Education BY AMY LYNN SORREL


Seeing the light


TMA POLICY CONSIDERS EDUCATIONAL, WORKFORCE BENEFITS OF MOONLIGHTING


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Jonathan MacClements, MD, says resident moonlighting can help boost access to care, as well as residents’ confidence. A proposed new TMA policy encourages training programs to keep the option open.


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hen student pilots train, they put in a certain number of hours flying


solo after demonstrating a level of knowledge and expertise in basic flight maneuvers. For many young physicians, that rite of passage of- ten comes through moonlighting beyond the walls of their residency programs. “There’s no better way to learn


than to fly on your own,” said Jon- athan MacClements, MD, chair of the Texas Medical Association Committee on Physician Distribu- tion and Health Care Access. More important, he adds, many under- served communities in Texas de- pend on that extra manpower to fill access-to-care gaps. The committee raised concerns,


however, that medical schools and residency programs may become overly restrictive of the practice


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