An interesting exercise from Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine, September edition…

Last week I was at TMA for meetings and heard an interesting discussion about student/resident debt, which was prefaced with something close to the following… “part of the problem with student/resident debt is that medical students want the lifestyle of a resident and residents want the lifestyle of an attending, when what we all need to do is match our lifestyle to our current situation and income!”

As you all may know, an impressive infusion of funds was budgeted for the Physician Education Loan Repayment Fund in the current state budget. Residency graduates considering practice in rural or other underserved areas in Texas should look into this program. Contact the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for more information. You can read the TAFP brief on the program here.