Dealing with Doctors

In this episode, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe discuss hospitals, and how patients should think about them.

In this episode, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe discuss various strategies and insights for you to use when dealing with doctor's offices, including appointments and communication.

In this episode, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe interview Dr. Kristen Patterson about the specialty of OB/Gyn.

In this episode Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe talk to Dr. Jarred Riley about the process of training doctors. They discuss the experience of medical school and residency, as well as beginning a medical practice.

In this episode, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe discuss what locations of care might be appropriate for what types of problems. They discuss the emergency department, walk-in clinics, and doctor's offices, as well as virtual visits! After reviewing each of these places, they play a game in which Dr. Crossnoe gives several different examples, and Dianne guesses which location of care is mo

In Episode 5, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe discuss the phenomenon of healthcare failure, when the healthcare system doesn't work as well as it should. Dr. Crossnoe discusses the analogy of organ failure as a way to understand problems with the delivery of healthcare.In order to illustrate some of these problems, they use the case of Pauline, an elderly woman who is having some negative

In episode 4, Dr. Brinker again joins Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe to discuss evidence-based medicine, and why patients should care about this. Dr. Crossnoe suggests that it is important to understand the evidence in order to evaluate who a patient should listen to and how doctors make clinical decisions. In order to have a context to discuss this, Dr. Crossnoe presents the case of a pa

In this episode, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe talk with their first guest, Dr. Jared Brinker, about the specialty of Family Medicine. Dianne is excited to interview Dr. Brinker, as he is her own personal physician. Dr. Crossnoe does a brief erratum from the first two episodes. Dr. Brinker summarizes his residency at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, including additional training

In episode two, we discuss the many specializations of medicine. Dr. Crossnoe uses the example of a tree, with many branches coming off representing the specializations. Dr. Crossnoe and Dianne first discuss what specialties are considered to be primary care. Dr. Crossnoe suggests that modern medicine could be considered as a tree with two major branches coming off of the trunk, re

In episode one, Dianne and Dr. Crossnoe introduce themselves and discuss their motivation for starting the Dealing with Doctors podcast. Dr. Crossnoe discusses his background, family, and education. He explains that the primary motivation behind Dealing with Doctors is to provide a resource to patients in dealing with healthcare to understand how modern medicine works. Dianne intro