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UND School of Medicine requests funding for facilities and expanded rural training; SIMND outreach seeks sustained support
Summary
The School of Medicine and Health Sciences requested state support for curriculum-driven formula increases, a health professions facility, and ongoing funding for mobile simulation units while emphasizing the school’s high rate of alumni practice in North Dakota.
Marjorie Jenkins, dean and vice president for health affairs at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), told the Appropriations — Education and Environment Division that curricular changes, increased program credit hours and growth in student numbers produced an $8.1 million formula increase to the medical school’s funding formula and that the school is seeking additional capital support for a health professions facility.
“We are your medical school. We’re here to serve North Dakota for the benefit of its people and to enhance the quality of their lives,” Jenkins said, summarizing the school’s purpose and the rationale for its requests.
Jenkins described three related capital priorities: completing Phase II of the STEM complex…
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