Physician Re-Entry Program
Physicians decide to leave clinical care for many reasons. Sometimes they regret the decision and wish to return to patient care. In Oregon, the OHSU Physician Re-entry Program gives physicians the opportunity to refresh and update their knowledge, and then to become active again in patient care. The program is an innovative way to help address physician workforce shortages. It is individualized and the admissions process is selective.
Elizabeth Bower MD, MPH, Assistant Dean for Continuing Medical Education and Director of the Re-entry Program, says "Our goal is to provide an organized, well-conceived, meaningful re-entry training program to encourage physicians in good standing to once again provide up-to-date, skilled patient care to Oregonians."
Program Director: Elizabeth Bower, MD, MPH
Program Administrator: Alex Cotgreave
Contact Information: 503-494-4904, cotgreav@ohsu.edu
Please note: We regret that the OHSU Physician Re-Entry Program is unable to accommodate learners who wish to enter a specialty in which they have not previously trained; are defendants in pending or unresolved malpractice suits; or have been disciplined by, or lost a license due to the action of a medical board.
Resources
Information Sheet (PDF)
Preliminary Application (PDF)
Other US Physician Re-Entry Programs (PDF)
More Information
"Out of practice: doctors find challenges upon return to the fold (PDF)," AAMC Reporter, October 2009.
"Program helps bring inactive doctors back into the field," The Oregonian, August 12, 2009.
"Despite barriers, more inactive physicians seek to reenter work force (PDF)," Medical Staff Briefing, August 2009.
"Retired doctors re-entering workforce (PDF)," The (Portland Physician) Scribe, March 7, 2008.
"Oregon medical school pilots a re-entry program," AMNews, July 24/31, 2006.
"Putting theory into practice" (PDF) - Elizabeth Bower, MD, MPH -slides from a presentation to the AMA-AAP Physician Reentry into the Workforce Conference, September 2008.
External Links
American Academy of Pediatrics: Physician Reentry into the Workforce Project
