The Old Orleans County Board of Supervisors created and authorized the Orleans County Medical Scholarship Board to help insure practicing Doctors for Orleans County's future generations.
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Training Doctors
In 1966 Medical School cost $1,600.00 per year. Now the Cost of Medical School is often more than $40,000.00 per year. This is quite a debt to incure to be trained. The Legislature amended the OCMSB directives increasing the Scholarship to $36,000.00 effective March 2011.
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February 2011
The Orleans County Legislature amended the Scholarship, $18,000 to $36,000 reflecting the increase tuition costs to Train A Physician. A Doctor in training attends pre-med college four years, then four more years in Medical School. (a total of eight so far) Then a year of internship (thats nine years). Any speciality is added on; Eye 3yrs, Surgeon 4yrs, Internist 3yrs, CardiacSurgeon 11years. You are 30 years old and still training!
