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Thanks for your comment. I agree that exposure to primary care is supremely important. Currently, exposure to primary care in general (and family medicine in particular) varies widely. Whether it's an underserved track or a rural elective, we know that these exposures, in general, can influence career trajectories. Innovations such as teaching health centers are attempting to expand training to ambulatory settings, but as...
Competing Interests: None declared. - Page navigation anchor for Making Primary Care a Career of ChoiceMaking Primary Care a Career of ChoiceWe would like to commend Petterson and colleagues for their thoughtful analyses of projected shortages of primary care physicians. The strengths of the analyses include taking into account newer models of primary care delivery, the growth of the hospitalist movement, and the projected increase in primary care visits due to the newly insured from the Affordable Care Act. It is not surprising that such a shortage of primary care ph...Show MoreCompeting Interests: None declared.