2023年3月- 31
庆祝医生周, Plumas District Hospital is sharing interviews that it has conducted with some of its staff members. 以下是对Dr. 约瑟夫Schad.
你是谁，你是做什么的?
“我叫约瑟夫·沙德. I am a 41 year old family practice physician that has 4 young kids, and a perfect wife. 澳门博彩开户送彩金忙于照顾孩子，澳门博彩开户送彩金喜欢这样."
How did you first hear about Quincy, and Plumas District Hospital?
“你知道，这很奇怪. Karen and I were always looking on the map for rural towns in California to be closer to her family. Quincy was on the map and we were interested in the area. We had never been to Quincy, but it was always on our radar. 实习后, we were receiving loads of recruitment emails and Quincy came across on my email but I hadn’t seen it. My wife was looking at my email and asked, “Are you planning on going to Quincy?我说:“不，为什么??” She then mentioned the recruitment email that was open on my computer for family practice physicians at Plumas District Hospital. Once I recalled that Quincy was the town that we had looked at prior to residency, 我说, “哦,甜蜜的, 我应该轮流试镜!“所以我和他的医生进行了两周的轮岗. 摩根博士. 2014年10月在萨特菲尔德. 我只是爱上了这个地方. 现在澳门博彩开户送彩金到了.”
What initially drew you to provide care in our community?
“I wanted to practice full spectrum family medicine, which is what I was trained to do. I wanted to deliver babies, work in the hospital, do some ER and clinic shifts. I also wanted to live in a small town that had the things that I enjoy: skiing, 边远地区, 和徒步旅行. 它提供了我想要的一切. My wife is a pharmacist, and at the time the hospital had an opening for a pharmacy. 很完美.”
What are some things that you like or enjoy about living in the Quincy area?
“这里的人们互相认识. The feel in Quincy is that people are more cordial and respectful. 比起鸣笛，招手的人要多得多. You see people that you know out and about, like when you go to the Town Hall Theatre for a movie. 我喜欢这样. 它有一种真正的社区意识.”
What do you enjoy about working at Plumas District Hospital?
“Being able to do more full spectrum family medicine here gives me more variety than I could do in a big city. Here, you also have the benefit of going and seeing the folks that you treat out in the community. 这里有一个额外的联系. 你也有机会进行家访. That kind of thing just doesn’t really happen in a big city. You would rarely or probably never see your patients out in the real world. Here we are able to offer some extra services for our patients. I work with good folks here at Plumas District Hospital. 我喜欢在医院和诊所工作. It helps dial in some of those acute illnesses that you don’t always get to see in the clinic setting. I think it makes you a better doctor and it ends up benefiting the patients in the long run.”
You are a Doctor of Osteopathy with a special interest in Osteopathic Manipulation. How would you describe what you do to someone who is unfamiliar with the practice? And can you provide an example of a patient that would need to see you?
“In medical school you are taught the basic curriculum of western medicine. That curriculum came with 8 hours of manipulation training in the first two years of medical school. I think the benefit of Osteopathic Manipulation is looking at the musculoskeletal system, and figuring out ways to help the patient find healing without the use of injections and pharmacologic treatment. 澳门博彩开户送彩金怎样才能控制身体来帮助它自愈呢?
大家都熟悉脊椎指压疗法, which includes a lot of high velocity techniques such as cracking and popping. On the other side, there are soft tissue techniques, that are low velocity, low energy. 例如, you put a patient in a specific body position and then you have them contract a muscle, which can help move a rib or another body part that helps them feel better or reduce muscles spasms. It is about regaining symmetry of the musculoskeletal system in hopes of having better function and less pain, 没有使用更多的侵入性技术. It has helped me with diagnosing when patients are experiencing body pain.”
在你的工作中，你觉得什么是具有挑战性的?
“很多人不想去看专家. 这很有挑战性, because we will do our best with trying to manage the issue until the patient gets into see the specialist. 这样病人就会觉得澳门博彩开户送彩金做得很好, 他们不再需要看专家了. There are specific things that specialists should be managing. 以心房纤颤为例. (A-Fib = The most common type of treated heart arrhythmia. An arrhythmia is when the heart beats too slowly, too fast, or in an irregular way.)
It used to be the standard practice that we would administer medications that would slow a patient’s heart rate. 现在, there are rhythm control medications that patients should be taking, but they need to be seen by specialists prior to receiving them. 当病人不去看专科医生时, there ends up being a delay in the care that they should be receiving.”
你觉得你的工作有什么好处?
“People are usually grateful that you can help them improve their health. Being able to help people in that way is very personal. 能参与其中很有趣. I also get to know my patients more closely than I would if I worked in a city based clinic. 我和我的病人有更多的关系. 这会让你慢下来，花更多的时间和他们在一起.”
Do you have any interesting stories from your time here?
“当我刚到这里的时候, 我随叫随到, I got called into the Operating Room twice to assist in one day. 每次手术持续2小时以上. 这很奇怪. 那天我在医院做医学, 到医院看病, 当时我的一个病人正在临产, 最后我在手术室里待了4个小时. 这是给你的“全方位”药物.”
