Archive for December 6th, 2008
Dr. Val: Nurses may not fill the primary care shortage
0 Comments Published by Dr. Val December 6th, 2008 in Medical blogs, Medicine, Podcast, Primary Care[This is Dr.Val's response to these two posts]
Except mid-levels don’t want to do primary care work… So the problem will not actually be easily solved without substantial pay raises/financial incentives.
See my podcast with nurses: http://getbetterhealth.com/nurses-may-not-fill-the-primary-care-shortage-were-not-suckers/2008.11.07
Glimpse of the future American medical workforce
2 Comments Published by Vijay December 6th, 2008 in Medical blogsvia Kevin, MD.
Foreign medical graduates and mid-levels will provide the majority of tomorrow’s primary care.
Currently, 24 percent of mostly primary care training positions are filled with international medical graduates. That number will also likely rise.
Not that there’s anything wrong with NPs, PAs, and IMGs. The majority of them provide exceptional care.
Soon, specialists will uniformly [...]
