early every day with a smile on their face, ready to tackle the challenges of the day.
Physician Practice Opportunities
We have exciting opportunities for board certified/board eligible physicians to join Covenant Medical Group. The ideal candidate should have experience and a Texas license.
Adult Surgery - Lubbock, TX Emergency Medicine - Lubbock, TX Endocrinologist - Lubbock, TX Family Medicine With OB - Littlefield, TX Family Medicine With OB - Snyder, TX Family Medicine - Denver City, TX Family Medicine - Lubbock Family Medicine Urgent Care - Lubbock, TX Hospitalist - Lubbock, TX Internal Medicine - Lubbock Maternal Fetal Medicine - Lubbock, TX Neurologist - Lubbock, TX OB/GYN - Plainview, TX Pediatric Emergency Medicine - Lubbock, TX Pediatric Hematology/Oncology - Lubbock, TX Pediatric Intensivist - Lubbock, TX Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon - Lubbock, TX Pediatric Surgeon - Lubbock, TX Pediatrician - Lubbock, TX Pediatrician - Plainview, TX Pediatrician Urgent Care - Lubbock, TX
Covenant Medical Group (CMG) is affiliated with Covenant Health System in Lubbock, Texas. CMG is a multi-specialty group with more than 150 physicians across West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefit package. CV should include salary requirements and can be forwarded to Covenant Medical Group, Attn: Kelly Fortney, 3420 22nd Place, Lubbock, TX 79410 or faxed to (806) 723-7476. For telephone inquiries, call (806) 725-7875.
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kfortney@covhs.org 8 TEXAS MEDICINE August 2013
In my short time at the Capitol, I learned that the mentality of the lobby- ist is “trust no one but yourself.” How- ever, the advocacy team is a real family that watches each other’s back and is extremely supportive of one another, a very rare quality in the political world. My biggest lesson came from our vice president for advocacy: “It is not about how many bills we pass; it is about the relationships we build along the way.” I started my internship as a naïve medical student and walked out of this session as a much more confident and knowledgeable family medicine resident. Thank you for believing in me and mak- ing me another member of the team. Thank you for trusting me to represent TMA and help lobby on your behalf. But most importantly, thank you for allowing me to be part of conversations that al- lowed me to voice my opinion on things that affected not only me as a medical student, but also my future practice and patients.
When I first started the internship, many people told me, “Welcome to the Texas Capitol; just know that you walk out of here either loving or hating it.” And I can proudly say that I absolutely loved it!
While the rest of my classmates were traveling around the world and spending time with their families before starting residency, I was doing one more month with TMA, trying to learn as much as I could and hopefully help contribute to the improvement of our current health care system.
I do not think we have the right to complain about the current health care system if we are not willing to be part of the solution. We are at a pinnacle point in medicine in which we can choose to sit back and let others decide our future and that of our patients, or we can use this window of opportunity to create the necessary changes for our profession. It is no secret to anyone that our sys-
tem is broken, but no one has either the experience or the knowledge that we do. We are the ones who see patients on a daily basis, we are the ones who have
to deliver the bad news, and we are the ones who have to endure the financial burden of trying to keep a practice open even when loans or personal savings are the only avenues possible.
I encourage each of you to be more
proactive and become members of politi- cal action committees so we can endorse and support legislators who support our policies. I know it is difficult, but when possible, take time out of your busy prac- tice to testify during committee hearings because no one can tell your story better than you can.
Last but not least, keep a close rela- tionship with your legislators because they represent you. They are in office because you placed them there. As physicians, we go into medicine
hoping to make a difference in the lives of many individuals, but be aware that through your participation in the legis- lative process you have the potential to impact millions of lives at once. Now is the time! Be aware that you do have a choice: You can either sit back and complain or stand up and be a real advocate for you and your patients. n
Heather Aguirre, DO, was a legislative intern at TMA dur- ing the 2013 legislative session.
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