Medical Students, Specialty Practice, And More Money
July 19th, 2010 by KevinMD in Better Health Network, Health Policy, Opinion, Video
With medical students graduating, on average, with almost $160,000 of debt, it’s a major reason why they’re choosing more lucrative specialty practice, which can offer salaries multiple times more than those of primary care fields.
In this clip from The Vanishing Oath, medical economist Amitabh Chandra, Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, discusses that influence, which contributes to a drastic decline of primary care residency slots being filled by American medical graduates.
Of course, it’s not only money. Primary care practice has a litany of obstacles that can contribute to rapid physician burnout, compounded by the fact that good primary care role models are largely absent from academic settings.
But there’s no denying that the salary disparity is an influential factor, and for many students, often a deciding one.
A video excerpt from The Vanishing Oath, a film directed by Ryan Flesher, M.D.:
*This blog post was originally published at KevinMD.com*
Tags: Amitabh Chandra, Dr. Ryan Flesher, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Medical Graduates, Medical Residents, Medical Specialists, Medical Speciality, Medical Students, Physician Burnout, Physician Salaries, Primary Care Crisis, Primary Care Economics, Primary Care Residency, Primary Care Residency Program, Primary Care Role Models, Primary Care Shortage, Salary Disparity, Specialty Medical Practice, The Vanishing Oath
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Nice Article from Kevin MD on vanishing primary care specialty.
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