July

Introduction
Physician retention rates decrease sharply and physician recruitment rates increase sharply in communities with fewer than 7000 people. A recent decrease in absolute numbers of rural physicians in these same communities is a worrisome finding.

Introduction

Perhaps it is fitting that a farm boy from Saskatchewan ultimately lived his professional life with the same work ethic that was exemplified for him under the open prairie sky over 7 decades ago. Holding the sweat-soaked reins of two exhausted work horses, Jessie and Nellie, John Pawlovich Sr. (a.k.a. JP) learned early in life what it was to be in harness.