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Medical School Program Works To Bring More Doctors To Rural Idaho

By Samantha Wright
Published July 23, 2019 at 3:58 PM MDT
Emilie Ritter Saunders
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Boise State Public Radio

Health disparities experienced between urban and rural communities are a result of many different factors, one of these being access to physicians. In an effort to increase this access WWAMI offers a Rural Underserved Opportunities Program. This gives medical students the chance to serve in areas with doctor shortages and learn more about community medicine.

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