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Boot camp is hyperbole for medicine, but the medical field itself is beginning to recognize (at least in the US) that the path to becoming a physician is much l
by adpirz 9y ago
Boot camp is hyperbole for medicine, but the medical field itself is beginning to recognize (at least in the US) that the path to becoming a physician is much longer than need be, especially given the shortage we have especially for GPs.
- c0nfused 9y agoMy impression is that the medical field is mostly increasing the number of new MDs but not the number of residency slots. This means that soon medical school will end up like law school where you can get a law degree but not a job. You need at least a year of residency to be able to practice medicine in any state, to get a real job you need to finish. http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/266610-shortage-of-residency-slots-may-have-chilling-effect-on-next http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/266610-sho...
- maxerickson 9y agoIt would be easy to fix. Current spending on residency programs is something like 10 or 15 billion dollars. With more than 3 trillion dollars in healthcare spending, a 10 billion dollar experiment aimed at lowering costs is cheap. (and of course it isn't necessary to immediately double the number of slots in order to soak up the extra MDs)
- mirimir 9y agoMaybe we have a shortage of GPs because specialists, such as plastic surgeons, earn lots more money.