Campbell Unversity COM Hires Founding Dean

[futuredoc15]

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Looks like this school will open in 2013 in the bustling metropolis of Buies Creek NC

http://www.campbell.edu/news/item/campbell-announces-osteopathic-medical-schools-founding-dean
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[TornadoChaser]

Another school saying they are commited to educating primary care physicians. Does that mean they won't be interested in students who are interested in other areas of medicine?

Also, I'm finding this interesting...

"medical school graduates choosing Primary Care have dropped 50% between 1997 and 2005; North Carolina is projected to experience a 12% decline in per capita physician supply by 2020 and a 26% decline by 2030; North Carolina’s population is expected to increase by 17.6% between July 2007 and July 2020 and another 11.7% by 2030; the growth and aging of North Carolina’s population is expected to increase demand (measured by annual visits to physicians) by 34% between 2004 and 2020; and persons 65 and older will increase by 33.7% between July 2007 and July 2020."

I'm beginning to think that PCP salaries are being primed for a big jump. Assuming their stats are correct, I've read a lot about the future shortages, plus the fact that fewer and fewer students are choosing primary care (likely due to the low salary relative to the amount of debt incurred in medical school). Just a thought!

 

[LesBois88]

I'm beginning to think that PCP salaries are being primed for a big jump. Assuming their stats are correct, I've read a lot about the future shortages, plus the fact that fewer and fewer students are choosing primary care (likely due to the low salary relative to the amount of debt incurred in medical school). Just a thought!

You might be tempted to think that, but it is unlikely.

In my mind the nature of primary care will almost definitely continue down the path of cramming more service into less time.

 

[cliquesh]

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[group_theory]

Another school saying they are commited to educating primary care physicians. Does that mean they won't be interested in students who are interested in other areas of medicine?

Also, I'm finding this interesting...

"medical school graduates choosing Primary Care have dropped 50% between 1997 and 2005; North Carolina is projected to experience a 12% decline in per capita physician supply by 2020 and a 26% decline by 2030; North Carolina’s population is expected to increase by 17.6% between July 2007 and July 2020 and another 11.7% by 2030; the growth and aging of North Carolina’s population is expected to increase demand (measured by annual visits to physicians) by 34% between 2004 and 2020; and persons 65 and older will increase by 33.7% between July 2007 and July 2020."

I'm beginning to think that PCP salaries are being primed for a big jump. Assuming their stats are correct, I've read a lot about the future shortages, plus the fact that fewer and fewer students are choosing primary care (likely due to the low salary relative to the amount of debt incurred in medical school). Just a thought!

The medical field is not a free market that follows simple supply/demand ecnomics. There are too many rules, laws, regulations, variables, and other factors involved. It gets more complicated when you have third-party payors whose main goal is to obtain profit for their own shareholders and CEO/board of directors, insured patients who are insulated from the true cost of medical care that they are receiving (and the uninsured who bear the brunt of the true cost), states wanting to trim medicaid's budget (decrease reimbursement), and Medicare with its annual cut unless congress steps in.

 

[DO Anes]

I'm beginning to think that PCP salaries are being primed for a big jump. Assuming their stats are correct, I've read a lot about the future shortages, plus the fact that fewer and fewer students are choosing primary care (likely due to the low salary relative to the amount of debt incurred in medical school). Just a thought!

More likely primary care will be replaced/supplanted by non-physician providers.

 

[Pons Asinorum]

More likely primary care will be replaced/supplanted by non-physician providers.

This. Nice and succinct.

 

[TornadoChaser]

Good points, all. Doesn't make a difference to me anyway, because I'm not interested in primary care. But yeah I was thinking more along the lines of simple economics.