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WWAMI: Designed to provide doctors for rural communities

I am disheartened that HB 176 is being brought to the Idaho House floor seeking to defund the 53-year-old medical education partnership for Idaho students between the University of Idaho and the University of Washington School of Medicine (the WWAMI program). This program was developed and improved over time and has provided a world class education, mostly in Idaho, to 747 Idaho students who then are among the best in the nation. The WWAMI model sets the standard for decentralized education especially designed to provide doctors to rural communities. Sandpoint and Moscow are one of 7 Idaho special rural training sites that focuses on rural training.

Nonresidents need hunting license to gather antlers in Idaho

According to Idaho code 36-508, “A nonresident collecting, possessing, or transporting antlers or horns shed from deer, elk, moose, or pronghorn in this state shall be required to first procure a license entitling the nonresident to hunt big game.” However, this license requirement does not apply to nonresidents under 12 years of age provided they are accompanied in the field by a nonresident who is the holder of a valid Idaho hunting license for big game or a resident.

OPINION: Bold and collaborative approaches are needed to solve Idaho’s physician shortage

Today, 43 of 44 Idaho counties are designated health professions shortage areas

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.