Questions about setting up a rural practice
I would love to have a practice in a small town (aprox 10K people) and then be able to drive and do a clinic day a few times a week at all the other surrounding smaller towns. How many doctors do you...
View ArticleThe Internist & Rural Medicine - Form and Function
Cabin Builder has done a marvelous job of describing the day to day functions of a FP in a rural setting. However, the largest group of primary care doctors are Internists, those whose specialty is...
View ArticleBeware of Walsenburg, Colorado
Hey all, rural medicine is a great thing and the patients are gratefull for all the care they get. However, not all rural health clinics/critical care access hospitals are the same. I found out after...
View ArticleSalary of Rural?
As I understand it many rural FP docs are of a "jack of all trades" type, i.e. they do many other-mostly surgical procedures. I'm wondering what someone could expect if they went out to a rural area as...
View ArticleWhat is life like in rural practice?
Hi all, I am currently working as a teacher but I intend to enter medical school in 2012. I have long wanted to work as a physician, but even longer wanted to work in a rural practice. I was born and...
View ArticleInternational Medicine Salary
Hey everyone I've posted this question in the International Med. forum with no success, so I thought I would try here. I am looking to practice international medicine full-time for a NGO after either...
View Articlerural opportunities for not BC/BE but licenced IM physicians
Are there any rural opportunities for not BC/BE but licenced IM physicians? How to search the jobs? Thanks.
View Articlehire a patient to clean your house?
So, I live in a rural town and upon my mother's urging I am wanting to hire a cleaning lady. The first woman I asked was all booked up. The next woman I asked (referred by someone at my church) I had...
View ArticleNHSC scholarhip application open for 2014!
anyone else still thinking about trying to get in on this?
View Articlebring baby to hospital?
So, tonight I got called to admit an elderly lady to the hospital. She couldn't walk, presumably from a uti. I'm breastfeeding a five month old and they called me two hours before his next feed ( I...
View ArticlePocket books to bring to nowhere
I am deploying through the army as an internship trained general medical officer to an assignment out in the jungle somewhere. The medicine will mostly be benign conditions as soldiers are generally...
View ArticleCulture shock/clash in Rural Medicine
Was just having a discussion among colleagues about practicing rural family medicine. We're a pretty diverse bunch, but very few of us come from truly rural backgrounds and are ignorant of how...
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Urban Underserved Practice
I'm (hopefully ) going to be starting residency this June/July and want to eventually open up my own clinic in an underserved area of Chicago. Obviously I cannot open up a clinic straight out of...
View ArticleHospital/Clinic Loan-Repayment Contracts
I hear that if you're sly enough you can get a rural hospital/clinic to help pay off your student loans if you enter into a contract with them which states that you have to practice within a certain...
View ArticleJob offer. To good to be true?
In the last 5 months of my FM residency so been on a few interviews. Been a on few UC interviews for 115 to 125/hr 12 to 16 shifts per month. Nothing special. Recently had an interview in a rural...
View ArticleNeed help from someone money-savvy!
If I have the option of paying off a 150k loan now, should I do it? Or should I try to take advantage of a loan repayment option (either through a hospital contract or a government NHSC type thing)?...
View ArticleIf this forum is any indication, interest in rural medicine is LOW
Are there any national student or professional organizations for those with interest in rural medicine?
View ArticleTacoma Family Medicine Rural FM with Obstetrics Fellowship
Anyone know anything about this fellowship? It sounds amazing but wondering if anyone has heard anything about it or even done this fellowship and has some insight? Thanks!...
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