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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (359356)	4/13/2010 10:38:21 PM
From: skinowski	3 Recommendations Respond to of 793970

One thing I could never quite understand is why do they claim that postgraduate training of docs is expensive. It may be so, but they are working very hard - and providing valuable services. They see great numbers of patients. They are not experienced, at least in the beginning, and need supervision - but still, they work their butts off, and if they weren't doing it, someone else would have to step in and do the work. I always suspected that training programs are money makers for the hospitals. Another issue is about the shortages. I have a theory that the shortages will prove to be more severe than expected. Reason - "Old Doctors" are disappearing. Back some 10-20 years ago, there were great numbers of old doctors who were still practicing. They would slow down, work part time - but they would continue working into their 70's and even 80's. This is no longer an option - being in practice is becoming too expensive and too complicated. I think that baby boomer docs will be retiring younger and in greater numbers than what historically was the norm. Some will continue as part time employees -- but employers have pressures of their own. Unless the docs whom they employ are working very hard, the employers are losing money.