ACR 97, as introduced, Bonilla. Medical training: osteopathic students.
This measure would urge both private and public medical training institutions in the state to provide equal access to osteopathic and allopathic students to apply to training programs, would urge osteopathic medical schools, allopathic medical schools, and their training institutions to build on current successes of working toward greater collaboration and coordination of education and training for California’s future physicians, and would urge efforts by training institutions and allopathic and osteopathic medical schools to work toward greater acceptance and integration of osteopathic and allopathic students.
Fiscal committee: no.
P1 1WHEREAS, California has a significant shortage and inequitable
2distribution of physicians throughout the state due to the aging
3population, current population growth, and the increasing number
4of insured; and
5WHEREAS, According to a study by the Robert Graham Center
6in 2013, it was estimated that the state would need 8,243 more
P2 1primary care physicians by 2030 - a 32 percent increase of its
2current workforce; and
3WHEREAS, Osteopathic physicians are one of the fastest
4growing segments of health care professionals in the United States.
5By 2016, more than 100,000 osteopathic physicians (DOs) are
6expected to be in active medical practice; and
7WHEREAS, Approximately 60 percent of practicing DOs
8specialize in primary care fields such as family medicine, internal
9medicine, and pediatrics and many DOs fill a critical need by
10practicing in rural and other medically underserved areas; and
11WHEREAS, Osteopathic (DO) and allopathic (MD) residency
12programs will soon be overseen by a single unified graduate
13medical education accrediting body; and
14WHEREAS, Quality medical training for DO and MD students
15is critical to their success as fully trained and licensed physicians;
16and
17WHEREAS, Many public and private institutions have
18historically provided equal access to the application process for
19their medical training programs by all students and physicians,
20and have trained exemplary DO and MD students by choosing
21those candidates who best suit their programs; and
22WHEREAS, Section 2064.2 of the Business and Professions
23Code states that no medical school or clinical training program
24shall deny access to elective clerkships or preceptorships in any
25medical school or clinical training program in this state solely on
26the basis that a student is enrolled in an osteopathic medical school;
27and
28WHEREAS, Section 2453 of the Business and Professions Code
29states that it is the policy of the state that holders of MD degrees
30and DO degrees shall be accorded equal professional status and
31privileges as licensed physicians and surgeons; now, therefore, be
32it
33Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
34thereof concurring, That the Legislature urges both private and
35public medical training institutions in the state to provide equal
36access to DO and MD students to apply to training programs while
37still maintaining the integrity and competitiveness of their
38application process and the need to first serve enrolled students;
39and be it further
P3 1Resolved, That the Legislature urges osteopathic medical
2schools, allopathic medical schools, and their training institutions
3to build on current successes of working toward greater
4collaboration and coordination of education and training for
5California’s future physicians; and be it further
6Resolved, That the Legislature urges efforts by training
7institutions and allopathic and osteopathic medical schools to work
8toward greater acceptance and integration of DO and MD students
9in their medical training programs; and be it further
10Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
11of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
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