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I know its a subspecialty of internal med, but I just want to know whether its considered an area of primary care.
Febrifuge said:EM is a subspecialty of Internal Med?
ASDIC said:I know its a subspecialty of internal med, but I just want to know whether its considered an area of primary care.
ASDIC said:I know its a subspecialty of internal med
In general, no. Also, it's not and never has been a subspecialty of internal medicine.ASDIC said:so maybe its not a intmed subspecialty...but still is it a primary care area?
ASDIC said:I know its a subspecialty of internal med, but I just want to know whether its considered an area of primary care.
OSUdoc08 said:Emergency medicine is considered primary care in Oklahoma but not in Texas. I can't vouch for other states.
Emergency medicine isn't a subspecialty, but you can do a combined residency in both IM and EM if you so desire.
Word to that.edinOH said:I tell you one thing though, regardless of what the government says, I can guaran-damned-tee you that many of my patients consider EM primary care!
edinOH said:EM is considered primary care in Oklahoma? News to me. Are you referring to the Physician Manpower Scholarship or whatever? When I was there in school, EM wasn't considered primary care, nor should it have been.
DrMom said:EM is not included in the physician manpower program ( http://www.pmtc.state.ok.us/slrpoverview.htm ) and I've not seen it included as primary care for anything official in Oklahoma.
stoic said:Dr. Mom got pwned!
DrMom said:happens to the best of us
if you look on the page I posted, it has a list that doesn't include EM. Go figure.
stoic said:I don't know about Oklahoma, but for Kansas this a brand spanking new change. So all of the info may not be updated yet. For example, the application that came with my acceptance list EM as a primary care field, but the website does not yet. I confirmed EM as a primary care field with the financial aid off at KU.
I'll tell ya, 4 years of being paid to go to med school sounds pretty nice...
raptor5 said:For what reason are you asking. Some states do include EM in their physician shortages and will pay tuition reimbursement, but the federal gov't does not. I could be wrong.
flighterdoc said:Which states?
Firebird said:be careful about these "we'll pay your tuition if you go into primary care" deals. if you suddenly realize that primary care isn't for you, and you default on your deal, you may end up owing much, much more than if you had taken the loans...
cooldreams said:no not really. just pay back at an interest rate... unless you are talking about some mob deal....
cooldreams said:no not really. just pay back at an interest rate... unless you are talking about some mob deal....
so while it is just 5 years, she still gets a payment plan, and that is still money she got from somewhere. 5 years at 9.5% interest is nothing compared to the typical 30 years scenerio. and then getting married and all that stuff... that is all personal stuff too. sounds to me she made some bad decisions and they caught up with her, but she still has a lot of lee way.
fuegorama said:Back-to-the OP's somewhat confused query.
1. Is being considered "primary care" in any way harmful to the specialty of EM?
2. If the answer to #1 is "no", how can the profession move state/federal agencies to recognize it ? In other words, how can EM be brought under the umbrella of USHSC repayment?
3. Could the prospect of USHSC involvement be a BAD thing?