In this Putting It Into Practice column, Jonathan D. Leffert, MD, FACP, MACE, ECNU, talks with Yul D. Ejnes, MD, MACP, FRCP (Lon.), a recent retiree, about what employed physicians should know about the business of practicing medicine.
Leffert: From your perspective as a physician formerly in private practice and now recently retired from an employed position in a large practice, tell us about an optimal workload from the number of patients seen per day, the number of days per work and the protected time allotted.
Ejnes: I prefer to frame “workload” in terms of how many patients are taken

In this Putting It Into Practice column, Jonathan D. Leffert, MD, FACP, MACE, ECNU, talks with Yul D. Ejnes, MD, MACP, FRCP (Lon.), a recent retiree, about what employed physicians should know about the business of practicing medicine.
Leffert: From your perspective as a physician formerly in private practice and now recently retired from an employed position in a large practice, tell us about an optimal workload from the number of patients seen per day, the number of days per work and the protected time allotted.
Ejnes: I prefer to frame “workload” in terms of how many patients are taken