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First Tribal Medical School Branch | Tucson News
Arizona’s medical school is breaking ground on tribal land — launching the nation’s first branch directly on the Gila River Indian Community, offering tuition-free MD training focused on primary care. Students will train for 18 months in the community, building cultural fluency and addressing a critical physician shortage in rural and Native American areas. With $25M investment and a pipeline designed to retain doctors locally, this bold initiative aims to inspire Native students to pursue medicine — right where they’re from — and could become a national model for equitable healthcare…
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