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Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine outlines workforce gains, urges focus on prevention and retention
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Dr. Tracy Farnsworth, president of the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee that ICOM has grown enrollment and graduate placement, outlined partnerships with Idaho State University, and urged legislative attention to prevention and the aging population as Idaho faces a physician shortage.
Dr. Tracy Farnsworth, president of the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, told the Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee that the medical school has expanded enrollment and is beginning to return graduates to Idaho as the state addresses a longstanding physician shortage.
Farnsworth said Idaho ranks near the bottom nationally in physicians per capita and in resident physicians per capita, with an aging physician workforce and rapid population growth increasing strain on access to care. “You would have to bring in roughly 1,400 additional physicians into this state just to be at the national average of physicians per capita,” Farnsworth said, describing workforce…
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