Retaining family doctors crucial for future

Two-thirds of WSU med grads leave area

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A Dayton medical school and local physicians groups are faced with tackling the shortage of primary care physicians.

About a third of the 500 annual graduates from Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine currently stay in Dayton. And of those, only a small percentage become family doctors. The reasons are varied, but mostly include salary and time commitments.

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