After the review of 2,000 applications and 235 prospective student interviews, the University of Georgia's School of Medicine has accepted 64 students into its inaugural class.
The class has already begun to familiarize itself with Georgia’s overburdened healthcare system by touring hospitals in the state.
UGA said in a statement that this inaugural class represents the School of Medicine’s mission to strengthen Georgia’s physician workforce. This is the state’s second public medical school and 95% of the incoming class are Georgia residents.
The UGA School of Medicine was founded with the mission to combat the shortage of doctors in Georgia, which is ranked 39th in the nation for active patient care physicians per capita.
The Dean of UGA’s School of Medicine, Shelley Nuss, says that these future physicians are a part of the mission to expand the physician workforce in the state, and they will have an impact across Georgia for generations.
