The Dr Synonymous Show

Dr Jonas, your host for the Dr Synonymous Show, expounds on being a Family Physician.  What does he think and do in his office practice?  He'll speak to how much fun he's having.  Tune in. Sign into the chat room. Family Medicine continuing education is forever.  Dr Jonas comments on a great course he attended recently. A few thoughts about the pain versus opiates debate are added for good measure...

Dr Jonas, your host for the Dr Synonymous Show, does a quick show tonite just because.  Lots is happening.  Much could be said-- or not.  Non- Directive Imagery could be a helpful shortcut out of overload. JAMA era 3 article by Don Berwick, MD reviewed, generating comments about G Gayle Stephens, MD a Founder of FM.  Dr. Stephens had a great talk about the covenant and the calling of physicians ve...

Your host, A. Patrick Jonas, MD notes that: change and newness abound as spring is upon us and winter is gone.  Easter brings magic and reverence, while the CDC chides physicians for opiate prescribing, but local hospitals celebrate National Doctors Day.  Organized medicine in the form of the Ohio State Medical Association meets this week and we get to catch up.  We'll look at some Tweets and blog...

Your host, Dr Jonas, will reflect on a fermentation session he attended today.  Kefir, kombucha, scoby and scoby hotel were some of the interesting subjects.  The food world is changing and physicians need to keep up.  Physician burnout is a growing force in workforce development for healthcare.  The "Match" for med students adds little hope for an adequate primary care workforce for America. Blog...

Dr Jonas, your host for the Dr Synonymous Show will celebrate Direct Primary Care (Direct Family Medicine is his version) as a way to lessen the Presidential Election Year Blues.  A Forbes online article by Dave Chase provides some insight.    America is heating up for the election while healthcare continues to bankrupt the country shamelessly and with no end in sight.  Not to fear, DPC to the res...

Dr Jonas, your host for the Dr Synonymous Show goes through a Blog, Tweet and Literature review before discussing his post about Geezers in Direct Primary Care.  Can FP's near the end of their practicing careers shift into DPC, making a more enjoyable lasr few years of practice while creating jobs for early career FP's?   Tune in and join the chat room to add your opinions. Become a supporter of t...

The DPC Ohio culture moved ahead on February 20th as 24 fans of DPC gathered at the Dublin Integrated Education Center.  Medical students, residents, a FNP student, Family Physicians, General Internists, a Rheumatologist, a practice manager and six faculty shared information and ideas in a stimulating one day UnSummit. From Cincinnati to Columbus to Cleveland to Beavercreek, Bellfontaine, and Wave...

Direct Primary Care is growing and groaning.  What drives it?  What goes into the development of the DPC culture? Is there a culture of DPC?  "A culture is a way of life of a group of people--the behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next." one internet def...

Dr. Pat Jonas, your host on the Dr Synonymous Show, will discuss Direct Primary Care again focusing on some DPC secrets that make it appealing.  Time, Time, Time.  Expanded Differential Diagnosis.  Depth of personalization.  Even genomics.  Even eating strategies.  Time, Time, Time. Eating for Health.  Learning from Dr.'s Davis and Perlmutter.  Probiotics:  Eating microbes to seed the intestinal f...

Dr Jonas, your host, holds a late night session about morbid measurement, murderous metrics which are killing healthcare.  The NYT article "How Measurement Fails Doctors and Teachers" by Robert Wachter in the Sunday Review is a timely message of importance to the nation.  We will discuss it. How does this relate to Family Medicine?  Many ways.  We have abandoned our essence as unmeasurable fluff....

Dr Jonas, your host, will do the usual blog, tweet and literature review with an eye toward the new year.  Healthcare is stuck.  What's going to deliver the course correction.  Will Family Medicine start a breakaway from business as usual? Will we move away from statin sluts and other business and bonus based dogmatists to connect with our patients and our duty to serve? Can Direct Primary Care de...

Let's think about Christmas.  And Dr Synonymous.  And Families.  And Family Medicine.  Join us on a Christmas adventure, from Dr Jonas childhood town to the present.  Christmas is still magic Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dr-synonymous-show--6530014/support .

