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Primary Care Physicians Trained Outside of U.S.

The United States has a significant physician shortage. There's nothing new about that. What is new is the number of doctors that are recruited from overseas to fill that void. Researchers at John Hopkins' School of Public Health found that these days about 1-in-3 primary care physicians were trained in other countries. What's most notable about their findings is that a disproportionate number are coming from the poorest, most underdeveloped countries where doctors are already very scarce. For our Monday health chat, we turn to Doctor Charles Emerman -- associate chief of staff at MetroHealth Medical Center.

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