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Physician reentry: a concept whose time has come.

Adams KE, Allen R, Cain JM

Department of OBGYN and Division of GME/CME, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA. adamsk@ohsu.edu

Three retrainees were accepted into an innovative program designed to refresh skills to return physicians to the obstetrics and gynecology workforce after a voluntary leave of absence. The program was constructed in such a way that it did not affect existing training opportunities for medical students and residents. A protocol for application and acceptance was developed that incorporated an admissions committee and a fellowship director. The need for such retraining programs and considerations in structuring, including candidate selection, faculty involvement and support, needs assessment and curriculum development, and a protocol for administration are presented. It is hoped that other training programs with experienced educators and a surplus of clinical cases will use our model to establish their own physician reentry programs, returning these valuable members of the physician workforce to practice.

Published 1 May 2008 in Obstet Gynecol, 111(5): 1195-8.
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