The need is great.  The task is formidable.  The all-star team has been assembled.  The Rural Northern California Medical Education Consortium (“Consortium”) has been formed that includes a broad coalition of health care professionals, educators, and community leaders to tackle a crisis facing the North State.  There is a shortage of physicians practicing in the area and it's getting worse as doctors retire. There are no medical schools in California between Sacramento and P

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors and County CEO David Rickert, County Executive Officer want to hear from residents. “This is an opportunity for residents across our community to tell us what matters most and where they want to see our resources focused.”  They are reaching out to the community through an on-line survey and four community town hall meetings to assess the desires of the citizens as to what subjects should be priorities in the County’s Five-Year Strategic