Contents tagged with residency
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Missed opportunities in the 84th Texas Legislature
By Tom Banning
TAFP CEO/EVPYogi Berra famously said I hate making predictions, especially about the future. It’s particularly painful when those predictions come true as was the case for many of the predictions TAFP made at the outset of the 84th Texas Legislature on how health care issues would fare this session.
Playing to their primary voters, the House and Senate focused attention almost solely on tax cuts, border security, transportation, when and where you can carry a gun, and a host of other mostly inconsequential partisan ideas.
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The clock is winding down on the Texas Legislature
The clock is winding down on the Texas Legislature
posted 5.27.15
With less than a week left in the 84th Texas Legislature, many bills TAFP has been tracking have passed the House and the Senate … more
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Increase support for residency training and invest in Texas' health
By Blair Cushing
Fourth-year TCOM studentAs a fourth-year medical student, I have spent the past four years highly concerned about what fate would await my classmates and me on Match Day, which is now only a few weeks away. With each passing year, the number of graduating medical students has climbed while the number of available first-year residency positions has remained stagnant. It is anticipated that in 2016, Texas medical schools will graduate 100 more doctors than available residency positions in the state. With three new medical schools expected to matriculate their first classes that fall, this number could easily rise to over 350 by the year 2020 in the absence of any new investment in graduate medical education.
Despite Texas being one of the few states that currently uses state tax dollars to support GME, the dollars have not kept up with the need and more importantly, a flawed funding formula has prevented this money from being used in ways that align with the health care needs of our population. Fortunately, the 84th Texas Legislature affords us a unique opportunity to reform the way GME dollars are allocated in Texas.
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Explore family medicine
Explore family medicine
Are you interested in being a family doctor? There is no better time to become a family physician! The specialty of family medicine is well established in Texas and keeps … more
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New rural residency program in Permian Basin
New rural residency program in Permian Basin
A new residency program focusing on rural medicine has been established by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at the Permian Basin … more
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Member of the Month: Linda May, M.D.
Member of the Month: Linda May, M.D.
TAFP Board member hopes to be voice of Texas residents
posted 7.7.14
After attending the University of Texas at Austin for her undergraduate degree, Linda … more
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Report on the 2014 C. Frank Webber Lectureship
Report on the 2014 C. Frank Webber Lectureship
Family physicians congregate in Austin for annual symposium
posted 03.19.14
Almost 300 physicians attended the C. Frank Webber Lectureship held … more
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Texas A&M, DeTar Healthcare to open family medicine residency program
Texas A&M, DeTar Healthcare to open family medicine residency program
South Texas is set to get another family medicine residency program soon. Texas A&M Health Science Center and DeTar Healthcare … more
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CAPITOL UPDATE: Lege strengthens physician workforce, improves women’s health care, and reduces administrative hassles for physicians
Capitol Update: Lege strengthens physician workforce, improves women’s health care, and reduces administrative hassles for physicians
posted 06.11.13
The 83rd Texas Legislature finished the … more
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CAPITOL UPDATE: Watch TAFP's Capitol Report for May 9, 2013
Capitol Update: Watch latest report on TAFP’s priorities in the 83rd Texas Legislature
posted 05.09.13
In this edition of TAFP’s video newscast, Capitol Report, catch up on the progress of TAFP’s … more