They are so fixated on that debt, so nervous about that debt—and right or wrong—the sense out there is if I go and practice in a rural area and I choose rural medicine, I will never be able to pay off my debt. So having repayment options at least keeps their minds open to the possibility of rural practice. Kevin Johnston, MD, pictured here outside Harney District Hospital in Burns, Oregon. w ww.theOMA.org Winter 2015 9
OMA Winter 2015 Magazine
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