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The Need to Prepare More Surgeons for Rural Practice Is Urgent

Source
ACS Bulletin
Date
Mar 6, 2024
Summary
Discusses the shortage of rural surgeons, noting challenges in building the rural surgeon workforce. Discusses rural training tracks, homegrown workforce, funding needs, and telemedicine as possible solutions for building the workforce.
Tagged as
Funding · Graduate medical education · Health workforce pipeline · Health workforce supply and demand · Physicians · Telehealth