The program is expected to produce six new family practice physicians a year when at full capacity, and it will be taking applications from prospective residents by next year. Its first class is expected to be admitted in July 2013.
Despite being the fourth-most populous state, Florida ranks 43rd in the number of medicine residents per 100,000 people. “We are now seeing the need to have more residency programs around the state to train our graduates and provide Florida communities with the doctors they most need,” said John Fogarty, MD, dean of the FSU College of Medicine.
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