Basic Ophthalmology for Medical Students and Primary Care Residents American Academy of Ophthalmology, Cynthia A. Bradford
Publisher: American Academy of Ophthalmology

PCPs, you'd think the CCOs would jump at the chance to include them. In an attempt to tame this beast, Oregon recently established a system of coordinated care organizations, or CCOs, to (as the name suggests) coordinate medical, mental health, and dental care for residents enrolled in Oregon Health Plan, the state's Medicaid program. An ideal complement to the medical student's curriculum and a leading text for primary care residents and physicians. The reason medical care in this country is fragmented is that there is an inversion of the correct ratio between primary care and specialty physicians. Medical schools to pursue a position in primary care medicine. The number of primary care physicians will decrease rapidly over the next decade, as it is rare for students graduating from U.S. As commenters on an DRH Econlog post just one day ago pointed out, the constraint on new doctors isn't really medical-school admissions, it is "residency" training slots. Next post > Should medical students consider a combined psychiatry residency? There are a number of factors that have led to the A 2008 New England Journal of Medicine study found that family medicine only filled 42.1% of its residency positions by US medical school graduates, the lowest percentage of any specialty4. Compared to their counterparts with no MPH, medical school graduates with a MPH were more likely to have completed a generalist primary care residency only [relative risk (RR) 1.79, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.35–2.29], obtain . The new system After all, if naturopaths could actually deliver good primary care at a cost equal to or less than M.D. Why not just let physician's assistants and nurse practitioners care for people with non life threatening illnesses (sore throat, stuffy nose, etc)to increase the supply of medical providers? Dr Raman Kumar Lack of recognition for primary care as a trade/vocation of medical practice and non-availability of training posts in family medicine is the reason for scarcity of training residency positions in India. All the other evaluations and grading schemes that reward top performers with dermatology and ophthalmology training slots are nothing but exercises in meaningless memorization that contributes nothing to caring for actual patients. Decision Making in Ophthalmology: an algorithmic approach, van Heuven WAJ, Zwaan J, Second Ed; Mosby Inc., 2000. ***Jump to the Basic Ophthalmology discount right now by clicking the following link:Basic Ophthalmology***. Beyond willingness and interest of the medical students and young doctors, there are real factors, which prohibit their engagement with the healthcare delivery system in India, especially in the area of primary healthcare. Who would want to go into primary care medicine now?