Resident & Student Focus
COGME Focuses on Access Problems in New Report to HHS, Congress
Concurrent Report Calls for Flexibility in GME
(04/30/2008)
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The United States should establish a national medical school or system of schools that would waive tuition in exchange for graduates' subsequent service in underserved areas. That's one of five recommendations advanced by the Council on Graduate Medical Education, to HHS and Congress on physician workforce issues.
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Match Results Show Resurgence in Family Medicine Interest
Though Helpful, Increase Won't Solve FP Shortage
(03/20/2008)
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Interest in family medicine among U.S. medical students surged in 2008, and evidence of that growth came on March 20 when the National Resident Matching Program, or NRMP, announced the 2008 Match results.
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Study Results
Targeted Med School Programs Could Alleviate Rural Physician Shortage
(03/12/2008)
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U.S. medical schools could significantly increase the number of rural physicians by establishing programs that encourage physicians to practice in rural areas, according to a report in the March issue of Academic Medicine. The study, conducted by researchers in the department of family and community medicine at the Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, found that the nation's medical schools could more than double the number of physicians choosing rural practice annually by creating rural physician programs that would turn out as few as 10 students per class.
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Residency Programs Pinpoint Best Practices for Increasing Immunizations
Immunization Award-winners Use Creative Tactics to Boost Rates
(01/30/2008)
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It's a safe bet to assume that most family physicians encounter barriers to providing childhood immunizations all too often in everyday practice. Overcoming these obstacles demands perseverance and a spirit of innovation, something the winners of the 2007 AAFP Foundation Wyeth Immunization Awards have in plentiful supply. Check out some of the creative solutions these family medicine residency programs developed to increase the number of their young patients who are up-to-date on their vaccinations.
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AAFP News Now
As We See It: Voices From the AAFP (Members Only)
Editorial: Restructuring Will Permit Bold Moves (Members Only)
Editorial: DNPs Not Threat to Physicians (Members Only)
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