Advocacy - Dr Garett Franklin

In our previous episode, we addressed the notion of "raising the lid", speaking up louder for Family Medicine, and for our patients. In this episode, Dr Thomas White converses with Dr Garett Franklin of Raleigh about his career and his special interest in and passion for advocacy for our specialty. Listen and hear how Dr Franklin was introduced to medicine growing up in a small community in North Carolina, and about his journey from undecided, to chemical engineering, to Family Medicine, and then an expertise in Sports Medicine. Dr Franklin provides inspiration to his colleagues to become involved in advocacy, why that matters, how to get started, and even the importance of "PAC" contributions to this process. You will love his lessons learned: a career in medicine is "awesome", we need to restore "fun" to our care of patients, and we should greatly value the importance of "mentorship" to our careers, and the careers of others. (Note: Apologies for the technical hiccups ... But ... a truly great episode!)