Medical professionals in Billings, Mont., have expressed concern about the possibility of two new osteopathic medical schools opening in Missoula, Mont., and Bozeman, Mont., according to the Independent Record.
Two separate for-profit firms are exploring the possibility of opening new medical schools, which would add up to 150 medical students who would have difficultly finding residencies and clinical rotations in the state.
Since most residents stay on to practice where they train, if the students could not find residencies in state, Montana would benefit little from the for-profit schools, its opponents said, according to the report.
"Montana State and the University of Montana have to find 150 clinical rotations for those students. To go down that path without securing those rotations would be unethical, and the students would have to find their own clinical rotations," Bob Wilmouth, MD, president of Billings-based Rocky Mountain College, told the Independent Record.
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