The Morehouse School of Medicine, one of four historically Black medical schools in the country, has launched a new partnership with Phoebe Putney Health System, a nonprofit healthcare delivery system, to advance the pipeline of physicians and promote community healthcare in the southwestern Georgia.
The two partner institutions recently signed an agreement to establish a Morehouse School of Medicine campus and new residency programs at Phoebe and to provide students from the HBCU with clinical training opportunities at facilities throughout the nonprofit’s system. Additionally, the new partners plan to develop a research hub that will focus on projects to address clinical needs identified through Phoebe’s Community Health Needs Assessment. There will also be an emphasis on enhancing the physician pipeline and incentivizing students and healthcare professionals to practice in the local region.
“Morehouse School of Medicine is committed to increasing and diversifying the healthcare workforce, especially in historically underserved rural and urban communities throughout Georgia, the nation, and the world,” said Morehouse School of Medicine President and CEO Valerie Montgomery Rice. “That includes creating opportunities for young physicians to receive exceptional training in communities where they can have the most meaningful impact. This unique partnership with Phoebe is an innovative way for MSM to embed our learners and invest our resources in ways that will further our shared goals to benefit the people of southwest Georgia for generations.”
