OPINION: Bold and collaborative approaches are needed to solve Idaho’s physician shortage
Idahoans are increasingly aware that Idaho ranks last in the nation in physicians per capita, and that our acute and growing shortage of physicians and limited access to medical care leads to sicker and less healthy populations. Today, 43 of 44 Idaho counties are designated health professions shortage areas.
In 1972 the state of Idaho entered into a medical education partnership with the University of Washington School of Medicine. In more recent years, a similar partnership was established with the University of Utah. Combined, the Washington and Utah medical education programs educate 50 newly matriculated Idahoans per year.
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