Direct Primary Care video LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-Vqjo2S1us
Latino Physician Shortage LINK: https://latino.ucla.edu/event/addressing-the-latino-physician-shortage/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZD0wyQVb8c&feature=youtu.be
- This week covers the organization of primary and specialty care services, payment structures, and provider educational requirements. The U.S. Healthcare System has gotten increasingly complex with most doctors needing to join larger medical groups or hospital systems in order to financially and administratively maintain their practice. After watching the Direct Primary Care video, what aspects of this movement did you like? What problems might Direct Primary Care doctors face when working with the larger U.S. Healthcare system? Discuss in your own words.
- The video Addressing the Latino Physician Shortage shows statistics on the disparity of the LatinX population to LatinX physicians. The Lecture this week discusses the education requirements for becoming a healthcare provider.
After reviewing these materials, what barriers do you think might exist for underrepresented minorities from applying or finishing their education in the medical field? As a health professions student, what are barriers you have personally encountered and how did you overcome them? Please share your response in your own words.