Dr. Jonas, the host of the Dr Synonymous Show, talks about how and why his mother now lives with his family.  Also what issues he and his wife and adult son face with the changes.  We'll look at some web sites related to this.  This reminds me of the issues discussed by Dr Chip Teel, who we'll mention in this show. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dr-synonym...

I'm forever grateful to David Aspy, EdD, now a mentor from heaven, who taught me empathy and more.  He had directed the National Consortium for Humanizing Education in the 1970's and wrote Kids Don't Learn from People They Don't Like with Flora N. Roebuck, EdD in 1977, among other works.  I was looking for teaching strategies to help resident physicians improve their teaching skills as head of a w...

What is a big  secret to good health and weight management?  Join Dr Jonas, your host on the Dr Synonymous Show as he goes deeper into the facts and myths about the microbes on us and in us.  How do we get the right microbiota?  How do we manage it? How does the Human Microbiome Project relate to health and disease? Dr. J will also reflect on Veteran's Day, his tour in Vietnam and get nostalgic. J...

Introduction                Microbes , dogs, humans, shoes and cell phones                Review of traditional microbial thinking: CDC                               Infections in Family Medicine:  Top to bottom                Overview of the Microbiome Presentation                Definitions                Evolution of the individual microbiome                Health implications                Di...

Dr Jonas, your host for the show, reviews some aspects of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and hypermobility.  Then discussses how flu shots are made and what's up with the medical profession.  The usual blog, tweet and literature review happens along the way.  Join the chat room live and provide input during the show. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dr-synonymous-sh...

Dr Jonas, your host on the Dr Synonymous Show will discuss some aspects of Hybrid Direct Primary Care that are challenging hurdles for those with an existing practice who want to continue with their current patients while adding Direct Primary Care.  It doesn't have to be either/or for everyone. Generally DPC is for private practice physicians.  That's who I'm talking to in this show. Next is a co...

Dr. Jonas, your host on the Dr Synonymous Show comments on practicing Family Medicine and his career decisions these days.   Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dr-synonymous-show--6530014/support .

Dr Jonas, your host on the Dr Synonymous Show interviews Katherine Marian Babbitt MS4, WSU BSOM about the following subjects and more: How is medical school going? What is the most fun in med school? Where do you go next? What do you notice about the culture of medical practice during these years of transition? What are med students saying about their careers these days? Etc. Let's talk a bit abou...

After disclaimers and mentioning the coffee of the week, Dr Jonas, your host for the Dr Synonymous Show, will review a few salient points about B Vitamins enroute to Cysteine and Glutathione and NAC for better health. Tune in and join the chat.  Blogs and Tweets and Family Medicine update information rounds out the show.   Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dr...

Dr Jonas your host for the Dr. Synonymous Show will give the usual disclaimer about not practicing medicine on the show and wade   into the intense energy focused on October 1, 2015.  The blog and tweet review will reflect on numerous other authors.  The Ehlers Danlos support, the Dayton Zebras, will have a presentation by Dr. Jonas next Thursday night and he presents about NAC  next Wednesday mor...

Getting back to the roots of Family Medicine, Dr Jonas- the host of the Dr Synonymous Show, will expound on end of summer activities in one Family Medicine office.  Families in transition is a  common theme.  Teaching a Medical Student or a Family Nurse Practice student is another common office happening.  Listen in and we'll go over a few of our usual blogs and tweets. Become a supporter of this...

Dr Jonas, your host on the Dr. Synonymous Show, will review the DPC Ohio "Unsummit" that was previewed on last week's show.  Lots of energy and ideas flowed as the enthusiastic participants shared their situations, dreams and plans.  The Presdent Elect of the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians, Ryan Kauffman, MD announced his DPC leanings and represented the OAFP well with an update of OAFP DPC per...

Tonight Dr Jonas, your host on the Dr Synonymous Show, will review the upoming DPC Ohio "Unsummit" and comment on the state of flux in the healthcare system at the primary care level. Some Tweets and Blogs are waiting for Dr Synonymus to comment on them and Dr j will accommodate. Let's move ahead  with DPC. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dr-synonymous-show...