![]() Then, there’s the well-documented doctor shortage coming down the pipe simply because not enough new doctors are being trained to meet the needs of the U.S. Knowing that one in four doctors will reach retirement age in five years is cause for enough concern. Or, as one uber-specialized colleague of mine said, “It’s hard to explain to your five-year-old son, without making him petrified to start kindergarten, that you’re actually in thirty-fifth grade.” One reason doctors are older than you think - the training alone takes so many years. Nationwide, despite churning out roughly 20,000 newly-minted medical school graduates a year, one in three doctors is over 50, and one in four is over 60. In practical terms, we doctors are a fairly elderly bunch.
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