Hope and warnings to other states from California family physicians

A guest post from the California Academy of Family Physicians, exclusive to KevinMD.com.

Despite the slight upward tick in medical students opting for careers in family medicine over the last two years, efforts aimed at solving the primary care physician shortage are often thwarted by state and federal policy decisions.

There is reason for hope, however: The number of medical school applications in California is extraordinarily high. A higher proportion of …

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