Shaffer Todd
Todd Shaffer, MD, MBA, FAAFP, Professor and Program Director Family Medicine Residency, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Department of Community and Family Medicine and Truman Medical Center-Lakewood.
Mo Med. 2016 Jul-Aug;113(4):293-300.
Primary Care Supply is not at a level to support needs for the U.S. public now or in the future. Missouri is deteriorating to an extreme shortage of primary care clinicians. With a present supply that is stagnant and not meeting patient needs, new opportunities to select and educate the next generation of physicians will be necessary to meet the predicted health care needs for our citizens. Examining the pipeline, process of medical education, practice transformation, and payment reform are important for the future.1 We should encourage our training institutions to provide resources for increasing the types of physicians we need for the next generation. Local and national leadership will need to heed the advice of forecasts and provide new methods and solutions for the needs of society. Academic institutions should be held to achieving a true output of physicians for the needs of society.
目前及未来,美国初级医疗服务的供给水平均无法满足公众需求。密苏里州正日益恶化至初级医疗临床医生极度短缺的状况。当前供给停滞不前且无法满足患者需求,因此有必要创造新机会来选拔和培养下一代医生,以满足我们公民预计的医疗保健需求。审视人才培养渠道、医学教育过程、实践转型和支付改革对未来至关重要。我们应鼓励培训机构提供资源,以增加我们下一代所需的医生类型。地方和国家层面的领导层需要听取预测建议,并为社会需求提供新的方法和解决方案。学术机构应致力于为社会需求培养出真正合格的医生。