Tag: Doctor Shortage

  • For Refugee Doctors, Journey Back to Practicing Medicine Is the Longest

    Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks Najwan Al Ani sits in her El Cajon apartment and flips through a tattered study guide for the first phase of the United States Medical Licensing Examination. She used the workbook to study for and pass the test in 2011, and now it’s…

  • Medi-Cal Major Factor in Surge in Emergency Visits

    By Kenny Goldberg There’s been a surge in visits to California emergency rooms and Medi-Cal patients have played a big role. A new report doesn’t bode well for Obamacare, which could add an estimated 2.9 million people to the Medi-Cal program. UC San Francisco researchers looked at emergency department visits between 2005 and 2010. During…

  • Immigrant Doctors Find Path Back to Practicing Medicine

    Students at the Welcome Back Center at Grossmont Community College. | Photo Courtesy of Welcome Back Center/Grossmont Community College By Susan Murphy The Welcome Back Center at Grossmont Community College is working with 1,400 foreign-trained physicians, including 54 refugees, to get a U.S. medical license and resume the career they gave up when they immigrated…