Glimpse of the future American medical workforce
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 be comprised of American medical graduates, while the majority of generalists will be composed of mid-levels and foreign-trained physicians.
It’s an interesting demographic glimpse of the future American medical workforce.
A new kind of caste/class system where the financially less desirable, menial jobs are relegated to second class citizens.
The more things change, the more they remain the same.
Agree with the overall sentiment, disagree with a big piece of specifics regarding IMGs. That will need its own blog post on my end if/when I get to it.
Thanks for the comment Enrico. I’ll wait for your post