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UND medical school seeks health‑professions addition, expansion of simulation and rural training
Summary
Dr. Marjorie Jenkins, dean and vice president for health affairs at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, told the House appropriations panel that the SMHS needs a new health‑professions addition and additional operating support for mobile simulation to keep pace with expanded class sizes and rural workforce needs.
Dr. Marjorie Jenkins, vice president for health affairs and dean of the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), told the House Appropriations — Education and Environment Division that rapid growth in the school’s programs and rural workforce needs are driving a request for a health‑professions addition and ongoing support for simulation and mobile training.
"It takes a long time to grow a doctor," Jenkins told the committee, describing the school’s four‑campus footprint, 300 medical students, roughly 180 residents and fellows and more than 1,350 volunteer clinical faculty across the state. She said the SMHS has increased medical students and residents substantially in recent years and that a larger, modern training facility…
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