Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:

• Dr. Seger Morris talks about starting an Internal Medicine Residency program and explains how he accelerated the launch date from two years to one
• How Dr. Morris is working to build a new framework for his program that avoids some of the common downfalls of modern medical education
• When you create a new system, how can you make sure it lasts?
• What Dr. Morris is doing to expand his impact and work on the bigger picture of medicine
• In a highly regulated industry, how can you introduce more innovation?
• What is the relationship between trust and solutions?
• Dr. Morris offers his advice for fighting against burnout and being an effective leader
• A book recommendation from Dr. Morris that he calls “interval training for the mind”

In this episode…

Sometimes, when you set out to build something new, doing things the way that they’ve always been done just won’t cut it. If you want to end up with different results, you need a fresh approach. But how do you figure out where to start?

As a physician, Dr. Seger Morris can tell you how structure dictates function in the human body. However, as an innovator, executive, and educator, he would tell you that the relationship between structure and function doesn’t stop at the body. If you want to change the way a system functions, you might need to change the way it’s structured — in life, relationships, and business. Don’t just take his word for it; Dr. Morris is working to bring innovation to one of the most highly regulated industries out there: healthcare.

In this episode of the Measure Success Podcast, Carl J. Cox joins Dr. Seger Morris to discuss a new approach to modern medical education and a different way of looking at healthcare. Listen in as Dr. Morris explains how innovation and a physician-patient relationship go hand-in-hand and his methods for tackling some of the prevalent issues in medical education at his new residency program. Plus, Dr. Morris offers his advice for keeping your energy up when you’ve got a lot going on. Stay tuned!

Resources Mentioned in this episode

• Dr. Seger Morris on LinkedIn
• Dr. Seger Morris’ website
• Internal Medicine Residency at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi
• William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine
• American Osteopathic Foundation
• Rita Forden on LinkedIn
• David Solomon on LinkedIn
• The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen M.R. Covey
• Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness
• 40 Strategy
• Contact 40 Strategy
• Carl J. Cox on LinkedIn

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Episode Transcript

Intro 0:03

Welcome to the Measure Success Podcast where we feature top leaders on how they measure success in their business and life. Now, let’s learn from their experiences.

Carl J. Cox 0:18

Carl J. Cox here I’m the host of the Measure Success Podcast where I talk with top leaders about effective strategies that inspire success. This episode is brought to you by 40 Strategy. At 40 Strategy, we provide strategic consulting to help organizations realize and achieve their dreams secret. Basically, we help companies create their strategic plans and measure the right KPIs for success. what’s crazy is only about 10% of organizations successfully accomplish two thirds of their strategic objectives. Not about you see your backing. That’s pretty crazy that only 10% actually get that done. Do you agree? I definitely agree. It’s crazy. And so at 40 Strategy, your success is our passion. And that’s why organizations calling us to help. Not only do we come up with strategy, but with proven practices that will actually help them facilitate and get it done. Our research shows when you actually focus on the right KPIs, you can actually triple the likelihood of your success and who wouldn’t want that. So email us today at catch@40strategy.com or go to our website at 40strategy.com. Before we talk about our hosts. I also want to give a shout out to Rita Forden. Rita Forden is the CEO of the American Osteopathic Foundation. She’s done an incredible job of helping grow that group and through that working with AOF, is how we develop the relationship with Seger Morris. Our guest here today is Dr. Seger Morris. Let’s talk about his background. He has a formal education and experience in business management and leadership prior to entering medical school. Dr. Morris was a non traditional student who earned his medical degree from Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine. After completing his internal medicine residency at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth, Mississippi, Dr. Morris held several leadership positions there in clinical administrative and academic positions before joining Baptist Memorial Health Care in March of 2020, where he now serves as division chief of Mississippi Internal Medicine Programs, and program director of the Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi Internal Medicine Residency in Oxford, Mississippi. Additionally, he’s the regional Assistant Dean and director of health policy programs for William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and he lectures nationally on a wide variety of topics. He’s very active in professional service, and is the current president of the Mississippi Osteopathic Medical Association, and serves on the board of directors of the American Osteopathic Foundation. And he is also the 15th. DO and his family. Seger. Thank you for joining us today. 

Dr. Seger Morris 2:57

Yeah. Glad to be here, Carl. Thanks for having me. 

Carl J. Cox 2:59

Absolutely. So as we were preparing and talking about this session today, you have a really big event happening coming up here on June 21. Why don’t you share what’s happening? Because it’s a really big event?

Dr. Seger Morris 3:13

Yeah, well, it’s actually a culmination of a lot of individual events into, you know, the the big master plan. And that’s it, we are launching our first class of our Internal Medicine Residency program here in Oxford, Mississippi, which is a big thing for their community. It’s a big thing for physician training in the state of Mississippi. And obviously, it’s a source of pride and accomplishment for me and our whole team here that have put in a lot of work to get the job done.

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