Hey National,
Hope everyone's week is going well. Congratulations to the
Baltimore Ravens for their Super Bowl win, I don't enjoy typing
that as a Patriots fan, but give respect where respect is
due.
2013 is flying by so far and Midterms will be starting next
week. I'm trying to get into Midterm mode but I've been heavily
distracted outside of NUHS activities and I need to get down to the
grind.
In case you're a new or prospective student to NUHS, they offer
a few businesses classes built into the curriculum. Why is that
important? Well, as a future DC you will wear multiple hats. One,
as a doctor, and one as a businessperson. The best doctor in the
world who doesn't know how to run an office or get a business loan
will never treat patients! Most people hate the business classes
because they didn't choose to go to business school; they chose
medical school. Sooner or later, they come to their senses, and
most likely later will thank NUHS for at least teaching basic
business groundwork.
I'm currently in Tri 7's Business Planning Class. This class has
a host of speakers (so far) who lecture us on various aspects of
running a DC office: Insurance coverage, financial statements, your
practice "vision" and how to work that backwards, how to approach a
bank with a business plan and get a loan, etc.
Over the coming weeks we have a business plan project assignment
and we will have to do exactly what we as future private practice
owners will have to go through. In other words, if we take it
seriously we could have a great leg up on what we hope to do in
real life--a truly valuable experience, and one that will
undoubtedly help us weed out the mistakes as a student when they
don't matter as much!
Be Well,
Christian