Mar 19, 2019
In this episode, Stacy Wellborn and Dr. Ron Swain put away the science, sinus jargon, and medical insights to reveal some things about his chosen career and daily life. They talk about what it’s like to be a sinus surgeon, a doctor’s son (and grandson), a family man, a man of service, and when it’s time to be a patient’s advocate. Plus, Dr. Swain shares his views on faith in medicine, managing the rigors of a doctor’s schedule, and some advice for anyone wanting to become a physician. We don’t want to give any spoilers, but Stacy and Dr. Swain both shed a small tear or two in this warm and personal installment of the Swain Sinus Show.
Big Questions:
What influenced Dr. Swain to become a doctor?
What role does faith play in medicine?
What was medical school like?
How is residency different than medical school?
How do doctors keep up with the latest medical advancements and
technology?
Need an Appointment or Sinus Consultation?
Call Dr. Swain’s nursing staff at 251-470-8823 or schedule an appointment here.
Quotables & Tweetables:
I grew up around medicine. It was always kind of in the back of my
mind. Then when you get old enough, you start kind of thinking
about, "Okay, what am I going to do when I grow up?" And I liked
the concept of doing something to help somebody else. - Dr. Ron
Swain
The hard part about being a physician is that it's a life of
service. Like everything else, some days it's easier than others. -
Dr. Ron Swain
The good thing or bad thing about medicine is that you see people
at their most vulnerable. - Dr. Ron Swain
It's very humbling to have people come in and look at you and say,
"I've got a problem. Help me with this," and that you're going to
cut them open or put them to sleep and they're trusting you with
their lives or their child's life or their wife's life to try to
help them. - Dr. Ron Swain
When you got out of medical school, you know a vocabulary, you
don't know how to practice medicine. That's what residency's for,
where they teach you how to go and be a doctor and actually take
care of someone. - Dr. Ron Swain
There's a lot of time, effort, and money spent on educating a
physician. - Dr. Ron Swain
"You'll never quit learning" that was the one of the wisest things
I've ever been told, because you've never seen it all. Even when
you think you've seen it all, you've never seen it all. - Dr. Ron
Swain
It's a big field and there's a lot of lot of need. But I think
people have this perception that it's an easy life. It's a hard
life. - Dr. Ron Swain
There are days when we're operating and I'm in surgery, and there
are days that we're operating in surgery and then have clinic
afterwards, and then there some days with just clinic. Invariably
it seems I'm always behind. - Dr. Ron Swain
Our office trys to be respectful of everyone's time, and no one wants to come to the doctor and and have to wait. I'd almost love if we could have like just boutique appointments. You need a two minute visit, you need a 20 minute visit, you need a 40 minute visit. - Dr. Ron Swain
I think you have to have a strong faith that there is some greater
being involved. For me, I have a strong faith in God. - Dr. Ron Swain
Seeing how someone is put together and the struggles that people
have individually, the only way you get through that is a belief in
a higher power. The only way I get through that as a belief in a
higher power. - Dr. Ron Swain
If a student thinks they want to go to medical school my advice is
to decide what you want to do and don't give up. - Dr. Ron Swain
Don’t let anyone tell you can’t get into med school and finish. You
can do it. You just got to decide if you want to do it bad enough
and what it's going to take. - Dr. Ron Swain
As a doctor, you're the patient advocate, and sometimes you have to
fight the fights that they don't know how to fight. Sometimes you
have to get them involved and you have to educate them how to
fight. - Dr. Ron Swain
What I've learned today is doctors are human too. - Stacy
Wellborn
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