On June 12, Rhode Island became the 25th state to join the PA Licensure Compact, which allows physician assistants and physician associates to practice in participating states without needing licenses for each one. The American Academy of Physician Associates said…
Integration & Physician Issues
Seattle-based University of Washington School of Medicine received $25 million to establish a scholarship and education program to increase the number of physicians serving in rural and Native communities. The donation is the largest known family gift to rural healthcare…
On June 4, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division opened new investigations into “potential race discrimination” at 15 medical schools. Here is what to know. 1. The medical schools under investigation have not been named, but all received millions of…
Neurology saw a 27.6% jump in the number of employed physicians between 2024 and 2025, while ophthalmologists saw a 28.4% decrease, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The bureau gathered employment data for 17 physician specialties positions in 2025,…
More than a third of resident and fellow physicians said they intend to remain with the organization where they trained after graduation, according to new American Medical Association survey data. The 2025 National Resident Comparison Report is based on responses…
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As the country grapples with a projected physician shortage, a wave of new medical school construction is underway — and the latest planned projects share a notable distinction: Each represents a first of its kind. The state of Delaware announced…
South Dakota is considering a proposal to build the nation’s first Indigenous School of Medicine in Rapid City, the Mitchell Republic reported June 1. Here is what to know. 1. Donald Warne, MD, a physician, co-director for the Center for…
Some of the highest-paying physician specialties are also facing the most severe projected shortages. Becker’s gathered data from Medscape’s “Physician Compensation Report 2026,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Health Resources and Services Administration’s National Center for Health Workforce…
The founding leaders of the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell are ready to make their case for more collaborative medical education. They just needed the product first. David Battinelli, MD, the school’s dean and New Hyde…
Stockton, Calif.-based University of the Pacific is opening a $150 million medical school. The Pacific School of Medicine will be California’s first MD-granting institution outside of the state’s largest population centers, according to a May 28 university news release. There…