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Nov 2025
52m 42s

The Rural Doc Crisis and the Med Student...

The Students of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
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The Truths and Solutions for Small-Town Healthcare. We’re talking about rural medicine, where the needs are huge, the systems are broken, and sometimes, you just have to trust the process. Did you know that rural Americans have only 13.1 docs per 10,000 people compared to 31.2 in urban areas? Yeah, the need is real. But why are these students signing up for ... Show More
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