G. Richard Olds is president, St. George's University.

Doctors trained abroad will save rural health care

Policy
December 31, 2022

Health care is growing hard to come by in rural America.

Three-quarters of rural counties suffer from doctor shortages. More than 200 rural hospitals are at risk of closing due to financial hardship within the next two to three years, according to a study published this spring. And while 20% of the U.S. population lives in a rural region, just 10% of physicians practice in these communities.

Fortunately, there’s a group of …

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Doctors trained abroad will save rural health care

International medical graduates ease the U.S. doctor shortage

Education
April 11, 2022

Thousands of young doctors just learned where they’ll be spending the next few years of their lives in residency.

A significant number of them will be U.S. citizens who completed medical school abroad. This corps of internationally educated doctors has become increasingly important to the U.S. health care system — and is tackling a disproportionate share of America’s biggest health care challenges.

The United States desperately needs doctors. According to the Association …

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International medical graduates ease the U.S. doctor shortage

Here’s how we can rebuild health care post-pandemic

Physician
June 5, 2021

More than 36,000 aspiring physicians recently matched into residencies across the United States.

More than 7,500 earned their degrees at international medical schools. These newly minted doctors, many of whom are U.S. citizens who chose to study abroad, will play an outsized role in treating the underserved communities hit hardest by the pandemic.

It’s well known that the United States faces a massive — and worsening — shortage of doctors. The country …

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Here’s how we can rebuild health care post-pandemic