It's even more difficult to get into med school

ucbalumnus
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 02:48:57 +0000

WayOutWestMom:

Unfortunately the early data from NYU shows its grads going into non-primary care fields at the same high rates they did before the free tuition program was introduced. (Probably because they have very high standardized test scores feel they deserve better than “just” primary care.)

Seems like there should be more incentive for the best physicians to go into primary care, since a patient can show up in front of a primary care physician with anything, and the physician needs to figure out what it can be and what (if anything) can or needs to be done about it. Yes, the primary care physician may refer to a specialist in some situations, but needs to know enough to know which specialist to refer the patient to.