What is considered primary-care?

[Jeffy]

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Too many of my sources have run into contradictions on this matter so I leave it up to my fellow SDNers. I'd particularly like to know if EM is considered primary. Anyway, a list of them would do. Also, Mongoose tried explaining to me this whole thing with National Health Scholarships not considering EM primary or something along those lines, but he never finished! I didnt know what the heck he was talking about or anything. Please, anyone, help a brotha' out.

 

[UrSexyLatinDr]

Hey Bro~

I am not totally sure, but I think is:
Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Ob/Gyn, Geriatrics, Emergency Medicine and I think thats about it, but not sure!

Eduardo

 

[none]

Okay, I know this is an osteopathic link...but it seems to be the same everywhere. OB/GYN and Emergency med don't qualify you for the sweet primary care loans...so, without arguing semantics, they aren't primary care fields.

<a href="http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/sservices/FinancialAid/PCLs-FAQ.htm" target="_blank">http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/sservices/FinancialAid/PCLs-FAQ.htm</a>

 

[vyc]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by UrSexyLatinDr:
•Hey Bro~
I am not totally sure, but I think is:
Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Ob/Gyn, Geriatrics, Emergency Medicine and I think thats about it, but not sure!
•••••so then... let's say i want to do a specialty within pediatrics, like heme/onc.
that means i'd be a specialist and not a primary care physician, right...?

 

[nap]

Are you sure ob/gyn doesnt count as primary care? I was told at an interview financial aid meeting that it is, and you can get the money for it from that government program. I definately could be misinformed though

 

[intern in waiting]

Internal med, peds, ob/gyn, family practice, definately primary care. If you specialize in any of these (cardiology, gyn/onc surgery) you're no longer Primary care...I don't know about EM I doubt it is!

 

[tBw]

Mongoose, mongoose, what does he know? :wink:
Actually it was me that talked about NHSC. If
you want to know about them go to
<a href="http://www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/nhsc/get_involved/scholarships.html" target="_blank">http://www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/nhsc/get_involved/scholarships.html</a>

However, you will find that,according to NHSC definitions, the primary care specialties are:

* Family medicine
* General pediatrics
* General internal medicine
* Obstetrics/gynecology
* Psychiatry
* Rotating internship (D.O. s only) with a request to complete one of the above specialties

EM is not among them. However, some similar programs run by states *do* include EM as 'primary care'.

 

[Jeffy]

wang-butt. i'd like to do EM but that sweet sweet money is just callin' to me. then again i hate kids and definitely dont wanna have to see that whole humans-coming-out-of-other-humans thing on a daily basis. id like to stay away from the flesh dungeon as much as possible.

 

[Taty]

what about oncology/hematology?

 

[Whisker Barrel Cortex]

The ones posted by the boy wonder are the only ones considered primary care for the NHSC. If you do any medicine subspecialty (including Heme/Onc, cardiology, GI, rheum, endocrine) you are no longer primary care.

Emergency Medicine Physicians do end up doing a lot of primary care for the uninsured but are not truly primary care and not included in NHSC. I can see why some state programs may include them.