Teach the basics of practice management to medical students
For three years before I applied to medical school, I worked in post-Katrina New Orleans helping to rebuild school-based health centers. One of the main challenges, however, was how to create a sustainable safety net for at-risk youth to whom we were hoping to provide much needed health services — key word being “sustainable.”
All too often, there isn’t funding to carry out primary care’s mission of improving the health of communities and …