Residencies may be best way to draw Idaho docs

A study funded by the Legislature looks at ways to stave off shortage ranked among worst in nation.

Expanding Idaho’s medical residency programs could have the "greatest impact" on increasing the number of doctors in a state that sorely needs more physicians.

That’s one of several findings in a study paid for by the Legislature on improving medical education in Idaho.

The study, conducted by MGT of America Inc. at a cost of $300,000, does not recommend how Idaho should confront the growing doctor shortage and an increasing interest in launching a medical school.

BY BILL ROBERTS – [email protected]

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