"Serving the underserved" == I wanna be a PCP?

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[TexasPhysician]

You can say whatever you want during interviews. You are never "stuck" becoming a PCP.

 

[Espadaleader]

No. I am in the same boat. I feel that it depends on where you practice. If you are a surgeon working in a urban or rural hospital the people under your knife are the people you want to help.

 

[Espadaleader]

We need all specialties to help these communities. The Underprivileged need every kind of physician. For example, a dermatologist could specialize in treatments to aid different ethnic groups. Also don't use "underserved", individuals in these communities deserve the best of care.

 

[NickNaylor]

PCP is what comes to mind, but as Espada said, I don't think this is required. More significant is the patient population and location that you're working in rather than your specialty.

 

[familyaerospace]

PCP is just one type, I know several specialists who have a fairly significant amount of underserved populations in their practice.

 

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[wagmanager]

We need all specialties to help these communities. The Underprivileged need every kind of physician. For example, a dermatologist could specialize in treatments to aid different ethnic groups. Also don't use "underserved", individuals in these communities deserve the best of care.

it's under- served not un-deserved

 

[Midwestern Blot]

it's under- served not un-deserved

debatable

 

[fishbait63]

debatable

Wow...

Anyways working with the underserved doesn't mean you can't specialize I've seen neurology, cardiology and others work in free clinics

 

[LizzyM]

Don't forget the poor folk who have the misfortune of needing a trauma surgeon. Shootings, stabbings, crashes, ....

Psychiatry, too, is a need of the uninsured and underserved.

Really rural areas are going to be lucky to have a few primary care docs for a county of 12,000 people (a subspecialist wouldn't have enough need for his services in that geographic area and would need to practice in a referral center) but docs at referral centers are going to see rural folks who have to "come in" for specialty care.

 

[lmarina1]

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[Midwestern Blot]

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