SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — A medical school at the University of Rhode Island (URI) is one step closer to becoming a reality.

Consulting firm Tripp Umbach released the results of its independent feasibility study that looked into the prospect of creating a medical school in South Kingstown.

In the study's executive summary, the firm said, "URI is well-positioned to respond to Rhode Island's pressing shortage of primary care physicians by establishing a public, M.D. School of Medicine."

The study was ordered by a Senate commission established to try and address issues relating to healthcare workers and the state's trouble retaining primary care physicians.

Tripp Umbach acknowledged that there is no public medical school in Rhode Island and noted that Brown University graduates, who

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