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Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine tells Senate committee it is expanding class size and training physicians for Idaho
Summary
Dr. Tracy Farnsworth, president of the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, updated the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on accreditation, class-size increases and partnerships with Idaho State University; student doctors described why they chose to train in Idaho.
Dr. Tracy Farnsworth, president of the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee the college has grown since its first class and is expanding its capacity to address a statewide physician shortage.
"Idaho ... is dead last in the nation in physicians per capita," Dr. Farnsworth said, and argued the state will need roughly 1,400 additional physicians to reach the national average. She described the college's progress since its 2018 matriculation: the school has matriculated roughly 1,150 students over its history and graduated about 450; more than 99.5% of graduates…
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