There is a lot of talk about medical deserts and how to fix them. In Niort, an original initiative is organized this Saturday, October 15: a generalist dating. An initiative of ReAGJIR Poitou-Charentes, a union of young general practitioners. It takes place at the Grand feu rehabilitation center. The goal: facilitate meetings between doctors already established and interns or substitutes to encourage them to come to their sector. They are 20 doctors from Vienne, Deux-Sèvres and Charente-Maritime registered and for the moment six interns. Rare pearls to convince.
“Difficult to go fishing for interns”
“As a doctor we are very overloaded and it is very difficult to go fishing for interns when we need a replacement or a future installation”explains Doctor Cécile Richard, general practitioner at Trois Moutiers in Vienne. “And in the same way the interns don’t have a search platform so they go door to door or post messages on Facebook so it’s the one who will be connected at the best time who will succeed in finding the rare pearl”she continues.
Doctor Julien Cogny is settled for a year in Valdivienneabout thirty kilometers from Poitiers will be there. “Since my installation I have never been able to find a replacement to replace me during my holidays or my days off. It’s a big hassle. I know it well, I myself was a replacement a year ago and we were spoiled for choice”.
“It’s a seduction operation, we’ll see, I really believe in the crush effect. There may be things that will speak to the interns who are there”hopes Dr. Richard. Dr. Cogny has already prepared his arguments. “I have small photos of my great practice, of the assets of Valdivienne, the dynamism of our sector in terms of health professionals because we are in the process of setting up a nursing home. I think it can hit the mark”.
Why not hit the mark with Adrien Kraemer, an intern who is studying in Poitiers. “I don’t know yet where I’m going to go so I still have a heart to take”, he says. The young man finds this Generalist dating very interesting. “As the rural areas are deserted, there are fewer and fewer people who are able to tell us what life is like there. It is by talking to those who are there that we can get an idea” . But beware, “it’s not just me to convince, I have my spouse”.