Doctor shortage pushes opening of new med schools across state

A shortage of physicians has some doctors welcoming the new MSU medical school with open arms. Now medical schools are opening across the state with the promise of graduating new doctors and spurring economic development through research and innovations.

According to excerpts from the story:

Paul Farr hopes the steel structure slowly rising at Interstate 196 and Division Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids represents the beginning of something even bigger.

In addition to the MSU College of Human Medicine’s expansion into Grand Rapids and the recently announced medical school between Oakland University and Beaumont Hospitals that’s targeted to open in 2010, Central Michigan University is now weighing formation of a medical school, and a new initiative in Detroit will examine the potential for growing medical education and research.

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