1)Describe the major types of health services professionals (physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives), including their roles, training, practice requirements, and practice settings

1)Describe the major types of health services professionals (physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives), including their roles, training, practice requirements, and practice settings.

2. What factors are associated with the development of health services professionals in the United States?
3. What are the major distinctions between primary care and specialty care?
4. Why is there a geographic maldistribution of the physician labor force in the United States?
5. Why is there an imbalance between primary care and specialty care in the United States?

6. What measures have been or can be employed to overcome problems related to physician  maldistribution and imbalance?

7. Who are nonphysician primary care providers? What are their roles in the delivery of health care?

8. In general, who are allied health professionals? What general role do they play in the delivery of health services?
9. Provide a brief description of the roles and responsibilities of health services administrators.