"University of Texas System regents on Thursday gave the thumbs-up to the creation of two new medical schools - one in South Texas and one in Austin - but progress will hinge upon finding enough revenue to support them, officials said."
"UC Riverside officials will be re-seeking accreditation for the UCR Medical School after obtaining significant financial commitments from the state and the UC Office of the President (UCOP). If the accreditation attempt is successful, the medical school would welcome its first class in August of 2013."
"Using a $30 million anonymous gift, Harvard Medical School has opened a center to redesign primary care and make the field more attractive to new doctors. As one of its first projects, the center is creating a new training program for residents."
"Now completing its 12th year, Project Medical Education is a proven tool for educating policymakers, opinion leaders, and the public about the important role medical schools and teaching hospitals play in our nation’s health care system."
"In response to the state's critical physician shortage, the University of Arizona expanded its medical school to Phoenix in 2006. Until then, Phoenix was the largest city in the United States without an M.D. degree-granting medical school and associated residency program."
"Citing the need to produce more doctors statewide, the Medical College of Wisconsin is looking to Green Bay as a possible site for a new, community-based medical school program."
"Family doctors are expected to be in short supply across the country and in the Green Bay area, and the Medical College of Wisconsin says creating a campus in Northeastern Wisconsin could help keep physicians in the region."
"As the University of Denver weighs the option of creating its very own medical school, executives at the University of Colorado School of Medicine discussed their take on the upcoming physician shortage."
"As the University of Denver weighs the option of creating its very own medical school, executives at the University of Colorado School of Medicine discussed their take on the upcoming physician shortage."
