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Underserved Communities: Enhancing Care with Graduate Medical Education

Description
Provides an overview of the current supply of rheumatology healthcare providers in rural America and future projected workforce shortages. Discusses strategies to improve access to care and address rheumatology workforce shortages such as increasing residency and fellowship positions in Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs), telemedicine, the J-1 visa waiver program, and the National Health Service Corps.
Author(s)
Vaneet Kaur Sandhu, Donna Jose, Candace H Feldman
Citation
Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America, 46(1), 167-178
Date
02/2020
Type
Document
Tagged as
Graduate medical education · Health workforce supply and demand · Telehealth