Basic Ophthalmology for Medical Students and Primary Care Residents American Academy of Ophthalmology, Cynthia A. Bradford
Publisher: American Academy of Ophthalmology

In a dismaying move, the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has proposed changes to the guidelines for family medicine residency programs removing the requirement that residents learn to provide contraception. Women get their basic health care from a family physician or other primary care provider, and often that includes reproductive health care. Especially in rural and low-income areas, family physicians do it all! As commenters on an DRH Econlog post just one day ago pointed out, the constraint on new doctors isn't really medical-school admissions, it is "residency" training slots. Minimum 11 years study for basic Family physician. This pocket-sized atlas is a valuable resource for clinicians, residents, and students in ophthalmology, optometry, primary care, and emergency medicine. Some may choose to do an additional fellowship as well. Content We constantly evaluate the program to ensure that we continue to meet the needs of the next generation of emergency physicians. Minimum 13-16+ years for any other specialty. Chiropractors usually have the academic degree of 4 years of undergraduate. They are doctors similar to non-medical "doctors" in other allied health care professions like optometry, podiatry, dentistry, psychology, etc. Year of study A recent review of the literature concluded that there are predictable factors which influence recruitment and retention of primary care physicians in rural areas [9]. Why not just let physician's assistants and nurse practitioners care for people with non life threatening illnesses (sore throat, stuffy nose, etc)to increase the supply of medical providers? Our primary focus is the training of emergency medicine residents. To obtain basic demographic information of the student respondents;. The study was conducted among first- and second-year undergraduate medical students using a semi-structured questionnaire developed by the authors using inputs from the literature and their experiences of teaching medical students. Who would want to go into primary care medicine now? Consistent presentation throughout the book enhances ease of use.