LinkedIn Healthcare “Leader” Discovers DPC But Doesn’t Know It

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I came across this on LinkedIn and had to share. It was from Wayne Gillis, who has this byline:

Healthcare Leader & Market CEO | Transforming Healthcare | MBA, RN-BA | Bridging Healthcare & Business for Operational Excellence

There are a lot of useless words in there. I used to call this language Administralian (see above). Terms like leader, transforming, bridging, and operational excellence were thrown out all the time at staff meetings, and doctors’ eyes would glaze over. It was all intentional. That being said, I thought his post was really interesting:

I asked 5 young physicians what they fear the most

Here’s what they said

𝟭. “𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.”

One resident put it simply:
“𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘐’𝘮 𝟤𝟫. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝟦𝟫?”
They’ve watched their mentors leave medicine, not for retirement—but for survival.
They’re afraid of becoming efficient machines, not empathetic healers.

𝟮. “𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹.”

With medical school debt often crossing $250,000, young doctors are terrified of financial stagnation.

“𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘧 𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴
𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥.”

They see a system that demands everything from them but gives little in return beyond
prestige and pressure.

𝟯. “𝗠𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.”

“𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘒𝘕𝘖𝘞 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴—𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴
𝘯𝘰.”

Gen Z doctors are tech-savvy, data-driven, and globally aware.
They’re not okay with bureaucracy overriding clinical judgment.
They fear a world where admin forms > medical outcomes.

𝟰. “𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗳 𝗜 𝗱𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.”

In the age of TikTok medicine and AI chatbots, many young physicians fear they’ll be
questioned more than respected.
“𝘈 𝟣𝟧-𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦
𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥—𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘹 𝘪𝘵.”

They worry the human connection that inspired them to enter medicine is slipping away.

𝟱. “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘁.”

This one hurt the most.
“𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵
𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘦.”

Many entered medicine with a sense of mission.
Now, they’re fighting just to keep their identity intact.
If we lose these doctors—not just to resignation, but to disillusionment—we lose the very future of American healthcare.

As leaders, we need to stop asking:
“𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵?”
and start asking:
“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯?”

Other than medical debt, the only thing that fixes this is DIRECT PRIMARY CARE! That’s the system we are asking them to join. You know who is not needed in this system? Administrators who think they can transform healthcare while bridging healthcare & business for operational excellence. Sorry, Wayne.

The medical debt problem is an issue and will be discussed in another post.

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About Douglas Farrago, MD

Dr. Farrago is a retired family physician based in Forest, Virginia. Since 2021, he has run DPCnews.com, a leading resource for the Direct Primary Care (DPC) movement. He is the author of three best-selling books on Direct Primary Care: The Official Guide to Starting Your Own Direct Primary Care Practice The Direct Primary Care Doctor’s Daily Motivational Journal Slowing the Churn in Direct Primary Care (While Also Keeping Your Sanity) In 2016, Dr. Farrago conceived the idea for the Direct Primary Care Alliance and co-founded the organization alongside other pioneering DPC physicians. He is widely recognized as a leading expert in the DPC model and frequently lectures to medical students, residents, and practicing physicians on how to successfully start and run their own DPC practices.Dr. Farrago sold his Direct Primary Care practice in October 2020 but continues to receive care there as a patient.