One of our readers made some thoughtful suggestions. SOHC’s replies are in bold.
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Before we can figure out how to attract doctors to the rural Princeton area we need to address why they don’t want to be here. A Nova Scotia study done in 1998 found the following reasons doctors don’t like to practice in rural communities:
– Excessive work hours This is still a problem, however we currently have 3 physicians and a nurse practitioner and are hoping to be able to attract two more physicians
– Lack of specialists which means less opportunity for interaction with specialists We now have a visiting specialist program (11 different specialists) who love coming to Princeton, our docs love having the interaction and the patients like it because it cuts down on traveling Continue reading