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Training Doctors for Rural Minnesota | Duluth News
UMD’s medical school just launched a bold new four-year program to keep doctors in Minnesota’s rural and tribal heartlands—no more transfers to the Twin Cities. Sixty-five students, including Morgan Kerber-Folstrom, who grew up on the Leech Lake Reservation, donned white coats Friday, pledging to tackle healthcare gaps where they’re most needed. With a third of rural doctors set to retire by 2030, UMD is building a pipeline that sends nearly half its grads to towns under 25,000. Morgan, aiming for psychiatry, wants to return home to heal her community—one patient at a time. This expanded…
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