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Residency directors tell JFAC expanding in‑state residencies boosts workforce; requests focus on psychiatry, family and internal medicine slots
Summary
Directors from Eastern Idaho Medical Residency, Boise Internal Medicine and several family medicine programs briefed JFAC on requests to add residency slots, citing retention benefits and immediate clinical capacity from trainees. The committee heard specific funding requests and a description of the state’s common "one‑third" funding model.
Directors for Idaho residency programs told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Jan. 21 that state support for graduate medical education is producing clinicians who treat Idaho patients now and that additional residency slots are needed to address shortages in psychiatry, primary care and other specialties.
Kevin Campbell, a Legislative Services analyst, reviewed residency finances and numbers, and said the state often contributes one‑third of the per‑resident cost while health systems and sponsoring institutions cover the remainder. "To create a doctor takes at a minimum, 3 additional years longer for some specialties," Campbell said, explaining why residency capacity is the critical bottleneck in the physician pipeline.
Director Matthew Larson, who runs the psychiatry training in Idaho Falls, sought funding that would fund psychiatry residency slots in Eastern Idaho. The Eastern Idaho Medical Residency (EIMR) requested…
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