Rural Primary Care Physician Workforce Expansion: An Opportunity for Bipartisan Legislation.

2013

Authors Rieselbach, Richard E, Phillips, Robert L, Nasca, Thomas J, Crouse, B J
Topics Education & Training
Volume 5(4):556-559
Source Journal of Graduate Medical Education

The primary care physician workforce crisis has eluded solution for many years. Concerns raised 5 years ago about nadir of interest in primary care careers by medical students are now realized, as the proportion of residency graduates from our nation’s teaching hospitals entering primary care careers, particularly to underserved rural areas, has hit an all-time low.