Native Americans and rural residents are underrepresented in medical schools. But in this new program in Oklahoma, 25% of students are Indigenous and half are from rural areas.
TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma — Ashton Glover Gatewood decided to give medical school a second try after learning about a new campus designed for Indigenous students like herself.Gatewood is now set to be part of the first graduating class at Oklahoma State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation. Leaders say the physician training program is the only one on a Native American reservation and affiliated with a tribal government.
Hoskin grew up in a small town that was once served by a doctor who traveled across the reservation, treating patients in a recreational vehicle.The Cherokee Nation now operates 10 hospitals and clinics to ensure that all citizens live within a 30-minute drive of care. Hoskin said this means the reservation has better access to health care than much of rural America.'There are not many communities in this country in which you would see that sort of investment,' he said.
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