Oct 16, 2020
Aftab Ahmad, MD is the Founding Program Director of Internal Medicine Residency at Orange Park Medical Center. Before transitioning into his current role, Dr. Ahmad has had a career devoted to leadership in medicine. After obtaining a Master of Business Administration focused on Health Care administration from Oakland University, he led the hospitalist program at the Providence Hospital. He then served as the Medical Director of Academic Internal Medicine Clinic at St. John Providence Hospital and Medical Center.
What is the difference between ordinary and extraordinary? No, it’s not a trick question. Dr. Aftab Ahmad explains why doing the ‘extra’ work will always set you apart from the average physician. Today, we learn exactly what it takes. Feedback is the breakfast of champions, says Dr. Ahmad, and we should be asking for it daily from our mentors. Aside from that, we should be continually asking ourselves how we are returning our knowledge and skills to those who need it. And, that we should be putting more into the world than we are taking out of it.
Pearls of Wisdom:
1. Be aggressive and innovative in your
approaches, but always remember to keep the patient's interest
first.
2. The definition of success lies
in the difference between ordinary and extraordinary: Do that extra
work in order to get extraordinary results.
3. Develop a growth mindset, and
understand how knowledge, skills, ability, and (most importantly)
attitude work together.
4. We should be putting more into
the world than we are taking out. At each and every stage you have
the opportunity to guide and to help someone and therefore, look
out for that person and help them.