As long as group members are sensitive to keeping one another informed of significant patient care issues, continuity of care is maintained. Patients seem to think it can work, too. When new patients come into the practice, its nurses spend time explaining the system to them so that patients are well informed. So far, the practice has never been short on satisfied patients, and its best referral source has always been word of mouth. They know that, even though we work part time, they all have full-time care.
Someone is always available no matter what time of the day.
For Dunkerley, it's the chance to do two things he loves. I have something of the best of both worlds. Lawrence also chose part-time practice because of an interest in medical education. Gary Dunkerley, MD For Sapio, part-time practice offers additional benefits. As a part-time faculty member of the residency program, she enjoys the opportunity to care for her own group of patients in private practice.