MY TURN; Strengthening Idaho’s physician pipeline starts with medical education
Rasmussen
Idaho’s physician shortage is not a distant or abstract problem. Families across our state experience it every day through longer wait times, limited access to primary care and difficulty accessing specialists, particularly in rural and growing communities like North Idaho. If we want to change that trajectory, we must focus on the foundation of our health care workforce: medical education.
As a Coeur d’Alene native, Coeur d’Alene High School graduate, CEO of Northwest Specialty Hospital and an elected member of the Coeur d’Alene School District board, I see this issue from multiple perspectives. The conclusion is clear: Idaho must expand undergraduate medical education by building on what already works.
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