Texas is Looking to the Future for Health Care Concerns
Medical centers in Texas plan to create about 500 new residencies in the next five to seven years to retain more of the state's medical school graduates.
Texas turns out plenty of medical school graduates, but there are not enough residencies to help retain them, according to local medical professionals. And that imbalance is contributing to a shortage of physicians in the state.
Medical City Healthcare, UNT Health Science Center and HCA Healthcare are joining forces to create about 500 new residencies over the next five to seven years.
TCU Chancellor Victor J. Boschini Jr. stated that “We’re creating a pipeline for new physicians that will take them from medical school directly into the local workforce to care for our community.”
Michael R. Williams, president of University of North Texas Health Science Center, said that “By developing more residency slots and creating new training opportunities for all of our students, we’ll be at the forefront of transforming healthcare in our community and creating medical providers of the future” (1).
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1. Source/Read More: https://medicalcityhealthcare.com/about/newsroom/medical-city-healthcare-and-unthsc-team-up-to-address-physician-shortage-in-north-texas