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Addressing the Nation’s Physician Workforce Needs: The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Recommendations on Graduate Medical Education Reform - According to the Journal of General Internal Medicine, in April 2014, recommendations are given on how to reform the Graduate Medical Education (GME) system to support the development of a physician workforce that aligns with the unique needs of America’s healthcare delivery system.TO READ MORE click here Sharp Increases in the Clinician Pipeline: Opportunity and Danger - According to Health Affairs Blog, on June 9, 2014, Ed Salsberg of the George Washington University, in his latest Health Affairs blog, points out that the recent rapid increase in the pipeline for clinicians in 4 professions (NPs, PAs, pharmacists and RNs) is likely to help meet short term needs but continued growth could lead to an overshoot and surpluses in the longer term which also have serious negative consequences.TO READ MORE click here

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The 2014 GME Residency Match Results: Is There Really a “GME Squeeze”? - A recent blog by Ed Salsberg, past director of the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, takes a look at the question of a GME ‘squeeze’ from a national perspective.TO READ MORE click here Graham Center Projects Increase in Physicians Working in Shortage Areas - According to aafp.org, on Apr 23, 2014, AAFP's Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care recently published a policy brief that looked at the projected impact of the Primary Care Residency Expansion program on the number and distribution of new primary care physicians. One major take-away from the study was that family medicine residency programs represented the highest return on investment in terms of turning out primary care physicians who would likely work in health professional shortage areas or rural areas. TO READ MORE click here