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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