Awakening a New Paradigm of Medical Care

“I realized that with functional medicine, a lot of this truly is an educational experience for the patient. As opposed to a pill that I give you, it's an education,” explains Amy Drab, MPAS, PA-C. Amy is a Physician’s Assistant turned Functional Medicine Practitioner with her own practice, Awaken Functional Medicine. She adds value to her practice by including educational programming for her clients through Awaken Academy. 

 

Amy became interested in functional medicine after seeing how it helped her own children with their health issues. One of her daughters was struggling with asthma and was on four medications while the other had colic. When she made the switch to functional medicine, both of her daughters’ health improved and her daughter with asthma was able to get off medication entirely. Amy realized that a lot of functional medicine comes down to educating patients so that they understand why certain lifestyle changes and supplements are important and are empowered to make the right choices. She combined her experience working in family practice with her experience working as a college professor and found that they were a perfect combination for effectively educating clients about functional medicine.

 

 Tune into this week’s episode of The Catalyst to hear more about the importance of education in functional medicine and the role it plays in creating more successful health outcomes for patients. 

 

Quotes

• “Sometimes you feel like you're on a path. And you are convinced this is where you're supposed to be. And it doesn't turn out. It's not what you thought it would be. And it ultimately ends up giving you the information, the knowledge, the wisdom, the understanding, the courage, whatever it is, to actually move forward and actually do what you were born to do.” (7:54-8:18 | Amy)

• “I was starting to get burnout anyway because I was in family practice at that moment in time. And you're just seeing patients for 10 minutes, throwing medication at them, and running out the door. And I thought to myself, that's not healing.” (10:52-11:03 | Amy)

• “I realized that with functional medicine, a lot of this truly is an educational experience for the patient. As opposed to a pill that I give you, it's an education.” (15:21-15:31 | Amy)

• “When you're with a patient, I think it's important to do three things: educate, inspire, and empower.” (20:13-20:21 | Amy)

 

Links

Connect with Amy Drab:

Website: https://awakenfm.net/

 

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