The grant will fund the school's initiative to strengthen primary care and rural health training, targeting underserved communities statewide. The strategy includes expanding clinical opportunities, enhancing curricula, and increasing primary care residency placements.
Launched in the fall of 2024, the program collaborates with...Arizona News
Under direction from the Biden administration, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awards are designed to enhance and expand the number of nurses and primary care physicians, while increasing behavioral health support by growing the community-based workforce.
The University of Arizona Medical School is one of three...Arizona News
As the dust settles on the state’s first-wave peak, its impact on the hospital system which absorbed the bulk of Arizona's COVID-19 hit has come into focus.
Banner Health, which cared for about half of Arizonans hospitalized with COVID-19 at the pandemics peak here in July, struggled to staff hospitals as cases surged. The...Arizona News
The University of Arizona Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix is offering to cover medical school tuition for those who commit to practice primary care in underserved regions of the state for at least two years following their residency.
An American Medical Association (AMA) study published in the summer linked increasing...
