Health care
BY AUBREY VOGEL
Partnership to bring medical students to Fort Bend County to serve the underserved populations in Fort Bend County and the greater Gulf Coast region of Texas,”
More health care professionals will study in Fort Bend County with a new medical school collaboration announced March 12. Two-minute impact The Ibn Sina Foundation, OakBend Medical Cen- ter and Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine partnered to create the Ibn Sina Clinical Training Region at OakBend Medical Center in Fort Bend County. The collaboration will bring third- and fourth- year osteopathic medicine students to Fort Bend County to conduct their clinical rotations at OakBend Medical Center facilities or at one of the Ibn Sina clinics within the county, o cials said at the March 12 press conference. Osteopathic medicine medical students spe- cialize in caring for the historically underserved populations, Precinct 4 Commissioner Dexter McCoy said. “This partnership ... aims to prepare physicians
“There’s a huge de cit of well-trained doctors in suburban and rural areas, and
Ibn Sina Foundation chair Nasruddin Rupani said. “Our big vision to bridging this gap remains steadfast in a world where accessibility, quality and health care demands a pressing need.” The background McCoy said the partners want to expand the program in two years to include family medicine residency opportunities. He said they hope the program will help to retain students locally. “Research shows that doctors usually stay within 50 to 100 miles of where they’ve received their medical training,” he said. “We are hoping that by these doctors being trained in Fort Bend County ... that they elect to work in Fort Bend County.” Next steps The rst set of students will begin servicing the community in August, o cials said. McCoy said
we’re not immune to that in Fort Bend County. [With this new partnership], residents can expect more high- quality doctors able to deliver quality care, right here in their backyards.” DEXTER MCCOY, PRECINCT 4 COMMISSIONER
county sta will now look at additional ways to expand health care options. “This is but one step in the process of expand- ing medical facilities in Fort Bend County, and we’re really happy to be partners in making that happen,” McCoy said.
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