Comments on: New Med Students Shun Primary Care Jobs

Survey: Only 2 Percent Of Upcoming Graduates Plan To Become Primary Care Doctors

[wl7bzh]

Perhaps wl7bzh would like to spend the day with an EMS or First Responder squad, work in suboptimal conditions, risk being sprayed with contaminated blood,and receive no thanks for it.

Posted by klcfan at 06:06 PM : Sep 10, 2008

The ungrateful dreggs of mankind-no reward for all the sacrifice.

If yur trying for a position on the Holy Trinity-be advised the position was already taken. Get over yourself you pompous windbag.

[klcfan]

joeybergas, I like your question about an appropriate perceived salary for the reconstructive surgeon. I''d even back up a step and find out what the perceived appropriate compensation is for the EM personnel, the paramedics, and everyone else who puts their lives on the line every day for our emergency medical services to function so that people are safe. Perhaps wl7bzh would like to spend the day with an EMS or First Responder squad, work in suboptimal conditions, risk being sprayed with contaminated blood,and receive no thanks for it.

[wl7bzh]

Posted by TarHealer5 at 05:56 PM : Sep 10, 2008

Good for you Doc, you sound like the type physician we need more of.

[wl7bzh]

wl7bzh,You moch a doctor, if he or she makes a mistake you hit paydirt.
You suffer from socialist delusional entitlement sickness.

Posted by republic1776 at 05:52 PM : Sep 10, 2008


I''m not sure exactly what you said republic, but I like it. : )

[tarhealer5]

I am a family physian and the medical director for a rural health center. The primary care shortage is actually worse than these statistics indicate because many doctors coming out of medical school want to work less than full time. I worry a lot about who will take care of the aging population.

Family physicians in rural areas certainly do a lot more than refer to specialists. I care for many patients with diabetes, heart disease, asthma, and other complex problems. I work hard to make sure they get the care they need because I care about them.

A medical system with few primary care doctors will be financially unsustainable and unhealthy. We need serious health reform that addresses ( along with cost, quality, access,malpractice, customer service) the reasons that too few bright young medical students choose primary care. Primary care is not the most financially rewarding speciality but I find practicing family medicine to be a very rewarding way of life.

[republic1776]

wl7bzh,You moch a doctor, if he or she makes a mistake you hit paydirt.
You suffer from socialist delusional entitlement sickness.

[wl7bzh]

what is a surgeon''''s kill rate? the fact that you ask such a stupid question shows me how uninformed you are.Posted by joeybergas at 05:38 PM : Sep 10, 2008
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OOOH ! yasuh Missah Doctor God-You done tried to pimp somebody on a blog because they dared questioned yo holy Omnipotence.

Do you realize how pathetic and insecure you must be outside of the hospital. We don''t bow down and worship you. It must be helll not to have a subordinate to go yasuh, yasuh boss.

[republic1776]

Thank Lawers, Unions and Socialist''s for this.
How many ask a doctor how much will it cost?
(only out of pocket money)
That''s cause the INSURANCE company pays for it.
It''s FREE!!!!!!!!!!
If everyone was forced to pay thier own health care and shop around. Prices will fall.
You think it''s bad now...Wait till the Socialist Governmet get''s it''s geedy hands in it!

[joeybergas]

what is a surgeon''s kill rate? the fact that you ask such a stupid question shows me how uninformed you are... a surgeon''s kill rate? under what circumstance? emergency surgery? elective hernia repair? please ask a question that also includes the expected death rate if the surgery were not to be performed... but, since we are on this topic....what do you believe is an appropriate salary for somebody who spent 15 years after high school to become a plastic surgeon who is trained to fix your deformed *** after you get in a wreck because you were drunk

[wl7bzh]

if one day the doctors decide that working 80 hours a week is too much and decide to go on strike... i can imagine this would create a problem

Posted by joeybergas at 05:23 PM : Sep 10, 2008

For the record, when the medical profession went on strike in Israel a few years back, Israel''s mortality rate declined.

What is a surgeons'' kill rate anyway?