Reentry Program Aims to Alleviate Doctor Shortage Woes in NC
North Carolina Cities Facing One of the Worst Physician Shortages in the U.S.
RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to rapid growth, areas of North Carolina are facing a steeper shortage of primary care physicians than other areas of the country. CPEP, The Center for Personalized Education for Physicians offers a solution to this problem by helping inactive and retired physicians reenter the workforce through its Reentry to Clinical Practice program. In July 2014, CPEP opened a Raleigh office to better service physicians and other clinicians on the East Coast.
According to a recent report on betterdoctor.com, Raleigh and Greensboro are among the top U.S. cities facing a physician shortage. Raleigh has the sixth lowest density of doctors in the nation with one primary care physician for every 2,518 residents. Overall, 78 out of 100 counties in North Carolina qualify as Health Professional Shortage Areas, because of shortages of primary medical care.
"Raleigh is one of the fast growing cities in the country and unfortunately, there aren't enough physicians in the area to keep up with patient demand," said Beth Korinek, chief executive officer for CPEP. "The Reentry to Clinical Practice program enables our program participants to reenter the work force and deliver outstanding care to the growing number of patients entering the healthcare system every day."
Retraining inactive physicians costs less than sending a new physician through medical school and takes a lot less time—a few weeks to several months, compared to the seven to 10 years required to train new physicians.
Since July, CPEP's Raleigh office has worked with 35 healthcare providers from 19 states. Services provided include physician reentry evaluations, clinical competency assessments, and the ProBE ethics remediation course.
No two physicians are alike, and their needs cannot be addressed through a "cookie cutter" approach. The Return to Clinical Practice program begins with an evaluation of the participant's skills as they are today and compares them to where they need to be in order to practice with safety and confidence. That evaluation leads to a personally tailored reentry plan that connects those two dots.
For more information on the Return to Clinical Practice program, visit http://www.cpepdoc.org/programs-courses/reentry or call 303.577.3232.
Contact:
Erich Kirshner
Evolution Communications Agency
303.921.6733 or [email protected]
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SOURCE The Center for Personalized Education for Physicians
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