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First, I think this is a great sub-forum--I was recently accepted to a med school dedicated to training rural FPs.
As I was drifting around the Radiology forum, I saw a thread about future radiologists and there was a link to an article on the ACR (American college of Radiology) website about the cuts they will experience, which could affect rural areas causing a movement of rural rads to urban areas.
http://www.acr.org/s_acr/doc.asp?CID=2540&DID=23050
My questions are:
how could this affect other rural FM specialists who are often stretched thin covering many other areas of the hospital?
Will reading more images be added to their already mountainous responsibilities?
Won't this create a bigger gap between rural and urban when I thought the whole idea of emphasizing rural medicine was to try and close the gaps?
Isn't it enough of a challenge to close the gap of healthcare quality in rural areas, but now it seems the gov't is working against closing the gap!! As a future MD this is definitely disheartening and may be enough to influence what specialty to go into.
As I was drifting around the Radiology forum, I saw a thread about future radiologists and there was a link to an article on the ACR (American college of Radiology) website about the cuts they will experience, which could affect rural areas causing a movement of rural rads to urban areas.
http://www.acr.org/s_acr/doc.asp?CID=2540&DID=23050
My questions are:
how could this affect other rural FM specialists who are often stretched thin covering many other areas of the hospital?
Will reading more images be added to their already mountainous responsibilities?
Won't this create a bigger gap between rural and urban when I thought the whole idea of emphasizing rural medicine was to try and close the gaps?
Isn't it enough of a challenge to close the gap of healthcare quality in rural areas, but now it seems the gov't is working against closing the gap!! As a future MD this is definitely disheartening and may be enough to influence what specialty to go into.