Disappearing Doctors

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Is a primary care residency really worth it anymore? After watching this news clip which aired this past week you just may no longer think so unless you are willing to take a vow of poverty.

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"I can't work in a system where I have to see 35 or 40 patients a day and think that I did a good job and don't worry when I get home about the things that I missed because I just didn't have time to think."

"There is no way on what I am making now that you could send someone to college."

"My fee schedule is irrelevant. You have to accept whatever the insurance company pays."

 

[Good Solutions]

They're not dissappearing. They're surviving, and going to greener pastures. www.simpd.org/ Click on the video on the first page.

 

[Reaganite]

I think money and hours play some role, but honestly you couldn't pay me any amount of money to work with your typical primary care patient. I mean, take a look at the patients of this guy in the video. Hmmm. Seriously, was there one patient that you saw with a BMI less than 30? It's like pain medicine...sure, you make a lot of money, but do you really want to work with THOSE patients as a career?

 

[DrJosephKim]

My wife is a PCP and she really enjoys her work. She only work about 25 hrs/week but is still considered full-time. Her patients are great and they are not representative of patients you may typically encounter if you're in a university-based residency program.

 

[deleted87716]

It's certainly possible to be happy and successful in primary care. Unfortunately, many doctors are unable or unwilling to do what it takes to run their practices in such a way as to make that possible. There's lots of "learned helplessness" out there. It doesn't have to be that way, however.

 

[Good Solutions]

Unlearn the helplessness.

http://www.impcenter.org/
http://www.simpd.org/

 

[Ttan]

Or you could just only take cash