Attracting Doctors to Colorado, Pt. 3

By On March 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Colorado, Eric Whitney, Health, KRCC News

A bill making its way through the state legislature aims to help recruit doctors to Colorado, specifically to work in under-served areas. Today concludes a three-part series from KCFR Health Reporter Eric Whitney that takes a look at doctors in Colorado, efforts to recruit them, and the effects felt by residents needing primary care.

Immigrants to the United States are often said to be willing to take jobs Americans don’t want. In Colorado, one of those jobs is family doctor. Clinics all over the state routinely spend a year or more recruiting just one doctor. Six counties have no full-time physicians. At the same time, doctors trained overseas are motivated to fill those positions, because they get federal visa requirements waived. But, Colorado is turning away most of those doctors. KCFR Health Reporter Eric Whitney looks at a new state bill that aims to more than triple the number of foreign physicians the state licenses each year.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

 
Reddit Facebook Twitter Delicious Mixx StumbleUpon Digg

Comments are closed.

News

AP
Aleppo Under The Most Intense Air Bombardment Since Syrian War Began, U.N. Says
September 25, 2016 | NPR · The U.N. Secretary-General said he was “appalled by the chilling military escalation,” and that the bombing of densely populated urban areas may amount to war crimes.
 

AP
Marlins Pitcher José Fernández Dies In Boating Accident
September 25, 2016 | NPR · The young ace was Major League Baseball’s Rookie of the Year in 2013. When he died, he had the second most strikeouts of any pitcher in the National League.
 

Getty Images for The Buoniconti Fund
Lester Holt’s Moment
September 25, 2016 | NPR · For NBC’s Lester Holt, who took the anchor chair after Brian Williams was caught exaggerating, Monday’s presidential debate has big stakes and bigger risks.
 

Arts & Life

Courtesy of the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives
Long Before Burning Man, Zozobra Brought Fire And Redemption To The Desert
September 25, 2016 | NPR · For decades, residents in Santa Fe, N.M., have gathered to burn a massive puppet — but only after stuffing it with symbols of their woes. It’s a way to release the past year’s sadness and start anew.
 

Depicting Sexual Predators As Villains In Fiction Is Tricky
September 25, 2016 | NPR · Humbert Humbert, the main character in Lolita, is one of the most famous “sympathetic” villains in history. Today, a story from the point of view of a sexual predator might not get told in literature.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 

Bettmann Archive/Getty Images
‘Working’ Then And Now: Studs Terkel’s Book Interviews Resurface As Audio
September 25, 2016 | NPR · All this week on NPR, you’ll hear the voices of people Studs Terkel interviewed in his book, Working. Among the interviews you’ll hear this week are a telephone operator and hotel piano player.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 

Music

NPR
The Gospel Of The R&B Singer: Anthony Hamilton’s Journey Home
September 25, 2016 | NPR · This summer, Hamilton met NPR Music in his hometown of Charlotte, N.C. for a tour of some of the places — from his boyhood church to the barbershop where he cut hair — that shaped his voice.
 

Courtesy of the artist
Y La Bamba’s Luz Elena Mendoza On Valuing One’s Voice
September 25, 2016 | NPR · Mendoza says she’s often felt caught between cultures. But she’s learned to embrace multiple identities simultaneously — and it shows in her music.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 

Courtesy of the artist
Buckwheat Zydeco’s Stanley ‘Buckwheat’ Dural Jr. Dies At 68
September 24, 2016 | NPR · The international ambassador for Louisiana roots music died early Saturday morning of lung cancer.
Windows Media
 

Get the KRCC iPhone App

The Writer's Almanac

Radiolab