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Montana’s Billings Clinic is Training Future Rural Providers
November 20, 2025/
In a national shortage of rural doctors, Billings Clinic is training–and retaining–physicians where they’re needed most.
Billings Clinic serves a large region that includes eastern Montana, the western edges of North Dakota and South Dakota, and northern Wyoming. Residents see patients from across rural communities both at Billings Clinic and in rural rotations they complete across Montana.
Every resident completes at least two rural rotations in communities such as Lewistown, Livingston, or Hardin, a structure designed to both expose them to rural practice and encourage them to stay in the region long term.
“The more opportunities that residents have to get out into rural communities, the better for, ultimately, them practicing in those spaces.” Ashley Dennis, Ph.D., director of Billings Clinic’s Office of Medical Education
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