Becker's Healthcare October 11, 2024
From consolidation to increases in workloads, five physicians joined Becker’s to discuss what’s scaring them the most about the future of medicine.
Question: What scares you for the future of medicine? Why?
Editor’s note: These responses were edited lightly for clarity and length.
Quentin Durward, MD. Neurosurgeon in Dakota Dunes, S.D. My biggest fears going forward are two things. Firstly, non merit-based criteria for selecting applicants for medical school, and residency will loom larger and cause increasing pressure on medical schools not to select the most qualified candidates. Secondly, private practice will get more and more squeezed by declining reimbursements and increasing overhead and these factors may eventually lead to the disappearance of private practice. If that happens...
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