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University of the Pacific plans medical school to tackle Central Valley doctor shortage
ON A LAWN at California’s oldest university, leaders from education, health care and politics gathered Thursday morning to announce a project they said could reshape the future of medical care in the Central Valley: a new medical school in Stockton. University of the Pacific announced plans to open a School of Medicine on its Stockton campus, establishing […] The post University of the Pacific plans medical school to tackle Central Valley doctor shortage appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, University of the Pacific plans medical school to tackle Central Valley doctor shortage, ON A LAWN at California’s oldest university, leaders from education, health care and politics gathered Thursday morning to announce a project they said could reshape the future of medical care in the Central Valley: a new medical school in Stockton. University of the Pacific announced plans to open a School of Medicine on its Stockton campus, establishing […] The post University of the Pacific plans medical school to tackle Central Valley doctor shortage appeared first on Local News Matters .
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