New Mexico has a chronic shortage of doctors, especially in rural areas. On this episode, we look at a program at the University of New Mexico that is working to address that by recruiting promising high school students who want to work in New Mexico to enter the . The students earn an undergraduate degree through the College of Arts and Sciences in a curriculum designed to prepare them for medical school. They can then transition into UNM school of medicine to train as doctors.
Guests:
- Dr. Valerie Romero-Leggott, vice chancellor for diversity with the UNM Health Sciences Center Office For Diversity and executive director of the UNM Combined BA/MD program
- Dr. Renee Varoz, graduate from the first BA/MD class currenty working at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque
- Rushi Mankad, undergraduate in the BA/MD program from Hobbs, New Mexico
