should medical school graduates be encouraged to become general practitioners?

Question

keep in mind that the government will pay for the schooling of all medical school graduates that stay in the feild of general practice, but upon transitioning to a speciality, that student would need to pay the government their medical school expenses.

Answer 1

i dont think that someone should become a general practitioner just because it is cheaper. you have to keep in mind the kind of never ending hours you would be working as a general practitioner. you should become something that you have a true passion for. although the number of general practitioners is shrinking greatly, i still think that you shouldnt become a general practitioner unless that is something that you have a true passion for and are willing to put in that kind of time into your work. remember a general practitioner can get called out to the hospital in the middle of the night because one of their patients is there, also their patients call them at home at very odd hours and you have to be able to answer each call, each email. so i think that it is really up to the person, but if that is something that you are really interested in than i say go for it, we need more great general practitioners.

Answer 2

I think that you should go into primary care because in most states they are running out of primary cary physicians. Most people are starting to retire and that is where the shortage starts because more interns are wanting to deal with specialities rather than the common cold. You get paid more but where is the compassionate of helping families and becoming close with the family because people like when they have a doctor that they know and trust. What ever happened to helping people for the benefit of the doubt than making money. I realize that making money is so important but what happened to being compassionate. I am becoming a nurse-still in college but I am almost finished and ready for the BSN program. I have always wanted to work in a docotors office with a general practioner or a family physician or geratics. I have always wanted to work with a docotor side by side helping the patients to handling the front desk and perform other things for the office. There is always student loans you can get and scholarship for your education.In most states it is hard to find a docotor because there's about maybe 2-3 in a small town. I thought when you graduated medical school you were supposed to take an oath to promise to help people in need or sick. What I really want is to become a RN nusre and then become a doctor. It may take along time but that is my dream. I am becoming a nurse to help the poor and the sick.

Answer 3

I think your question should have less to do with money than with career desires. Medical students are better off going into the field of specialty they desire. Of course monetary issues have an impact on this decision: Primary care doctors (family practice, general internal medicine, and pediatrics) earn less than their subspecialty collegues, and the average medical student graduates (in this country) with a stupendous debt. For the sake of the country's health care, we would be better off with more young doctors wanting to go into primary care. As the baby boomers age, become sicker, and require more and more health care, subspecialists will not be well positioned to meet their needs. So, some kind of debt relief (which is actually a state-by-state proposition), increase in primary care reimbursement, or both would attract more grads into these fields. But, when all is said and done, I am very sympathetic to any med school grad following his/her dreams in whatever field turns him/her on.

(Me: Family practice)

Answer 4

I dont know about where you live but . Her we dont even have any general practitioners anymore. Maybe 1 or 2 in the whole county. In my insurance book none. All Internal Doc.

Answer 5

LOL! No, a Paramedic interior of usa isn't even on the factor of the commencing up of turning right into a physician. 4 years of faculty 4 years of med college 3 - 7 years of residency Paramedic training - 3 months in Texas and that they are going to inform you that is comparable to being a physician.