How many clinicians did the speaker say are certified in the country?

Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

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Aaron Hartman, MD (speaker) reflects on the mindset required in functional integrative medicine: clinicians often limit themselves to narrow “lanes,” but when patients need help practitioners must be willing to learn, adapt, and 'figure it out.' He notes workforce scarcity in specialized training—stating there are only about 2,000 certified clinicians in the country—and emphasizes lifelong learning and willingness to expand scope of practice.

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About 2,000 (speaker's statement).

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It's interesting how in the functional integrative medicine world, people still kind of get in their lanes where it's like, I'm not going to do that medication. I'm not going to do that because it's, you know, outside my scope or whatever. And, like, if someone's in front of you needs help, you just, you know, I'm a lifelong intern or lifelong resident. You just got to figure it out because, you know, where else are you going to go? You know, I mean, it's literally the training that. Dr. Jensen, I have maybe 200 people in the country and have the training. There's only 2,000 people that are certified in the country. It's not. You can't. It's kind of hard to find these things. So you really need to be willing.