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For anybody who believes that the old fashioned, country doctor is just an outdated notion, Dr. Richard Young is here to tell you otherwise. In a recent New Yorker article about him, Dr. Mehmet Oz was paraphrased as saying that “Marcus Welby – the kindly, accessible, but straight-talking television doctor – is dead.” If he …
Match Day is one of the most important days in a medical student’s life. It’s when students learn which residency program they “matched” into and whether the match will lead them to a clinic down the street or a hospital across the country. But the road to Match Day is often paved with tough decisions. Here, Anoop Raman, who will be starting NYPH-Columbia Family Medicine Residency in July, tells us how he chose between family medicine and internal medicine-primary care.
Brian Forrest didn’t want to practice family medicine in a system where receptionists ask, “Who’s your insurance provider?” before asking, “Why do you need to see the doctor?” But instead of leaving the system, he changed it, and the result is a cash-only, no-insurance practice that earns more and charges far less than the traditional model.
Whether by faculty or peers who openly express disappointment in their choice to pursue primary care or by curricula that seem designed to steer trainees into subspecialties, nearly all summit participants had a story to tell about being shamed for their interest in the field. Nearly all felt marginalized.
I repeatedly ask medical students if they would choose a career in primary care if it would completely erase their student loan debt. A few hands go up, but not many.
Due to mandatory rural service year, every Peruvian doctor is a primary care physician. Learn about one med student’s experiences in the country.
If you want to be a part of PCP’s movement to transform primary care, here’s one thing you can do: Share your story. Here, Marshall Ganz tells us why storytelling is such a powerful tool to incite change.