High Impact Physician

The Power and Simplicity of “One Thing”, Skill Stacking, and Waldorf Education (Dr. Dan Field)

December 21, 2020 High impact Physician
High Impact Physician
The Power and Simplicity of “One Thing”, Skill Stacking, and Waldorf Education (Dr. Dan Field)
Show Notes

Dr. Dan Field and Sandy Scott dig into:

  • Waldorf education
  • Is there a positive side to Imposter Syndrome?
  • Skill stacking -- how to combine your existing skills in a new way to provide unique value
  • Taking 50 dying patients on an all-expenses-paid trip to France (annually)
  • The satisfaction of getting one thing done early in the morning


Dr. Dan Field is the chief medical officer for MDstaffers, one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States.

Dr. Field is responsible for overseeing all clinical staff operations and quality assurance for MDstaffers. He provides clinical leadership to MDstaffers’ contract staff and assists in creating innovative staffing models to help healthcare facilities achieve optimal physician staffing levels while also upholding the highest quality standards in the ever-present physician shortage. Dr. Field is an emergency physician by training and has practiced emergency medicine for more than 30 years. Dr. Field is certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and maintains an active clinical practice.

Dr. Field is an instructor at the California Northstate University College of Medicine and previously served as clinical faculty at UC Davis School of Medicine for 25 years. Dr. Field serves the California Medical Board as an expert reviewer/consultant and provided medical expertise to the Sacramento County Sheriff SED/SWAT team as a Reserve Deputy Sheriff.

Dr. Field received his medical degree from the University of California at San Francisco, completed an internship at Highland Hospital in Oakland and residency at University Hospital in Cincinnati. Dr. Field has an active California medical license. He has experience practicing in resource-rich, urban hospitals as well as under-served, rural, critical-access facilities. Dr. Field also has extensive experience in telemedicine and telehealth staffing.

Dr. Field has served as an expert witness for cases involving personal injury, criminal law, standard of care, and malpractice. He has also been a featured speaker, panelist, media physician, and talk show guest.

Specialties: Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care, Emergency Department, Triage, Remote and Rural Medicine, Expert Witness, Peer Review, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Criminal, Malpractice, Employment, strangulation, assault, trauma, domestic violence, stabbing, gunshot wounds, forensic medicine, medicolegal, locum tenens, physician staffing, telemedicine, telehealth, managed services