Cultivating medicine's future: summer programs offer teens a taste of rural and primary care

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Summer 1992 saw teenagers around the country involved in medical education programs, as paid interns or simply as observers. The goal of most of these programs is to interest young people in primary care careers - specifically in rural areas, where the physician shortage is the greatest. One of the most remarkable programs is MEDCAMP, operated by Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. The program is targeted at women and minorities, and half of all interns are recruited from rural areas.

Services, Medical care, Social service volunteers, Medical education, Youth volunteers, Teenage volunteers in social service

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Making rural physicians: community-based programs that work

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Community-based programs around the country have been established to attract medical students into primary care careers in rural areas. Various university programs place students in rural settings, where they serve clerkships under practicing physicians. One of the most successful of these programs is sponsored by Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine. Other programs are offered by the University of Minnesota's School of Medicine and the Washington-Alaska-Montana-Idaho consortium.

Vocational guidance, Medicine, Rural, Rural medicine

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Getting a grip: Dr. Gigi Hirsch turned a bout with burnout into a career opportunity. Now she's helping other afflicted physicians

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Physician Gigi Hirsch directs the Center for Physician Development, which provides assistance to physicians with stress-related problems. The organization, which opened in Jul 1992, concentrates on developing physician support groups and has instituted a monthly workshop for physicians which qualifies for continuing education credit. Physician burn out can be difficult to treat because other physicians tend to blame the physician for the problem instead of the situation.

Psychological aspects, Health aspects, Care and treatment, Burn out (Psychology), Hirsch, Gigi

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