My name is Dike Drummond. I am a family doctor. Med School at Mayo and residency in the U.C. Davis system in Redding California - first board certified in 1987. Ten years in full service private practice in Mount Vernon, Washington - delivered over 500 babies and was Chairperson of the Executive Committee of our 40 doctor multispecialty group.

I burned out of my practice in 2000, immediately got certified as an Executive Coach in 2001 and have coached entrepreneurs and physicians ever since.

In 2010, I built a physician burnout coaching website called TheHappyMD.com.

Since that date, the single focus of my professional life has been the recognition and prevention of physician burnout.  I have over 3000 hours of physician coaching experience and have trained over 40,000 physicians to recognize and prevent burnout in live events. To date, I have worked with over 175 organizations and societies on four continents.

We launched the Physicians On Purpose Community in 2014, to continue support for our training and retreat graduates working to build a more Ideal Practice. To help you stay connected with your Lightworker essence despite the Whirlwind of the modern practice of medicine.

We launched the Physicians On Purpose Community in 2014, to support our retreat graduates as they practiced their new wellness and leadership skills in the real world. All our retreats include 12 weeks of comprehensive follow up support. This POP Community continues all six layers of support our retreat graduates experience on an ongoing basis (7 years and counting) for anyone who would benefit - Including You. 

Being a Physician On Purpose is usually Phase Two of a doctor's career.

PHASE ONE:
Autopilot on someone else's Job Description.

This phase often ends in burnout. Your pain and struggle is trying to push you back on a path with more purpose and meaning. 

PHASE TWO:
Wake up to take back your practice and your life:

• Remember what you were thinking/dreaming of when you made the decision to be a doctor.
• Take some time to build your own Ideal Practice Description.
• Make your practice YOUR PRACTICE
• Step into your life as a Physician ... ON PURPOSE, with your head up, shoulders back and eyes bright. 

We have found this process of waking up is much easier to complete and maintain, if you have access to two things:

• Proven tools to prevent burnout and build a more Ideal Practice
• A supportive community of like-minded physicians working together so all of us are building a more Ideal Practice

That is why we created the POP Community way back in 2014.

The Physician On Purpose resources contain 10 years, 40,000 doctors and 175 organizations of burnout prevention experience from our coaching, training and consulting practice. Real tools, real support, proven effective in the real world of practicing physicians. We will not teach you anything that has not worked for hundreds of doctors already. 

You are our first priority. The POP Forum is the first place I stop in my morning routine to answer your questions.

Having a community of support from like-minded physicians is an experience like no other. We are all pulling in the same direction, helping each other, on the same team. You have probably not received that kind of support from your peers in the past. You can get a heaping helping of it in the Forums and on the ZOOM Mastermind calls any time you log on. 

There is no similar support community on the internet with such a depth of tools and field tested support options.

The short answer is NO.

POP is a Physician Support Community.
If there was a time in your life when you stood at the Lightworker's Fork in the Road and made the decision to become a doctor --- you are welcome in Physicians On Purpose.

• You might be a medical student, a resident or fellow
• You might be a full-time clinician - in any specialty or practice setting
• You might be part-time clinical and part-time something else - administration, academics, research, coach
• You might have a side gig - or two
• You might have exited clinical practice completely - retirement or a completely different career

You  never stop being a physician - a helper, a healer and a Lightworker - and you are always welcome in POP.