With a physician shortage looming, healthcare leaders are increasingly focusing on physician re-entry. The hope is that by helping physicians who have retired or otherwise left practice brush up on their clinical skills and re-enter the workforce, the industry might slow the bleeding.

However, few physician-reentry programs exist, and not all state medical boards agree on what is required to determine a physician's competence.

For physicians thinking of reentering the workforce, it can be a daunting decision. In a recent statement in AMA eVoice, AMA President Nancy H. Nielson puts it this way: (More....)

Liz Jones