Proposed Indigenous medical school aims to boost Native physician numbers
The proposal includes a $1 million feasibility grant and a $100,000 capacity-building grant as organizers aim to expand Native physician training.
- A proposed Indigenous School in Rapid City aims to address the severe underrepresentation of Native Americans in medicine, who accounted for just 0.3% of the nation's practicing physicians as of 2024.
- South Dakota faces significant health disparities between Native Americans and white residents, prompting physician Donald Warne to design a curriculum where students do not have to "check our culture at the door."
- Rather than traditional four-year programs, the school would utilize a competency-based model allowing flexible completion timelines. Kenzie Lindemann, an Oglala Sioux medical student, sees this approach as reducing stereotypical biases.
- The project recently secured a $1 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a $100,000 NDN Collective capacity building grant to support feasibility studies and business planning.
- Warne hopes to begin enrolling students by 2030, with Tim Ridgway, dean of the South Dakota Sanford School, noting the institution would complement rather than compete with USD.
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Proposed Indigenous medical school aims to boost Native physician numbers
Donald Warne, physician, co-director for the Center for Indigenous Health at Johns Hopkins, and member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, speaks at the National Indian Health Board conference in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy of Donald Warne)As of 2024, 0.3% of practicing physicians in the nation were Native American. A proposed Indigenous School of Medicine in Rapid City could help change that. The school would be the first of its kind in the nation, sai…
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Donald Warne, physician, co-director for the Center for Indigenous Health at Johns Hopkins, and member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, speaks at the National Indian Health Board conference in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy of Donald Warne)As of 2024, 0.3% of practicing physicians in the nation were Native American. A proposed Indigenous School of Medicine in Rapid City could help change that. The school would be the first of its kind in the nation, sai…
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Donald Warne, physician, co-director for the Center for Indigenous Health at Johns Hopkins, and member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, speaks at the National Indian Health Board conference in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy of Donald Warne)As of 2024, 0.3% of practicing physicians in the nation were Native American. A proposed Indigenous School of Medicine in Rapid City could help change that. The school would be the first of its kind in the nation, sai…
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