UArizona SOM in Tuscon and Banner Health in Phoenix have partnered to offer an additional 194 new residency positions in Arizona.
U Arizona will begin offering this year a 3 year primary care track that will guarantee students a GME accredited primary care residency upon graduation.
U Arizona SOM has also pledged to develop 50 new primary care residency positions in high medical need communities before 2028.
Banner Health will open 144 new residency positions in IM and FM over the next 3 years. The residencies will be located at 3 sites:
- Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa
- Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center in Sun City
- Payson Family Medical in Payson
Arizona face a critical shortage of primary care physicians.
Arizona currently meets just 35.4% of its primary care physician needs and would require nearly 2,000 additional full-time equivalent physicians by 2030 to meet growing healthcare demand statewide, according to an Oct. 24 news release.