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Lawmakers hear requests to expand residency slots as state seeks more doctors
Summary
Presenters requested FY2027 enhancements for family medicine and psychiatry residencies — including a family‑medicine obstetrics fellowship and additional psychiatry slots — and said training more residents in Idaho improves retention and reduces patient wait times.
Legislative analysts and medical educators asked the Joint Finance Appropriations Committee on Thursday to approve modest FY2027 enhancements to graduate medical education that they say will expand Idaho’s physician workforce and reduce patient wait times.
Kevin Campbell of the Legislative Services Office presented the family medicine residency (FMR) budget and said FMR now encompasses 153 residents and 25.3 FTP. The FY2027 request for family medicine totals $480,000 and includes a family‑medicine obstetrics fellowship (Pocatello), one additional resident in Burley and six family‑medicine residents in Nampa; the governor recommended those requests.
Dr. Brandon Mickelson, program director at Idaho State University, told lawmakers that…
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