The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, a new medical school at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., has a specific mission, according to a Kaiser Health News report: to create new primary care physicians.
Roughly 35 million Americans will receive health insurance in 2014 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is bound to put a strain on the already short supply of primary care physicians. This new, $100 million medical school wants to produce only primary care physicians to help alleviate the shortage.
Admitting the right students is one step to meeting the medical school's mission. According to Bruce Koeppen, the school's dean, women and people choosing medicine as a second career are more likely to go into primary care, so those applicants are more likely to get a spot in the unique medical school.
According to Kaiser Health News, more than 1,600 individuals applied for one of 60 spots in the school's inaugural class. Classes at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine will start in August.
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Roughly 35 million Americans will receive health insurance in 2014 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is bound to put a strain on the already short supply of primary care physicians. This new, $100 million medical school wants to produce only primary care physicians to help alleviate the shortage.
Admitting the right students is one step to meeting the medical school's mission. According to Bruce Koeppen, the school's dean, women and people choosing medicine as a second career are more likely to go into primary care, so those applicants are more likely to get a spot in the unique medical school.
According to Kaiser Health News, more than 1,600 individuals applied for one of 60 spots in the school's inaugural class. Classes at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine will start in August.
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