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62,000 and 95,000 primary care and specialty physicians over the next decade as our population grows and ages. so it does sound like the u.s. needs more doctors and this program that you described was helping to fill that void. >> right. exactly. and what you're seeing in recent days, publications have been interviews doctors in rural areas and you know, they're saying wait, i don't understand what's going to happen to me, what's going to happen to other doctors like me, they're from these countries like syria and iran affected by this ban. >> and so what -- what happens next? i mean, right no...

Now they are thanking the doctor in training who found a dangerous condition the man thought he was pretending to have. because he is a volunteer for a university of virginia medical student program by having actors pretend they have certain symptoms. the med student discovered his patient was in need of care. >> i go in and the story all seems like it would be an aneurysm and i go and do the exam and i find what seems to be an abdominal aneurysm. >> he thought it was a singer in there to test him but it wasn't. and i had no symptoms. >> it would have been a diff wasn't for ryan and the progra...

Payment for performance mandates to practice in a certain way that is essentially cookbook medicine, one size fits all, which to my mind is the antithesis of good patient care. >> i wonder and a lot of americans i think are fearful of where our future doctors are going to come from. what is the mood of those who are now in medical school, just entering their president densecy, about this new world of medicine we're entering? >> well, the current round of residents -- by the way, very talented and very skilled -- are looking more towards having regular hours and a shift type of setup. and many ...

Physicians, cardiologists and other specialists that can meet their demand. so the answer is, it's a perfect storm. obviously we have a shortage. >> well, when i was in college, everybody wanted to be a doctor. you could never even get into medical school most people. medical schools still filling up and is it job dissatisfaction post. >> medicine is so exciting as a field. so wonderful as a field. that there is still a growing number of very bright idealistic young men and women who are going into medicine. there is no shortage of applicants for medical school. the problem is that the number ...

>> okay. as i said, i graduated medical school in 1965. i then did a one-year internship of pathology at duke hospital in north carolina. from there, i did a three-year residency in anatomical and clinical pathology, at the state university, down state medical center hospital. following that, i did a one-year internship in forensic pathology with the medical examiner for the state of maryland. after successfully completing the three residency programs, i took my specialty board exams and was certified as a specialist in the fields of clinical pathology and forensic pathology. >> is that board ...