Lawmakers hear requests to expand residency slots as state seeks more doctors
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.
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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.
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