Rural Background, Training Exposure, and Rural Practice Location Among US Physicians

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Research letter exploring the interdependence between recruiting students from rural backgrounds and providing exposure to rural settings during undergraduate and graduate medical education training. Uses data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) 2022 National Sample Survey of Physicians.

Xiaochu Hu, Davis G. Patterson, Sarah S. Conrad, Qian Luo, Michael J. Dill

JAMA Network Open, 9(8), e2625481

08/2026

Graduate medical education · Physicians · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data