One of Georgia’s medical schools wants to embark on a plan that could put dozens of new doctors in rural parts of the state.
Medical College of Georgia wants a program that would help pay tuition for doctors who serve in rural areas, where there’s a need for more physicians, The Augusta Chronicle reported. Under the proposal, the Augusta institution also would expand by 50 students and shorten its medical school to three years.
The initiative is “the biggest thing we’ve done since 1828,” Medical College of Georgia Dean David Hess said. That’s the year the school was founded.
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