Comments on: Changing Admissions Policies for Medical Schools Could Impact the Future of Medicine http://medicaleducationfutures.org/blog/2008/10/changing-admissions-policies-for-medical-schools-could-impact-the-future-of-medicine/ Essential Health Policy News for Med School Educators and Students Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:09:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: joseph prunty http://medicaleducationfutures.org/blog/2008/10/changing-admissions-policies-for-medical-schools-could-impact-the-future-of-medicine/#comment-8 joseph prunty Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:07:50 +0000 http://medicaleducationfutures.org/blog/?p=35#comment-8 I am interested in the compensation side of this important issue: has there been any talk about either compensating young doctors for filling these important rural medical positions or offsetting school expense for same? It seems that until all young doctors get a chance (and perhaps incentives) to evaluate the economic cost/benefit factors of such an important calling that the overwhelming gravitational pull of easy money in private practice will always win out. I am interested in the compensation side of this important issue: has there been any talk about either compensating young doctors for filling these important rural medical positions or offsetting school expense for same?

It seems that until all young doctors get a chance (and perhaps incentives) to evaluate the economic cost/benefit factors of such an important calling that the overwhelming gravitational pull of easy money in private practice will always win out.

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