Reflections on GMENAC.
This month HCSM interviews W. Jack Stelmach , MD. Director of the Family Practice Residency Program at Baptist Memorial Hospital and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine in Kansas City, Missouri. He is the past President of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Board of Family Practice. Dr. Stelmach served as the first Chairman of the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee (GMENAC) from 1977-1978 and now is actively involved in an AMA committee studying health manpower, health care resources, and technology. In this interview, he discusses his thoughts on the accuracy of GMENAC's predictions and the future practice of medicine.
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