Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Health workforce education and training

Rural Physician Associate Program
A 9-month, community-based educational experience for third-year medical students at the University of Minnesota that allows them to live and train in rural communities across Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

Minnesota Clinical Dental Education Innovations Grant
Funding to support innovative clinical training for dental professionals and programs that increase access to dental care for populations in Minnesota who are medically underserved.

Appalachian Region Healthcare Technical Assistance Center Assistance
Technical assistance for Appalachian healthcare providers and communities. Eligible organizations may receive guidance and funding to launch or enhance critical needed service lines.

Medical Student Education Program
Grants for public medical schools to expand or support education for medical students preparing to become physicians in states with primary care provider shortages. The program focus is on supporting careers in primary care in rural and other areas with a primary care provider shortage.

Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program
Funding to support a comprehensive approach to addressing abuse in later life, including domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, neglect, abandonment, economic abuse, or willful harm committed against victims who are 50 years of age or older.

Wisconsin Rural Physician Residency Assistance Program (WRPRAP)
Funding to expand and enhance graduate medical education training sites in rural Wisconsin, with the goal of improving access to quality healthcare in rural communities.

Family Medicine Obstetrics Fellowship - Duluth, Minnesota
A 12-month family medicine obstetrics fellowship program designed to provide practical experience for family medicine physicians who intend to practice in a rural community. The fellowship takes place in and around Duluth, Minnesota.

Indiana AHEC Scholars: Community Healthcare Fellows Program
An interprofessional fellowship program for health professions students in Indiana that offers opportunities for hands-on training, experience in rural and underserved communities, and networking with other students and professionals.

CDC Rural Health Evaluation and Capacity Building Fellowship
A research opportunity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Rural Health located in Atlanta, Georgia. Under the guidance of a mentor, participants will engage in training activities that explore rural public health transformation approaches, strategic planning processes, and evaluation methods used to strengthen public health initiatives serving rural communities.

Washington Family Medicine OB Fellowship
Fellowship in obstetrics and family medicine which includes 13 four-week rotations that offer the opportunity to learn management of high risk and operative obstetrics. The program is intended for family physicians seeking training in surgical obstetrics, care of high risk and complicated pregnancies, and management of the medical complications of pregnancy. Obstetric fellows will be prepared to serve in a rural, isolated, or medically underserved location, or to teach obstetrics in a family medicine residency program.