Bonus Episode 3 - Jan 3, 2017 AFP: American Family Physician

AFP: American Family Physician Podcast

American Academy of Family Physicians

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🗓️ 3 January 2017

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Interview with John Meigs, MD, FAAFP, President of the American Academy of Family Physicians and family physician in Centreville, Alabama. Topics discussed include: expected changes in healthcare in 2017 and beyond, how students and family physicians can become more engaged, his favorite football team, and hidden talents.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the American Family Physician Podcast special episode number three.
0:17.1	We are residents and faculty, mostly residents of the University of Arizona College of Medicine
0:22.5	Phoenix Family Medicine residency. I'm Steve. Let's meet our guest.
0:28.6	Hello, I'm John Meggs. Currently honored to be the president of the American Academy of Family
0:34.3	Physicians. Tell us, Dr. Miggs, what is your background and what led you to
0:39.5	leadership? Well, I'm a small town boy from here in central Alabama. I actually practice
0:44.9	less than a half a mile from where I graduated from high school. I was in solo private practice
0:51.7	for 31 years here in my hometown.
0:55.1	And now for the last four years, I have been employed by the hospital here.
1:02.6	Another physician and I merged our practices, and now there's the two of us there in a new clinic.
1:10.0	As far as what led me into leadership, I guess I started
1:13.2	working with my state chapter and as it became more involved there, then became involved with
1:22.5	the Congress of Delegates there for the American Academy and have always had a interest in
1:27.3	argumentary procedures. So I started my time on the board there with the American Academy as
1:34.3	vice speaker and then speaker and then last year ran for President-elect.
1:42.3	As a physician, as a family physician, you know, you work with patients all the time,
1:47.3	and you try to make a difference with your patients one-on-one. I guess hopefully, and maybe in a
1:55.2	position like this, you can make a difference for a lot of folks if you can get something accomplished. Yeah. What is it like to be
2:03.7	president of the American Academy of Family Physicians? Busy. You know, there's always meetings to go to.
2:12.0	I guess the thing I like about it the least is the fact that I'm out of the office so much.
2:18.3	And so my patients are always complaining that I can't ever see you.
2:24.3	You're never here.
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