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Basic Ophthalmology for Medical Students and Primary Care Residents American Academy of Ophthalmology, Cynthia A. Bradford
Publisher: American Academy of Ophthalmology

The new system After all, if naturopaths could actually deliver good primary care at a cost equal to or less than M.D. Minimum 11 years study for basic Family physician. They are doctors similar to non-medical "doctors" in other allied health care professions like optometry, podiatry, dentistry, psychology, etc. Some may choose to do an additional fellowship as well. During med school, in the third and fourth year, For an idea of what they do during that residency, you can find a broad outline of the curriculum for a three-year family practice residency at Penn Medicine on its website. Minimum 13-16+ years for any other specialty. Q: I have finished medical school and do not want to pursue any specialties. A: Once a resident completes his/her training, he/she will be eligible to sit for board certification exam to demonstrate through either written, practical, and/or simulator based testing, a mastery of the basic knowledge and skills of his/her respective specialty. PCPs, you'd think the CCOs would jump at the chance to include them. Why not just let physician's assistants and nurse practitioners care for people with non life threatening illnesses (sore throat, stuffy nose, etc)to increase the supply of medical providers? Who would want to go into primary care medicine now? This concise text is an ideal complement to the medical student curriculum and is an important text for primary care residents and physicians. Students from 4 colleges and they consistently complain that the AOA serves no purpose for them because they want to seek the best residency [many times allopathic] and the AOA won't approve it because there are D.O. A: There are 3 specialties that are definitely considered as primary care in the US: family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics. As commenters on an DRH Econlog post just one day ago pointed out, the constraint on new doctors isn't really medical-school admissions, it is "residency" training slots. Chiropractors usually have the academic degree of 4 years of undergraduate. Compare this to the clinical training medical students must have before they can become board certified in family practice, general internal medicine or pediatrics (the three primary care specialties in medicine). While the chart notes the years spent in residency are not included, failing to count those leaves out a substantial and important difference between chiropractic and medical education. Residency Instead of classifying us as osteopathic physicians it merely states "All doctors consisting of Primary Care Providers, Generalists, and Medical Specialists including Ophthalmologists, Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Osteopaths. In an attempt to tame this beast, Oregon recently established a system of coordinated care organizations, or CCOs, to (as the name suggests) coordinate medical, mental health, and dental care for residents enrolled in Oregon Health Plan, the state's Medicaid program.