US EditionStates hope to ease medical license laws, solve rural doctor shortage
- A growing number of states are easing licensing for foreign-trained physicians, which supporters claim may address physician shortages in rural areas.
- At least nine states have dropped the requirement for foreign-trained doctors to repeat U.S. Residency.
- Some lawmakers predict these changes will boost the rural health workforce, while critics raise concerns about patient safety and corporate interests, as voiced by Barbara Parker.
- The advisory commission urges data collection on new rules, highlighting the uncertainties in effectively implementing these licensing pathways.
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Conservative rural Idaho doctor says WWAMI dissolution feels ‘political’
My WWAMI medical school and residency education gave me the ability to practice rural, full-spectrum family medicine, writes guest columnist Lance Hansen. (Getty Images)I am a fiscally and socially conservative family physician practicing at Franklin County Medical Center in Preston, Idaho. I was raised on a potato farm west of Blackfoot, and my family has been rooted in Idaho agriculture for generations. Growing up, my family physician was WWAM…
States hope to ease medical license laws, solve rural doctor shortage
Many states are hoping to shore up physician shortages in rural communities by easing restrictions for doctors from other countries to get medically licensed in the U.S. In the past, every state required doctors who completed a foreign residency or similar program abroad to repeat the process in the U.S. before receiving a full medical license. However, the Federation of State Medical Boards says that since 2023, at least nine states have droppe…
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