Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, Fla., is partnering with the Florida State University College of Medicine in Tallahassee, Fla., to create a family medicine residency program to help keep primacy care family physicians in the area, according to a hospital news release.
The program is expected to produce six new family practice physicians a year when at full capacity, and it will be taking applications from prospective residents by next year. Its first class is expected to be admitted in July 2013.
Despite being the fourth-most populous state, Florida ranks 43rd in the number of medicine residents per 100,000 people. "We are now seeing the need to have more residency programs around the state to train our graduates and provide Florida communities with the doctors they most need," said John Fogarty, MD, dean of the FSU College of Medicine.
Read the news release on Lee Memorial Hospital.
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The program is expected to produce six new family practice physicians a year when at full capacity, and it will be taking applications from prospective residents by next year. Its first class is expected to be admitted in July 2013.
Despite being the fourth-most populous state, Florida ranks 43rd in the number of medicine residents per 100,000 people. "We are now seeing the need to have more residency programs around the state to train our graduates and provide Florida communities with the doctors they most need," said John Fogarty, MD, dean of the FSU College of Medicine.
Read the news release on Lee Memorial Hospital.
Related Articles on Hospital-Physician Relationships:
Hospitals and Patient Centered Medical Homes: A Practical Pairing
Recruiting Physicians Takes Twice as Long as a Decade Ago
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