Med school receives $1.35 million grant
By Meredith Dixon | July 18, 1994Dartmouth Medical School recently received a $1.35 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to fund a plan aimed at increasing the number of general practitioners. The program, called the Generalist Physician Initiative, will try to recruit, train and retain general practitioners for the Northern New England area, said Dr. Rosemary Orgren, co-director of DMS' generalist education office. DMS Dean Andrew Wallace is the chair of the Generalist Physician Initiative Steering Committee which played an integral role in the development of the Initiative. The plan will provide funding for recruitment of students with an interest in general medicine, educational programs for residents about general medicine and support for current general practitioners, Orgren said. General practitioners, or primary care physicians, include pediatricians and family practitioners.