Randall S. Fong, M.D.

Part of my profession includes teaching of residents and medical students.  Along with education in my field of Otolarygology, I (as well as many doctors in general) also provide instruction, advice and guidance in areas outside of medicine, though often close related.  Amongst these are topics on work-life balance, practice management, burn-out prevention, and personal finance.

Below are some of the material I provided to our young doctors-in-training, gleaned from my prior lectures and well as one-one discussions.

A Doctor's Apology Can Go A Long Way

Bigotry in Medicine: Facing Conflict with Empathy

Diet and Exercise: The Keys to a Balanced and Happy Life

Exercise: Running Barefoot and Opening an New World

Food and the Taste of Life

Humor in Medicine

Listen to Your Patient..and your Mother: The Truth Will be Revealed

Money and Doctors: The Concept of Money and the Free Market

Money and Doctors: Savings and Investing

Money and Investing: The Benefits Stretch Beyond Mere Money-Making

One Means to Combat Burnout: Exercise, the Unconventional Way

Outdoor Exercise: Risk and the Daring Adventure of Life

Political Incorrectness: A Natural Human Phenomenon

Shooting and Relaxation and Clearing the Mind

The Stupidity of Prior Authorizations

The Doctor's Office Experience: Frightening or Fascinating?

Unstructured Time: The Lost Art

Below is a PDF on the basics of business.  This "handout" morphed into a mini-book, written in narrative format, and discusses the rudiments of business and how this affects those in the medical profession.  It was written as a fundamental primer on business, with the assumption that young physicians-in-training (myself included, back in the day) have little to no business knowledge.  It provides examples with plenty of illustrations of business activity and transactions one commonly encounters in our profession.  Note: this is still a work in progress, and from time to time the contents will be changed or modified.  Like most things, business education continuously changes.

Guidebook: Business Basics for Physicians