Rural Health
News by Topic: Health workforce education and training
Mar 17, 2026 - Announces more than $5 million in funding for 26 teaching health centers offering primary care medical and dental residency programs in rural and other communities through the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program. The program supports training in community-based outpatient facilities and is a strategy for increasing workforce in rural and underserved communities.
Source: Health Resources & Services Administration
Mar 17, 2026 - Highlights remarks and the results of a study from a Washington medical student comparing rural and urban experiences in surgical clerkship programs. Discusses robotic surgery as a solution to rural surgeon shortages.
Source: Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine News
Mar 16, 2026 - Notice from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) seeking comments on proposed revisions to an information collection request titled "Bureau of Health Workforce Health Workforce Connector OMB No. 0906-0031-Revision." The Health Workforce Connector (HWC) provides a central platform to connect participants, including but not limited to those in the National Health Service Corps (NHSC), Nurse Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs (Nurse Corps), Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Loan Repayment Program, Pediatric Specialty (PS) Loan Repayment Program, Nursing Training, and Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) programs with facilities that are approved for their programs. Comments are due by April 15, 2026.
Source: Federal Register
Mar 16, 2026 - Describes student experiences in Rural Health Immersion, a program introducing medical students to rural healthcare practice and rural culture through the Maine Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Network. Discusses the program's impact on recruiting health workforce across Maine.
Source: University New England News
Mar 13, 2026 - Profiles a rural Minnesota farmer, discussing his career in healthcare research at the Mayo Clinic. Describes the work he did integrating rural and farming culture into the work and knowledge base of Mayo Clinic researchers and medical students. Highlights Farm Days, a event on his farm to educate Mayo Clinic researchers about health and safety hazards in farm work.
Source: MPR News
Mar 13, 2026 - Announces a plan to create a Center for Rural Health at Northwest Missouri State University. The goal of the Center is to train Missouri healthcare workforce to fill gaps in rural areas in the region. Describes the nursing workforce shortage in the area.
Source: Northwest Missouri State University Media Center
Mar 12, 2026 - Highlights a dentist practicing in rural Louisiana following graduation from a rural-focused track in his dental program. Describes the distribution of dentists in Louisiana, noting that 86% of Louisiana residents live in a Dental Health Professional Shortage Area.
Source: LSU Stories
Mar 10, 2026 - Discusses sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) shortages across Kentucky, particularly in rural areas where case volume and access to training are limited. Describes the impacts of SANE shortages for assault survivors and state policy measures being considered to address the shortage.
Source: WPSD Local 6
Mar 9, 2026 - Notice from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) seeking comments on new forms related to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program's (RWHAP) AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Program, which supports a network of national centers that conduct targeted, multi-disciplinary education and training programs for health care providers treating people with HIV. The information collected will be used to obtain more accurate data relating to National AETC activities, participants, and site information for all National AETC Program recipients, among other things. Comments are due by April 8, 2026.
Source: Federal Register
Mar 5, 2026 - Highlights the new Medical Laboratory Sciences Extended Internship Program at an Arkansas university. The program aims to reduce rural medical laboratory staff shortages in Arkansas and nearby states by training local students. An increase in rural lab staff would both speed up lab processing times and decrease the cost of care.
Source: UAMS News