Hospitalist Stress Relief

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Morsetlis said:
Watched every single one instead of studying for the last two hours :D
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Yes! Corrupting the youth. Mission accomplished!
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Hey ZDoggMD,

I am obsessed with the Call Day video! It definitely made all my call days much more pleasant lol.
 
Keep spittin' the truth, no matter how much these SDN mods threaten you!
 
Indeed ... We need more avantegardes in medicine ...

Great work ... entertaining and inspiring .... Can only comment with two words: hats off!!!

Respect and best regards
 
I love it when they call me Big Pharma! My latest video, featuring Pupp Daddy, my kid. Full post with lyrics is here.

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Zdogg, are you full Indian? I thought you were white at first.
 
Liking the new look, zdogg. Heat in vegas too hot for the hair? ;)
 
Ineedhopenow said:
Zdogg, are you full Indian? I thought you were white at first.
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Weird, most people think I'm black! ;)

Seriously though, both my folks are from Pune India, but they are Zoroastrians (Parsi's is what they call them in India) so we're of Persian lineage.

Don't matter though, in the end all us terrorists look the same :laugh:
 
ZDoggMD said:
I've injected chlorophyl into my scalp so I can photosynthesize.
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:laugh:

so, your thoughts on being a hospitalist? recommend it?

after IM residency I was thinking of doing it for a year or two to pay back some loans before pursing fellowship (most likely Nephro). what do you think?
 
I think there's some sorta niche in hospital medicine for anyone who's vaguely interested in it. There are so many different job-types and schedule setups that, assuming you find the one that suits you best, you should be able to find some degree of awesomeness.

I think it's also a great stopover on the way to fellowship. I used it as a 9-year stopover on my way to a fellowship in pimpin'.
 
Zdogg, please make an app with your vids uploaded there. Maybe put an option to download the videos for people like me who need wifi to operate. I'd love to watch them on plane trips.

I have so many favorites, but I have to mention the Witch doctor. Please post up the radiology segment. I read that it was edited out due to time constraint, but post it up as an extra or something. Maybe make a second channel with all the extras and bloopers. Either way keep it up!
 
Ineedhopenow said:
Zdogg, please make an app with your vids uploaded there. Maybe put an option to download the videos for people like me who need wifi to operate. I'd love to watch them on plane trips.
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You can download all our videos as apple video podcasts on iTunes. That way you can download the video and keep it on your device for watching in planes, trains, and automobiles. And rickshaws. And yachts. And dune buggies. Also, don't forget to tear us a new one in the iTunes ratings/reviews section. Check it out here.
 
Did you really give up your gig in SF and move to Vegas? Or is that just part of the comedy schtick?
 
Yo homies, I'm working on some new videos here in Vegas (including a Zombie joint about c. diff colitis. I know, I know...more stool). If y'all would like to get an email when the latest video is released, sign up for my mailing list. Thanks for all the support!
 
ZDoggMD said:
Dude, that schedule and workload sounds rough but I think it may be indicative of community hospitalist jobs in general. Our group is more of a hybrid because we do use housestaff at the academic center, but no housestaff at the community hospital. Ours is a very large multispecialty group that subsidizes the salary of the hospitalists somewhat, so we don't necessarily need to produce as many RVUs.
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Can someone explain to me how 7on/7off is rough? I'm a 4th year med student so I might be somewhat naive, but to me that sounds pretty chill...Just trying to find out more about hospitalist medicine bc I'm thinking about going into it.
 
The 7 days that you are on are truly brutal. 12 hour shifts, very busy at most programs. Basically wake up, go to work, come home and crash. So oftentimes many will spend their 7 days off dreading the coming 7-day on shift. But it's a personal thing; I and folks in my group don't like it, but many do.
 
Hold up, y'all! Reports of my retirement from hospital medicine are greatly exaggerated :naughty:

I'm building a direct primary care practice in Downtown Vegas; not concierge, because employers are mainly picking up the tab, not individuals. And the cost is much lower than typically concierge practices. And the care model is very cool, but I digress.

My intent is actually to start a hospitalist group to manage the patients from our clinic, so I'll still be kicking it in the wild west of hospital medicine, which is where my heart is anyways.

Oh, and here's a wack video to tide you over until we drop our next rap epic!

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ZDoggMD said:
Hold up, y'all! Reports of my retirement from hospital medicine are greatly exaggerated :naughty:

I'm building a direct primary care practice in Downtown Vegas; not concierge, because employers are mainly picking up the tab, not individuals. And the cost is much lower than typically concierge practices. And the care model is very cool, but I digress.

My intent is actually to start a hospitalist group to manage the patients from our clinic, so I'll still be kicking it in the wild west of hospital medicine, which is where my heart is anyways.
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My bad ZDoggMD, I have much love for you and all of your videos, glad to see you aren't leaving the game and obviously once I saw your latest video I could tell how serious you are.

Society of Hospital Medicine presents ZDoggMD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOC93pyVll4&list=UU9OC1g2mGGQU-w-cdgOSyug
 
Awesome and inspiring video. Thanks for sharing.
 
Can you sketch the model of healthcare you guys will be using there? I especially interested in the role of the subspecialists and how you guys are planning to incorporate them.
 
Shoot me an email at zdoggmd at gmail dot com. SDN will yell at me if I look like I'm promoting a specific business here ;-)

But bottom line is flat fee membership model primary care with team approach (health coaches, nurses, docs) and proprietary non-insurance based EHR. Specialists would still initially bill insurance but ultimately might come under a network we build in collaboration with insurers that might look more like a capitated situation.
 
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