http://physicians.candidatedirect.com/healthcare-career-blog/index.php/physician-jobs-and-student-loan-repayment-award/ Healthcare Career Blog & hospital staffing 24/7; Locum Tenens & physician jobs; find career articles & Physician Blogs Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:00:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://physicians.candidatedirect.com/healthcare-career-blog/index.php/physician-jobs-and-student-loan-repayment-award/comment-page-1/#comment-1063 Bill Bartmann Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:35:02 +0000 http://www.candidatedirect.com/healthcare-career-blog/?p=115#comment-1063 Great site...keep up the good work. Great site…keep up the good work.

]]> http://physicians.candidatedirect.com/healthcare-career-blog/index.php/physician-jobs-and-student-loan-repayment-award/comment-page-1/#comment-401 mark Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:04:42 +0000 http://www.candidatedirect.com/healthcare-career-blog/?p=115#comment-401 Excellent site, It was pleasant to me. Excellent site, It was pleasant to me.

]]> http://physicians.candidatedirect.com/healthcare-career-blog/index.php/physician-jobs-and-student-loan-repayment-award/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Little League Dad Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:49:26 +0000 http://www.candidatedirect.com/healthcare-career-blog/?p=115#comment-59 This type of program is exactly what this country needs to turn around its physician shortage specifically of primary care physicians. Since WWII, physicians have been leaving primary care (think of primary care, as the old fashioned doctor, the one you knew from your hometown that got to know you, your children & spouse, AND even a bit about your career and lifestyle). Why have they been leaving the family practice for a specialist position like dermatology, urology etc? One reason is that the huge student loan debt that medical students graduate with and are then burdened with repayment. Why make an average starting salary $135,000 in medical doctor jobs in primary care when you can start a job earning $200,000 in a specialty field? The Student Loan repayment plan might make more students think about why they originally were drawn to medicine, to help people and extend the lives in their neighbors and friends in their own communities. I would rather see familiar patients year-after-year and get to know them well than to have a practice that is more like a revolving door with lots of new faces that come and go. Primary care doctors treat the whole patient and providing a student loan repayment plan is a great incentive to make that career choice. And by the way, living in upstate New York or out west in Colorado sure beats the rush hour traffic you get most places these days. This type of program is exactly what this country needs to turn around its physician shortage specifically of primary care physicians. Since WWII, physicians have been leaving primary care (think of primary care, as the old fashioned doctor, the one you knew from your hometown that got to know you, your children & spouse, AND even a bit about your career and lifestyle). Why have they been leaving the family practice for a specialist position like dermatology, urology etc? One reason is that the huge student loan debt that medical students graduate with and are then burdened with repayment. Why make an average starting salary $135,000 in medical doctor jobs in primary care when you can start a job earning $200,000 in a specialty field? The Student Loan repayment plan might make more students think about why they originally were drawn to medicine, to help people and extend the lives in their neighbors and friends in their own communities. I would rather see familiar patients year-after-year and get to know them well than to have a practice that is more like a revolving door with lots of new faces that come and go. Primary care doctors treat the whole patient and providing a student loan repayment plan is a great incentive to make that career choice. And by the way, living in upstate New York or out west in Colorado sure beats the rush hour traffic you get most places these days.

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