Dealing with Doctor's Offices

In this episode, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe talk with their first guest, Dr. Jared Brinker, about the specialty of Family Medicine.  Dianne is excited to interview Dr. Brinker, as he is her own personal physician.  Dr. Crossnoe does a brief erratum from the first two episodes.  Dr. Brinker summarizes …

In episode one, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe introduce themselves and discuss their motivation for starting the Dealing with Doctors podcast.  Dr. Crossnoe discusses his background, family, and education.  He explains that the primary motivation behind Dealing with Doctors is to provide a resource to pa…

In episode two, we discuss the many specializations of medicine.  Dr. Crossnoe uses the example of a tree, with many branches coming off representing the specializations.   Dr. Crossnoe and Dianne first discuss what specialties are considered to be primary care.  Dr. Crossnoe suggests that modern m…

In this episode, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe discuss what locations of care might be appropriate for what types of problems.  They discuss the emergency department, walk-in clinics, and doctor's offices, as well as virtual visits!  After reviewing each of these places, they play a game in which Dr…