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Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine updates committee on growth, residency pipeline and partnerships
Summary
The Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee it has increased class size, graduated students who are entering residencies, and is pursuing institutional accreditation and research collaborations with Idaho State University to address the state's physician shortage.
President Farnsworth of the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine briefed the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on the college's enrollment, graduate placement and partnerships, urging lawmakers to view medical education as a long-term way to address Idaho's physician shortage.
Farnsworth said Idaho ranks near the bottom nationally in physicians per capita and in resident physicians per capita, and that the state must grow its physician workforce. "Idaho ... we are dead last in the nation in physicians per capita," Farnsworth said, adding the state would need roughly 1,400 additional physicians to reach the national average and noting that about one-third of Idaho…
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