Some precocious policy wonks take a deep dive into the evolving trends and future directions for our primary care workforce. Experts, Dr. Fatima Syed and Dr. Deep Shah return to school us on Physician Supply and Demand, the Access Gap, role of NPs and PAs, Retail Clinics, and Managed Care Clinics. ACP members can visit https://acponline.org/curbsiders to claim free CME-MOC credit for this episode and show notes (goes live 0900 EST).

Catch up on our previous discussions with Dr. Syed and Dr. Shah:  Episode #62: Pod Save Health Care: The Curbsiders Foray into health policy and  Episode #120 Health Policy, Patients, Payments, Paperwork for more context. We also did an overview of health care policy essentials with Dr. Sue Bornstein in  Episode #64: Stuff You Should Know About Health Policy

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Written and produced by: Fatima Syed MD, MSc; Deep Shah MD, MSc

CME questions by: Chris Chiu MD, Beth Garbitelli MS1,

Hosts: Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD, Matthew Watto MD,

Images and infographics: Beth Garbitelli MS1

Edited by: Matthew Watto MD, Chris Chiu MD

Guest: Fatima Syed MD, MSc, Deep Shah MD, MSc