Dr. Roger Shenkel MD

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  www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRM - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/12/2007    Last Visited: 3/12/2007  

  The current 35 physicians in the practice will be joined by a new family physician and a new pediatrician later this year, said Dr. Roger Shenkel, the group's executive director.
  
  While that's good, it's little consolation to those seeking a doctor right now.
  
  Besides, once those physicians arrive, "their schedules will be full from day one," Shenkel said.
  
  With the area becoming popular with retirees, its population has grown from 93,000 in 1990 to nearly 130,000 today.
  
  Now it is drawing energy workers as well, as oil and gas reserves are tapped.

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  5 Ways to Retain Good Staff - November/December 2004 -... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/7/2004    Last Visited: 12/7/2004  

  Roger Shenkel, MD, and Cathy Gardner
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  Dr. Shenkel is a family physician in Grand Junction, Colo., and a member of the Family Practice Management Board of Editors.

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  DermaNetwork.org Announces Addition to Medical Board... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/2/2008    Last Visited: 11/1/2008  

  If a group doesn't want to hold formal evaluation sessions, it's important to at least recognize workers' improvement informally, says Roger Shenkel, MD, a family practice doctor with Primary Care Partners in Grand Junction, Colo. "Too many managers are focused on problems, and once the problem is solved they've moved on.
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  If they've been good workers, we'll bend over backwards to try to accommodate them," Dr. Shenkel says.
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  "We document everything," Dr. Shenkel says.

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  Editorial - April 2005 - Family Practice Management - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/1/2005    Last Visited: 12/17/2005  

  Roger Shenkel, MD
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  Dr. Shenkel is executive director of Primary Care Partners, PC, a 31-physician group with three practices in Grand Junction, Colo.He is also a member of the Family Practice Management Board of Editors.Conflicts of interest: none reported.

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  Fifth-grade girl wins big at poster contest - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/24/2006    Last Visited: 5/24/2006  

  Dr. Roger Shenkel of Primary Care Partners gave a presentation to Atkinson,s class at Pomona Elementary about the effects of smoking.
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  Atkinson learned from a presentation given by Dr. Shenkel to her class, that 2 percent of her age-group already smokes, which really left an impression on her.According to Atkinson, 90,000 people die from second-hand smoke each year as well.
  
  She said programs such as Tar Wars really helps kids choose not to smoke and teaches them about how advertisers target their age group with colorful pictures.
  
  ,They don,t show the yellow teeth or the smelly breath or the grimy side of you,, she said.

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  How to Make Your Meetings More Productive -- July 2003... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/1/2003    Last Visited: 7/16/2003  

  Roger Shenkel, MD
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  Dr. Shenkel is executive director of Primary Care Partners, PC, a 23-physician group of family physicians and pediatricians and a member of the FPM Board of Editors.Conflicts of interest: none reported.

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  Letters - July/August 2000 Family Practice Management - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/4/2000    Last Visited: 3/18/2001  

  Roger Shenkel , MDGrand Junction , Colo
  
  Dr. Shenkel is a member of the FPM Board of Editors.
  
  Editor's note :
  
  Financial viability is indeed a key concern for medical practices and an important component of the idealized design initiative.By finding ways to be paid for quality , improve their financial management and accounting systems , and drive out waste , the 42 prototype sites are strengthening their finances.Clearly , however , the current financing system frustrates efforts to practice optimally , and nearly everyone agrees that it must be reformed.

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  Letters - July/August 2000 Family Practice Management - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/10/2000    Last Visited: 1/30/2001  

  Roger Shenkel, MDGrand Junction, Colo
  
  Dr. Shenkel is a member of the FPM Board of Editors.
  
  Editor's note :
  
  Financial viability is indeed a key concern for medical practices and an important component of the idealized design initiative.By finding ways to be paid for quality, improve their financial management and accounting systems, and drive out waste, the 42 prototype sites are strengthening their finances.Clearly, however, the current financing system frustrates efforts to practice optimally, and nearly everyone agrees that it must be reformed.

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  Part-Time Practice: Making It Work - June 2004 -... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/1/2004    Last Visited: 6/8/2004  

  Since cutting back to part-time hours over three years ago, Roger C. Shenkel, MD, of Primary Care Partners, in Grand Junction, Colo., is not only enjoying more personal time but also gradually easing his way into retirement - even though he's not yet sure when or whether that will be."I'm now working at a pace that I can continue until I am ready to retire," says Shenkel.
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  If you do need to ask some of your patients to leave, Roger C. Shenkel, MD, says you'll need to be firm."Stick to your plans.Don't succumb to the 'You are so wonderful, won't you please keep me on as a patient' trap," he says.
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  Making this transition can be hard on the physician emotionally too, according to Shenkel, who advises that physicians should just give themselves some time to get used to their part-time work arrangements."It took two years for me to get over feeling like I had to be needed and no one else could take care of my patients but me," he says.
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  Though half days are often an option, Shenkel, who works Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, cautions that they can be hard to pull off."Half days turn into full days," he says.
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  "This may be to the detriment of our bottom line, but it's to the betterment of our mental health," says Shenkel, adding that the practice has seen only one divorce in 31 years and 25 physicians.
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  Harmon, Shenkel and the Lockes are all partners in their practices.
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  Shenkel says that cutting back to part-time work has allowed him more energy, time and emotional involvement with his family."They have more of my undivided attention, whereas for years my work had most of it," he says.

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  Practice Savings Corner - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/15/2004    Last Visited: 10/28/2004  

  "We can't afford expensive RNs," explains Dr. Roger Shenkel, a family physician at PCP."We do things that don't cost a lot of money that make working for us pleasant."
  
  Yet he believes most doctors think such benefits are silly or unnecessary.

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