicians report experiencing symptoms of burnout.  >60% of all people nationally feel some degree of dissatisfaction at work.  If you're one of those people, maybe it's because you feel stuck in neutral.  Maybe you're just not getting what you need from the people that work with you.  As Ken Coleman discusses in this episode, there's a simple fix.

Here's the reality: no one cares enough to help you if you don't go help yourself.  You need to seize opportunities when they present themselves.  More than that, you need to CREATE opportunities for yourself!  Using The Proximity Principle, Ken Coleman will teach us in this episode how to get around the right people and put the right practices in place in order to create opportunities.

Ken Coleman is a nationally syndicated radio host and hosts The Ken Coleman Show podcast.  That podcast is consistently ranked in the top 3 of all career-related podcasts.  Ken is experienced and knowledgeable, and he's going to help us figure out how to jumpstart our career growth using the Proximity Principle.  Don't wait for something good to come along - make it happen!!!

Resources from this episode

Free Resource: Application/Interview Toolkit

Featured online community: Physician Moms of Four or More

FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern

Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group! 

This week's blog post: 3 People, 2 Places, and 1 Practice that Will Lead to Your Dream Job