Rural and tribal communities in Arizona are facing a shortage of healthcare workers. The University of Arizona and the Gila River Indian Community aim to remedy that by launching a new medical program.
“Beginning next summer, 10 students will be admitted annually to the programs,” he announced. “They will train as physicians in the Gila River Health Care System," said UA President Suresh Garimella.
The partnership also means those students will receive a fully funded scholarship from the Gila River Community. Stephen Roe Lewis, Gila River’s governor, said the physicians trained on Indian land will be exposed to their way of life.
“This will have profound effects moving forward,” he explained. “Generational effects that will uplift our communities, that will transform health care in and of itself.”
This is an expedited, three-year program, so students can then go on to residencies and then get into the communities practicing that much sooner.
Arizona ranks 42nd in the nation for primary care access, according to Garimella.
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