Al Bryant  |  Marketing Consultant
(877) 456-2867 x4287  |  abryant@deltalocums.com 

In the news I constantly see articles about physician shortages all across our country and the problems Americans face with staffing medical facilities now and in the future.  According to an article published by American Medical News, the number of new physicians entering practice each year is about 26,000, which is just enough to maintain the status quo.  If any positive news can be found in our country’s current economic recession it’s that more physicians have stayed on the job due to losses in real estate and retirement funds.

One of the possible solutions to this shortage is promoting interests in careers as physicians or other health care professionals to our nations students at a young age.  In my own experiences I never thought about or even considered a career in medicine or healthcare as a child.  It was when I started working in healthcare staffing that I began to see a different side to medicine and health care that really peaked my interest.  Learning about the different specialties and the day to day routines associated with the specialties, combined with helping others, made me think that you could definitely increase the number of physicians in our country by simply starting our children early and peaking their interest.  This idea may not completely alleviate our countries physician shortage but I certainly believe it’s a step in the right direction.

[ Conference Seeks Solutions to Pending Physician Shortage - amednews.com ]