<story><title>Physician burnout widespread, especially among those midcareer, report says</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/physician-burnout-widespread-especially-among-those-midcareer-report-says-11579086008</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nradov</author><text>The AMA isn&amp;#x27;t limiting the supply of doctors. The actual limit is in the number of residency program slots funded by the US Federal government. If you actually want to increase the supply of doctors then lobby Congress for higher residency funding.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ama-assn.org&amp;#x2F;press-center&amp;#x2F;press-releases&amp;#x2F;ama-fund-graduate-medical-education-address-physician-shortages&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ama-assn.org&amp;#x2F;press-center&amp;#x2F;press-releases&amp;#x2F;ama-fun...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>univalent</author><text>Please lobby the AMA to not artificially limit the supply of doctors by creating regulations around residency. I personally know of many people with MDs from India who don&amp;#x27;t work here as physicians because they could not get a residency &amp;#x27;slot&amp;#x27; in the Bay Area where their family lives.
Relevant thread with links on StackExchange: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;skeptics.stackexchange.com&amp;#x2F;questions&amp;#x2F;4561&amp;#x2F;does-the-ama-limit-the-number-of-doctors-to-increase-current-doctors-salaries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;skeptics.stackexchange.com&amp;#x2F;questions&amp;#x2F;4561&amp;#x2F;does-the-a...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>diplomatpuppy</author><text>The AMA backs the residency requirement. In my opinion it potentially gives doctors bad habits: Tolerating a miserable sleep schedule, placing too much value on quick diagnosis, equating long hours with effectiveness, and perhaps not placing enough value on teamwork with nurses.</text></comment>
<story><title>Physician burnout widespread, especially among those midcareer, report says</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/physician-burnout-widespread-especially-among-those-midcareer-report-says-11579086008</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nradov</author><text>The AMA isn&amp;#x27;t limiting the supply of doctors. The actual limit is in the number of residency program slots funded by the US Federal government. If you actually want to increase the supply of doctors then lobby Congress for higher residency funding.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ama-assn.org&amp;#x2F;press-center&amp;#x2F;press-releases&amp;#x2F;ama-fund-graduate-medical-education-address-physician-shortages&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ama-assn.org&amp;#x2F;press-center&amp;#x2F;press-releases&amp;#x2F;ama-fun...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>univalent</author><text>Please lobby the AMA to not artificially limit the supply of doctors by creating regulations around residency. I personally know of many people with MDs from India who don&amp;#x27;t work here as physicians because they could not get a residency &amp;#x27;slot&amp;#x27; in the Bay Area where their family lives.
Relevant thread with links on StackExchange: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;skeptics.stackexchange.com&amp;#x2F;questions&amp;#x2F;4561&amp;#x2F;does-the-ama-limit-the-number-of-doctors-to-increase-current-doctors-salaries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;skeptics.stackexchange.com&amp;#x2F;questions&amp;#x2F;4561&amp;#x2F;does-the-a...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>beambot</author><text>Apprenticeships in many (most?) fields are sponsored by the professional organization (akin to a guild) and paid for by laborers at lower-than-master wages.  And yet, here is the AMA itself saying the problem lies with federal government funding. Curious.  Seems like a convenient scapegoat.</text></comment>