The Closer You Get

"And the trouble is
if you don't risk anything
you risk even more." - Erica Jong

The closer I get the more interesting it looks and the more need there is for physicians in primary care.  I've had enough of standing in surgery for hours at a time.  Clearly the largest need as I start this process is in primary care. The growth in primary care physician assistants and nurse practitioners can attest to that.

"Areas of the United States where the most care is delivered by primary care physicians have lower overall costs, higher patient satisfaction, and, as a rule, better outcomes. A primary care doctor can be a trusted, friendly advisor who sees a patient over many years. When serious health problems strike, the primary care doctor can become the patient’s medical shepherd, helping to guide him through a complicated system of specialists and hospitals."

Off to school in about a week. Packing has become a way of life, and a method to sort out what is left of my former life.