Post by pavel on Jan 17, 2016 3:34:44 GMT -6
Blair Cushing is just the kind of doctor Texas needs.
She’s training to be a family physician, one of the most sought-after types of practitioner in the state. And she wants to work near the U.S. border with Mexico, one of Texas’ most medically underserved areas.
But after graduating from the University of North Texas Health Science Center's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine last year, she shipped out to another border state: California. That’s where she found her best residency opportunity. And now she says she probably won’t come back.
Her situation is far from unique. The number of medical students in Texas has grown quickly in recent years, with classes expanding and an unprecedented number of new medical schools being developed.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/01/16/medical-schools-boom-officials-warn-rising-costs/
She’s training to be a family physician, one of the most sought-after types of practitioner in the state. And she wants to work near the U.S. border with Mexico, one of Texas’ most medically underserved areas.
But after graduating from the University of North Texas Health Science Center's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine last year, she shipped out to another border state: California. That’s where she found her best residency opportunity. And now she says she probably won’t come back.
Her situation is far from unique. The number of medical students in Texas has grown quickly in recent years, with classes expanding and an unprecedented number of new medical schools being developed.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/01/16/medical-schools-boom-officials-warn-rising-costs/