Spilling The Tea: The Downsides of Micropractice

The DPC community can sometimes project a suspiciously rosy image of direct care. While this model is revolutionary and has dramatically improved my life, it is not without flaws and I want to be transparent about these. In this episode I "spill the tea" on the direct care micropractice model, including

• my least favorite thing about micropractice
• what it's really like to have no support staff/partners
• what I miss about traditional practice
• ways I manage these downsides

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