Primary Care Education

Challenges in primary care education.

Despite these grim statistics, more recent trends suggest an increase in medical student interest in primary care fields. In 2010, Family Medicine saw an increase in applicant numbers, filling more than 44% of an increased number of positions offered in the NRMP. Combined Medicine-Pediatrics programs saw a considerable increase in popularity among US senior medical students as well, filling 83%...

Graduate education for primary care physicians.

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The need for musculoskeletal education in primary care residencies.

A need for otolaryngology education among primary care providers

OBJECTIVE Otolaryngic disorders are very common in primary care, comprising 20-50% of presenting complaints to a primary care provider. There is limited otolaryngology training in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education for primary care. Continuing medical education may be the next opportunity to train our primary care providers (PCPs). The objective of this study was to assess the oto...

Disaster management and primary health care: implications for medical education

Natural and manmade disasters often result in the breakdown of social system and services with pronounced effects on human development and economy. They also cause illhealth and deaths either directly or through the disruption of health systems, leaving the affected communities without access to healthcare in times of emergency. Empirical evidence shows that these negative effects are dispropor...