592: Why You Need a Clinical Coach - Dr. John Cranham&Dr. Noemi Cruz-Orcutt - a podcast by ACT Dental

Why You Need a Clinical Coach

Episode #592 with Dr. John Cranham & Dr. Noemi Cruz-Orcutt

In the words of Brené Brown, we weren't designed to do everything alone. We all need a little help, whether it’s from a mentor, a coach, or a teacher. To explain the differences between the three types of guidance, why you need it, and how to find the right person for you, Kirk Behrendt brings in Dr. John Cranham and Dr. Noemi Cruz-Orcutt to share their mentor-mentee relationship and how it continues to grow. To hear more about how a coach can change your practice, listen to Episode 592 of The Best Practices Show!

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Main Takeaways:

Understand the differences between a teacher, mentor, and coach.

Find someone you respect, admire, and is the right fit for you.

Coaching or mentorship can help speed up your progress.

A coach will help you gain the confidence you need.

Don't just choose anyone to be your coach.

Quotes:

“[Coaching is] one of those things in dentistry that is way underutilized. With the technology today, like virtual articulation and the ability to treatment plan on a computer, we can use technologies or software like TeamViewer, or Zoom, or any of these things to be able to share a screen, and it's like you're sitting right next to one another. I think it can really help connect dentists — whether you're a mentor, a coach, or even an interdisciplinary team — maybe better than we've ever seen it before.” (5:09—5:44) -Dr. Cranham

“If you have somebody that you trust, and you know if you put in the time that you're going to get a result, that's way different than putting time in when you're not sure you're going to get a result. That's called reinventing the wheel. And if I hadn't had those people, Pete [Dawson] and all those people early in my career, there's no way my career would have gone where it ended up, because by the time I had been practicing 10 years, I probably had the experience and knowledge of a dentist doing it 30 years. And so, you can get to a [higher] level much faster. You hear the old adage, standing on the shoulders of the...

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