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I am interested in rual care, so should I go MD, DO, DNP, or CSP (certified shamanic practicioner?
I am interested in rual care, so should I go MD, DO, DNP, or CSP (certified shamanic practicioner?
The DO/MD route will allow for more choices in location, especially if you go into FM. You can play around with this website to get an idea of the opportunities available for different specialties: http://nhscjobs.hrsa.gov/ Its the job listings that NHSC scholars and loan repayment people use for the various health fields that NHSC applies to. You'll notice the most opportunities by far are for FM docs.
I'm interested in underserved medicine and am looking for suggestions on where I can volunteer to gain experience in this.
I'm a working professional in the Washington DC area and wouldn't mind dedicating some time after work to help out those in need.
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WV is a prime example area in which I looked at some hospitals and spoke with some CEOs... all conversations similar to what I said above.You can go work in some clinic in WV ...they are definitely in need of heath care and they qualify as rural...
I was interested in rural practice and/or underserved....
Unfortunately, from a surgical provider perspective, the conditions are concerning from an ethical standpoint. I am a trained subspecialty surgeon. The communities I looked at have 100-200k referral rural base. The CEOs of the hospitals want more general surgeons.... that basically dabble in the subspecialties.
They told me, "we are currently loosing the patient volume and business because the patients are being sent to trained specialists at the university....". In essence, for the non-emergent high end care, they have a system to transfer to well trained specialists. The CEO's hope is to block this referral with "What I want is a general surgeon that can do a little of this work and keep the business here....".
It troubles me to think that the recruitment practice is geared towards blocking underserved patients from receiving high-end, subspecialty care.WV is a prime example area in which I looked at some hospitals and spoke with some CEOs... all conversations similar to what I said above.
JAD
There are some inner city free clinics in Baltimore and Washington...I'm interested in underserved medicine and am looking for suggestions on where I can volunteer to gain experience in this.
I'm a working professional in the Washington DC area and wouldn't mind dedicating some time after work to help out those in need.
I'm specifically targeting activities that medical schools focusing on underserved medicine (i.e. Howard University Medical School) would find appealing.
I've volunteered at a hospital before in the ambulatory surgery department and was a member of AmeriCorp caring for minority kids from single parent homes in an after school youth club.
But all this was years ago, so I'm trying to get back in.
Any suggestions?
I hadn't seen this reply previously. I can not speak for your community practice.That's not "blocking" patients from high end care. That's offering more services locally. I work in a rural area, and trust me... the patients that want "high end" care are going to go anyway. I doubt outcomes are better overall. In fact, if providers know their limits, they are probably better.
I'm interested in rural med, but i don't know if FM is better or IM/Peds. I feel like I would be better prepared with IM/Peds combined residency just because it's less breath...but..
what do people think?
To the OP, I too am slightly confused as to your goals in reference to rural care... I think MedPedes has its place as does FP. MedePedes opens up possibility for more subspecializing fellowships, etc.... It can/does also serve an important role in primary care. However, even if you have no intention to practice obstetrics, medpeds, IMHO, provides you with less women's health type training then FP. It (medpedes) will also shortchange you on some of the procedural training/experiences that may be advantageous in a rural/underserved community, again IMHO.Not sure what you mean by "less breadth." It's four years vs. three...
I am interested in rual care, so should I go MD, DO, DNP, or CSP (certified shamanic practicioner?
dnp dnp dnp
csp csp csp
Tell me that your post was a joke.