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Massachusetts Physician Environment Impairs
Resident Recruiting, Retention Following Graduation
By Tom Walsh
Growing up in New Jersey, Sameena Ahmad, M.D.,
had no doubt she wanted to be a doctor some day. "I had family,
aunts and uncles, who were physicians," said the fourth-year
OB/GYN resident at Boston University Medical Center. "Seeing
them, what they did, and the impact they had on their patients,
it was pretty significant."
As Dr. Ahmad nears the end of her residency
training, she has begun to consider what her world might be like
a year from now. Despite the specter of burdensome professional
liability premiums in her
specialty and concerns about other economic factors, such as relatively
low reimbursement and high cost of living, she remains determined
to pursue her career on her terms.
"I'm thinking of staying in the Boston
area, probably in the suburbs somewhere," Dr. Ahmad said. "I
like that Boston is a big city with a small-town feel. It's
the center of things."
Residents Leave Massachusetts
A significant number of Massachusetts
resident physicians do not share Dr. Ahmad's optimism about
the Bay State.
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