Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Graduate medical education
Select Committee on Advancing Rural and Small Town Health Care Final Report - To the General Assembly of Virginia
Recommendations for improvement in healthcare in rural Virginia, based on information from meetings with providers and citizens in rural areas. Areas of focus are health workforce, maternal health, dental care, obesity, telehealth, and transportation.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Commonwealth of Virginia, House Select Committee on Advancing Rural and Small Town Health Care
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Recommendations for improvement in healthcare in rural Virginia, based on information from meetings with providers and citizens in rural areas. Areas of focus are health workforce, maternal health, dental care, obesity, telehealth, and transportation.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Commonwealth of Virginia, House Select Committee on Advancing Rural and Small Town Health Care
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Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD) Meeting Minutes, November 15, 2024
Summarizes the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD) meeting held on November 15, 2024. Features a presentation and discussion on tracking Title VII Trainees and a presentation from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Tribal Affairs, among other things. Covers recommendations for ACTPCMD's 23rd Report to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and Congress and topics for the 24th report.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Summarizes the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD) meeting held on November 15, 2024. Features a presentation and discussion on tracking Title VII Trainees and a presentation from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Tribal Affairs, among other things. Covers recommendations for ACTPCMD's 23rd Report to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and Congress and topics for the 24th report.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Addressing Physician Shortage in Hawai'i - Kaua'i Medical Training Opportunities
Provides an overview of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine's Kaua'i Medical Training Track (KMTT), a medical education rural training track focused on addressing physician shortages in rural Kaua'i County. Details features of the KMTT facilitating rural exposure and effective training.
Author(s): Kathleen Kihmm Connolly, Travis Hong, Lee Ellen Buenconsejo-Lum
Citation: Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 83(11), 306-308
Date: 11/2024
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Provides an overview of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine's Kaua'i Medical Training Track (KMTT), a medical education rural training track focused on addressing physician shortages in rural Kaua'i County. Details features of the KMTT facilitating rural exposure and effective training.
Author(s): Kathleen Kihmm Connolly, Travis Hong, Lee Ellen Buenconsejo-Lum
Citation: Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 83(11), 306-308
Date: 11/2024
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The Making of a Physician: Pipeline Dwell Time, Knowledge Assessments, and Path to Licensure
An overview of the steps involved, as well as time invested and expense incurred, in physician education and licensure.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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An overview of the steps involved, as well as time invested and expense incurred, in physician education and licensure.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Growing the Rural Physician Workforce: Decades of Federal Funding Impacts Rural Graduate Medical Education
A historical review of graduate medical education funding and its relationship to the supply of rural physicians. Highlights recent federal funding and policies aimed at addressing the geographic maldistribution of physicians.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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A historical review of graduate medical education funding and its relationship to the supply of rural physicians. Highlights recent federal funding and policies aimed at addressing the geographic maldistribution of physicians.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Key Themes of Community-Oriented Primary Care Projects from a Longitudinal, Rural Interprofessional Health Professions Curriculum (1997–2023)
Examines Community Oriented Primary Care Project Model (COPC) projects implemented between 1997 and 2023 as part of rural medical and pharmacy health professions curricula in the University of Illinois system. Categorizes COPC project types and target populations, and discusses how COPC supports rural, community-engaged research.
Author(s): Hana E. Hinkle, A. Brianna Sheppard, Kara Fess, Heidi R. Olson, Elizabeth Squires
Citation: BMC Medical Education, 24, 1215
Date: 10/2024
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Examines Community Oriented Primary Care Project Model (COPC) projects implemented between 1997 and 2023 as part of rural medical and pharmacy health professions curricula in the University of Illinois system. Categorizes COPC project types and target populations, and discusses how COPC supports rural, community-engaged research.
Author(s): Hana E. Hinkle, A. Brianna Sheppard, Kara Fess, Heidi R. Olson, Elizabeth Squires
Citation: BMC Medical Education, 24, 1215
Date: 10/2024
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Building a Regional Healthcare Presence and Partnerships, with Krista Postai and Jason Wesco
An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast featuring Krista Postai, CEO of Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK), and Jason Wesco, CHC/SEK's President and Chief Strategy Officer. Focuses on the community health center's journey from a single facility operating out of a trailer to having 18 locations across the region that leverage community partnerships to address health-related social needs.
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast featuring Krista Postai, CEO of Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK), and Jason Wesco, CHC/SEK's President and Chief Strategy Officer. Focuses on the community health center's journey from a single facility operating out of a trailer to having 18 locations across the region that leverage community partnerships to address health-related social needs.
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD) Meeting Minutes, August 1-2, 2024
Summarizes the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD) meeting held on August 1-2, 2024. Features updates from the Bureau of Health Workforce on programs to address healthcare workforce shortages, presentations and discussions on Title VII Sections 747 and 748 grant programs, and a presentation on the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program, among other things.
Additional links: Presentations
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Summarizes the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD) meeting held on August 1-2, 2024. Features updates from the Bureau of Health Workforce on programs to address healthcare workforce shortages, presentations and discussions on Title VII Sections 747 and 748 grant programs, and a presentation on the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program, among other things.
Additional links: Presentations
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Recruitment of Residents to Rural Programs: Early Outcomes From Cohort 1 of the Rural Residency Planning and Development Grants Program
Examines outcomes of Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) awards that aim to recruit medical residents to serve in rural physician workforce shortage areas. Analyzes programs in 2022 and 2023 to observe recruitment, interviews, and matches of residents from the program's state.
Author(s): Amanda Weidner, Molly Ormsby, David V. Evans, et al.
Citation: Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 16(4), 484-488
Date: 08/2024
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Examines outcomes of Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) awards that aim to recruit medical residents to serve in rural physician workforce shortage areas. Analyzes programs in 2022 and 2023 to observe recruitment, interviews, and matches of residents from the program's state.
Author(s): Amanda Weidner, Molly Ormsby, David V. Evans, et al.
Citation: Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 16(4), 484-488
Date: 08/2024
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Kaua'i Rural and Public Health Selective: A Family Medicine Residency First
Examines the "Kaua'i Rural and Public Health Selective" training opportunity meant to better integrate public health professionals and primary care clinicians. Describes the rural public health activities of the graduate medical education (GME) residents taking part in the selective.
Author(s): Janet Berreman, Thomas Quattlebaum, Adriann Bruce
Citation: Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 83(8), 230-233
Date: 08/2024
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Examines the "Kaua'i Rural and Public Health Selective" training opportunity meant to better integrate public health professionals and primary care clinicians. Describes the rural public health activities of the graduate medical education (GME) residents taking part in the selective.
Author(s): Janet Berreman, Thomas Quattlebaum, Adriann Bruce
Citation: Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 83(8), 230-233
Date: 08/2024
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