Rural Kansas Hospitals Rerun The Plot To Doc Hollywood

For those who don't remember the Michael J. Fox 90s classic . . . 

"Doc Hollywood plot: Having completed his medical residency in a Washington, D.C. hospital, Dr. Benjamin "Ben" Stone begins driving to Beverly Hills for a job interview with noted plastic surgeon Dr. Halberstrom. While passing through the small town of Grady, Ben crashes into a fence whilst trying to avoid hitting a cow. Unfortunately, the fence belongs to Judge Evans, who then sentences him to 32 hours of community service at the town's medical clinic."

Here's the same idea without all of the campy neo-vaudeville jokes . . . Okay, maybe just a few:

"The students are part of a program that immerses them in rural areas, specifically in southwest Kansas, to let them shadow health care professionals. Officials from the program hope this will encourage more future physicians to consider practicing in western Kansas, where health care facilities are regularly understaffed."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Hospitals give medical students a taste of rural Kansas hoping they'll eventually work there

Western Kansas hospitals are often understaffed. But a Wichita medical school has teamed up with hospitals to give medical students the opportunity to experience health care in rural areas.