A Group of Community Members Are Hoping to Start a New Medical School in Shasta. Here's What We Know

Shasta Scout

Dec 23, 2025

Describes a community driven effort to establish a medical school in a rural California county to improve healthcare access and recruit the physician workerforce to the area. Discusses the role residencies play in retaining the physician workforce, the goals of the committee driving the movement, and the resources required to open a medical school.

Access · Funding · Graduate medical education · Health workforce education and training · Physicians · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · California