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With Utah's high birthrate, the aging of its huge baby boomer population and the retirement of established physicians, experts say the state needs at least 200 new doctors a year in the foreseeable future just to keep up with patient needs.
The University of Utah and Intermountain Health Care Thursday announced they would join forces to provide more than $3 million a year for at least the next five years to fund 64 new physician residency slots annually. That would bring the number of residents in specialized training in the state to more than 700, an increase of about 10 percent.See the full content of this document
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U. And Ihc to Boost Number of M.D.S
It's important, said Dr. David J. Bjorkman, dean of the U. School of Medicine and chairman of the Utah Medical Education Council, which will administer ...
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