AAIM Recommends Action to Address Physician Workforce Shortage

The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) has finalized its consensus statement, "Meeting the Nation's Need for Physician Services: A Response to the Anticipated Physician Shortage."  The statement was written by members of the AAIM Advocacy Committee and endorsed by AAIM's member organizations, the Association of Professors of Medicine (APM), the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM), the Association of Specialty Professors (ASP), the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM), and the Administrators of Internal Medicine (AIM). The paper outlines three recommendations to address the impending physician shortage:  increase the Medicare-funded residency slots in primary care, enhance the attractiveness of primary care careers, and increase efficiency of health care delivery.  The summary of the statement is posted online for your review.