TY - JOUR
T1 - Physician reentry
T2 - A concept whose time has come
AU - Adams, Karen E.
AU - Allen, Richard
AU - Cain, Joanna M.
PY - 2008/5
Y1 - 2008/5
N2 - Three retrainees were accepted into an innovative program designed to refresh skills to return physicians to the obstetrics and gynecology workforce after a voluntary leave of absence. The program was constructed in such a way that it did not affect existing training opportunities for medical students and residents. A protocol for application and acceptance was developed that incorporated an admissions committee and a fellowship director. The need for such retraining programs and considerations in structuring, including candidate selection, faculty involvement and support, needs assessment and curriculum development, and a protocol for administration are presented. It is hoped that other training programs with experienced educators and a surplus of clinical cases will use our model to establish their own physician reentry programs, returning these valuable members of the physician workforce to practice.
AB - Three retrainees were accepted into an innovative program designed to refresh skills to return physicians to the obstetrics and gynecology workforce after a voluntary leave of absence. The program was constructed in such a way that it did not affect existing training opportunities for medical students and residents. A protocol for application and acceptance was developed that incorporated an admissions committee and a fellowship director. The need for such retraining programs and considerations in structuring, including candidate selection, faculty involvement and support, needs assessment and curriculum development, and a protocol for administration are presented. It is hoped that other training programs with experienced educators and a surplus of clinical cases will use our model to establish their own physician reentry programs, returning these valuable members of the physician workforce to practice.
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U2 - 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318170520d
DO - 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318170520d
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 18448754
AN - SCOPUS:42949172415
SN - 0029-7844
VL - 111
SP - 1195
EP - 1198
JO - Obstetrics and gynecology
JF - Obstetrics and gynecology
IS - 5
ER -