Blog – Physician Retraining and Reentry

You Chose Your Medical Specialty Years Ago. Are You Allowed to Choose Again?

Licensed physicians can switch specialties, with primary care being an opportune choice. Physician retraining programs provide a structured pathway that allows experienced physicians to build on their existing medical knowledge, clinical judgment and patient-care skills … Read More

California is Investing More in Primary Care. Now It Needs More Primary Care Physicians.

Primary Care

California has made a significant commitment to strengthening primary care. In 2024, the state’s Office of Health Care Affordability established a benchmark to increase primary care spending to 15% of total healthcare expenditures by 2034, … Read More

Every Healthcare Workforce Report Asks the Same Question. They’re Missing One Answer.

Primary Care

Every Healthcare Workforce Report Asks the Same Question. They’re Missing One Answer.

America’s physician shortage cannot be solved through medical school expansion alone. As policymakers focus on growing the future workforce, physician retraining offers an … Read More

Lawmakers Want More Primary Care. Where Will the Physicians Come From?

Primary Care

Federal and state lawmakers are advancing legislation aimed at strengthening primary care through increased investment, spending targets and workforce development initiatives. While these efforts share a common goal of expanding access to care, a critical … Read More

Primary Care Physicians are on the Front Lines of Dementia Detection: New Research Shows Training Matters

Primary Care

Research shows that focused dementia training significantly improves how confidently and effectively primary care physicians detect cognitive decline. As Alzheimer’s disease rates rise and specialist shortages continue, physicians retraining into primary care are positioned to … Read More

The Global Primary Care Physician Shortage: Workforce Solutions Like Retraining Matter More Than Ever

Physician Retraining, Physician Shortage

Primary care systems in the U.S. and other wealthy nations face similar challenges, including underfunding, workforce shortages and declining access to care. Expanding the primary care workforce through retraining and reentry offers a practical, near-term … Read More

Primary Care Is in High Demand — but Underfunded: Retraining Physicians is Essential

Physician Retraining, Primary Care

Primary care is becoming the foundation of value-based healthcare yet remains underfunded and critically understaffed. For experienced physicians, retraining as a primary care physician offers a strategic path to meet rising demand while building a … Read More

When the Doctor is a Dot on a Screen: AI Avatars, Rural Hospitals and the Very Human Physician Shortage

Physician Shortage, Primary Care

When the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services suggests that artificial intelligence avatars might be the “best way” to help rural communities access health care, it’s bound to get attention.

In a … Read More

Retraining as a Primary Care Physician to Serve Rural Communities is a Smart and Meaningful Career Move

Physician Retraining, Primary Care

Rural America is losing family physicians at an alarming rate just as population growth in rural communities accelerates, creating an urgent access-to-care gap. Retraining as a primary care physician through PRR offers experienced physicians a … Read More

New Year, New Lens: Is Primary Care the Career Reset You’ve Been Quietly Considering?

Physician Retraining, Primary Care

The new year has a way of bringing big life questions to the surface. For many physicians, the question that gets raised: Is this still the career I want?

The question isn’t necessarily about leaving … Read More