HelenaHandBasket said:
I would think the same reason why no one else is pushing it, money. Healthcare in Great Falls and Billings have been looking for someone, anyone, including numerous out-of-state for-profit solutions, and so far, no one has found it financially feasible. The article notes 2015, but I know that this push is going on for at least a decade.
Actually Soldier,
These other posters are spot on. There is high cost and low return. Low prestige and low quality. They will be considered the Granada medical schools of the west. Great Falls and Billings are looking to use graduates from these to farm out to satellite clinics in rural communities that they contract with. They will be sponsored and subsidized heavily by the local hospitals with requirements to do your clinical rotations locally with the hope that you may find the unicorn that is qualified and wants to stay. I still am not sure either of these will get off the ground.
No one else except Great Falls and Billings..
There is also a not-for-profit entity involved...
This is a missed opportunity IMO. There are a bunch of peripherals that come with a medical school. This type of thing is key to reversing the enrollment problem.