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Adventures in Rural Medicine
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Description: After medical school at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Rakel completed a family practice residency in Greeley, Colorado. He spent the next five years in rural practice as one of two physicians staffing a 14 bed hospital in Driggs, Idaho. Dr. Rakel shares some of his favorite anecdotes from his time. View the entire video at videos.med.wisc.edu
2 Comments
November 23rd, 2009 at 7:41 pm
its nice. But it doesn’t compare, it doesnt hold a candle to the social service year that mexican physicians have to go through in rural areas. They get paid 50 dlls every two weeks and have to be aon call 24 hrs a day 7 days a week for a whole year. Physicians have been killed by muggers, drug traffickers and angry mobs of people because of a medical mystake. So yeah, rural medicine is nice in the U.S.
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:23 pm
I love this video. We need more videos on the joys of rural medicine. This is a great way to reach out to residents and medical students who are considering rural medicine.