Alabama
Alabama aims to improve doctor shortage with new program
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Alabama is launching a new program that could help address the state’s doctor shortage.
Experts say the shortage has caused delays in people’s medical care and is attributed to numerous factors such as doctors feeling burnt out after COVID and medical students having trouble entering the industry.
The Medical Association of the State of Alabama shared there are more medical students than there are residency slots.
Now, Alabama is launching its new Bridge Year Graduate Physician Program.
The program, which passed during the 2023 legislative session, allows medical school graduates who did not get into residency programs to study under the supervision of licensed physician for at least a year.
Individuals can then reapply for residency.
Alabama now joins 10 states with similar initiatives.
“It’s not going to be a cure-all. We never pretended that it would be,” said Mark Jackson, Executive Director of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. “This program will help alleviate. It will add additional manpower to the physician workforce where the student will be able to, working with that supervising physician, will be able to see patients and try to help their healthcare needs.”
Since Alabama has an aging population, the medical association says doctors are needed to assist these older patients.
Applications for the new Bridge Year Graduate Physician Program are available now.
For applicants to qualify for this program, they must have graduated and completed two of the three steps for licensure examination, according to the medical association.
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Alabama basketball continues to make noise on the recruiting trail, as the Crimson Tide was named one of seven finalists for AJ Dybantsa, the consensus No. 1 overall player in the 2025 cycle.
Alongside Alabama in Dybantsa’s top-7 is Auburn, BYU, Baylor, Kansas State, Kansas and North Carolina. There’s no current timeline for a decision.
Dybantsa is not only considered to be the top overall player in the rising senior class, but he’s also considered by many draft analysts to be the best current NBA prospect in the country, high school or college. He’s a 6-foot-9, 200-pound small forward who’s incredibly skilled as a scorer and boasts a wingspan of over 7-feet.
Alabama has yet to lock down a visit date for Dybantsa, but he has ties to Alabama assistant coach Preston Murphy from his time on the AAU circuit as a young player.
Dybantsa recently announced he will be transferring to Utah Prep for his senior year. Last season, Dybantsa played at Prolific Prep in California, where he was teammates with current Alabama freshmen Derrion Reid and Aiden Sherrell.
Alabama is also in the mix for a number of other elite 2025 prospects, including 5-star guards Jasper Johnson and Mikel Brown Jr. The Crimson Tide doesn’t have a commit yet in the 2025 class, but Oats and company are coming off a 2024 cycle where they reeled in the No. 2-ranked class in the country, which included multiple 5-stars.
Decisions for some of the top players in 2025 will likely start happening in early fall.
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