“That makes no sense!” a friend recently blurted out to me after I finished helping her understand how the vast majority of internal medicine residents are trained in this country. Her incredulousness was less about the "how," and more about the “where.”
No doubt. When you consider that the overwhelming majority of practitioners will ultimately be practicing almost exclusively in the outpatient environment, and that cost-conscious healthcare reform efforts are specifically ...
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It’s National Primary Care Week, an annual celebration when members of the primary care community come together across the country in events largely organized by trainees to celebrate, promote and advance primary care. So what makes this year different?
Put simply, the momentum for advancing primary care in the US has never been stronger. Those of us who believe that a robust foundation of primary care is essential to the health ...
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Annie Lowrey’s July 28 article “Doctor shortage likely to worsen with health law” in the New York Times noted the growing shortage of primary care doctors particularly in economically disadvantaged communities, both in rural and inner-city America. This problem will likely get worse before it gets better as more Americans gain coverage and seek a regular source of care. As the article suggests, training more doctors and incentivizing them ...
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Primary care residency numbers didn't change much this year. Depending upon your vantage point, that's either a good or bad thing. For those who were hoping that the numbers would continue that 2-year steady climb out of the dumps, the 1% increase in FM positions seemed to be a disappointment. But for many of us who work day to day to revitalize the primary care pipeline, we breathed a sigh ...
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