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Forecasting and adapting to the family medicine workforce shortage

The Health Policy Exchange

Image courtesy of the American Academy of Family Physicians Modest gains in the numbers of U.S. and foreign medical graduates matching into family medicine residency programs over the past five years will fall well short of supplying an additional 52,000 primary care physicians by 2025 , a shortage projected by the Robert Graham Center.

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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary If you’re anything like me, you might find the process of what happens to patients when they visit a radiation oncologist somewhat mysterious. Anish 01:02 Well, I speak, you know, from a physician lens of some of the patients that I get referred, and by the time there’s.

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For family medicine workforce, HHS reorganization plan receives a failing grade

Common Sense Family Doctor

Match Day on March 21, 2025 unfolded similarly to the National Resident Matching Program in previous years. The number of visits to primary care physicians fell by 43% from 2010 to 2021 despite 7.4% growth in the U.S. But we need more research to design and implement these efforts.