“The commitment to providing your patients quality care begins in medical school,” she told the Association of American Medical Colleges. “Studying as much as you can about your subject and being able to draw upon the knowledge at any time enables you to provide them the best care possible. In medical school you will have 90 hours of work each week, 3 times more work than in undergraduate. If you don’t get this time management skill from day one, you are going to have a difficult time.”
For Ellis, managing her time includes keeping up her golf swing despite the hours she dedicates to her patients. She’s so committed that she says working minimum 80-hour weeks is important in ensuring that her patients get the best care possible. But she also believes that no one should be committed to your health more than you.
“You should be more interested in your health than anybody else on this planet. When we talk about diabetes, smoking, diet and exercise, cholesterol, smoking and family history, out of those five things, only family history is out of your control. Everything else is absolutely within a patient’s control.”
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