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Can Medical Schools Funnel More Doctors Into the Primary Care Pipeline?

Source
KFF Health News
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Date
Jan 13, 2025
Summary
Discusses the factors contributing to a growing shortage of primary care doctors across the nation and efforts by medical schools to encourage students to pursue a career in primary care. Highlights a University of Washington program which has shown success in funneling primary care graduates to rural communities.
Tagged as
Financial aid for health career education · Health workforce pipeline · Health workforce supply and demand · Physicians · Primary care · Statistics and data · New York · Washington