Physicians outline challenges, potential options to expand medical training in Idaho
Idaho WWAMI medical students learn through a combination of classroom education at the University of Idaho campus in Moscow and clinical clerkships at clinics and hospitals throughout the state. (Courtesy of the University of Idaho)
A major limiting factor in Idaho’s effort to expand medical education is the lack of available physicians willing to take on medical students in addition to their patient workload. The solution to this problem may likely require more money and designated time for those providers doing the training.
The Idaho Medical Education Working Group — a committee of lawmakers and stakeholders looking into expanding medical education in the state — on Tuesday heard from some of these physicians who train medical students, and the themes of doctors needing more time, space and money to be motivated or able to take on the education role arose again and again.
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