Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce education and training
Addressing Rural Workforce Shortages and Healthcare Disparities: An Annotated Bibliography
Report designed to inform policy discussions and future publications concerning healthcare disparities and outcomes, the distribution of physicians in rural areas, and the graduate medical education system financing. Also includes sections on rural hospital closures, social determinants of health, and healthcare safety net facilities. Constructed from a literature review, expert-recommended articles, and a search of white and grey literature.
Author(s): Dara Khatib, Alison Huffstetler, Andrew Bazemore
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Robert Graham Center
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Report designed to inform policy discussions and future publications concerning healthcare disparities and outcomes, the distribution of physicians in rural areas, and the graduate medical education system financing. Also includes sections on rural hospital closures, social determinants of health, and healthcare safety net facilities. Constructed from a literature review, expert-recommended articles, and a search of white and grey literature.
Author(s): Dara Khatib, Alison Huffstetler, Andrew Bazemore
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Robert Graham Center
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Training Tomorrow's Physicians: Recommendations for Expanding Graduate Medical Education Funding in California
Provides recommendations and action steps for expanding graduate medical education (GME) in California, including in rural and underserved areas. Supports creating a centralized state planning organization to coordinate GME efforts and reviews potential GME funding sources from federal, state, and private sources. Highlights successful examples from other states.
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: California Health Care Foundation
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Provides recommendations and action steps for expanding graduate medical education (GME) in California, including in rural and underserved areas. Supports creating a centralized state planning organization to coordinate GME efforts and reviews potential GME funding sources from federal, state, and private sources. Highlights successful examples from other states.
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: California Health Care Foundation
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Meeting the Demand for Health: Final Report of the California Future Health Workforce Commission
Provides actionable recommendations for developing California's health workforce, addressing rural throughout. Discusses the state's population health, current health workforce challenges, healthcare delivery transformation, and more. The commission was convened by major health philanthropies to develop a comprehensive California health workforce strategy and was composed of state leaders in health, policy, education, and workforce development.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: California Future Health Workforce Commission
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Provides actionable recommendations for developing California's health workforce, addressing rural throughout. Discusses the state's population health, current health workforce challenges, healthcare delivery transformation, and more. The commission was convened by major health philanthropies to develop a comprehensive California health workforce strategy and was composed of state leaders in health, policy, education, and workforce development.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: California Future Health Workforce Commission
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A Profile of New Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physicians: Results from the Survey of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellows Who Completed Training in 2018
Presents results of a survey of 147 physicians who completed training in hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) in 2018. Covers fellows' demographics, prior medical training and experience, fellowship experience, post-training practice, and the HPM job market. Includes information on the intent to practice in rural and semi-rural locations and mean income by practice setting.
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organizations: American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, George Washington University Health Workforce Institute
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Presents results of a survey of 147 physicians who completed training in hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) in 2018. Covers fellows' demographics, prior medical training and experience, fellowship experience, post-training practice, and the HPM job market. Includes information on the intent to practice in rural and semi-rural locations and mean income by practice setting.
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organizations: American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, George Washington University Health Workforce Institute
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Rural Eye Healthcare: Optometrist Explains the Benefits of the Medical Model of Optometry
A rural optometrist from a California Federally Qualified Health Center discusses the connection between vision and overall health and the health benefits that optometric care brings to rural patients. Also discusses additional community health training optometry graduates may consider, such as an Indian Health Service residency program for optometrists.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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A rural optometrist from a California Federally Qualified Health Center discusses the connection between vision and overall health and the health benefits that optometric care brings to rural patients. Also discusses additional community health training optometry graduates may consider, such as an Indian Health Service residency program for optometrists.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Missouri's Health Care Workforce: Providing Care and Opportunity
Provides information on Missouri's healthcare workforce, including current demand and projected demand, healthcare education, projection of future healthcare needs, and more. Includes data on job postings in rural versus urban areas as well as county-level information on licensed practical nurses (LPNs), registered nurses (RNs), average age of citizens, net commuters, and projected percent change in demand for healthcare from 2017 to 2030, among other data.
Author(s): Jill Williams, David M. Mitchell
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Hospital Association
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Provides information on Missouri's healthcare workforce, including current demand and projected demand, healthcare education, projection of future healthcare needs, and more. Includes data on job postings in rural versus urban areas as well as county-level information on licensed practical nurses (LPNs), registered nurses (RNs), average age of citizens, net commuters, and projected percent change in demand for healthcare from 2017 to 2030, among other data.
Author(s): Jill Williams, David M. Mitchell
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Hospital Association
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An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Missouri Physicians
Provides an overview on the economic impact of physicians in Missouri, with a focus on physician specialties, education, employment and salary conditions, and the economic inputs and outputs related to physicians. Includes rural versus urban physician economic impacts as well as county-level data on doctors of medicine (MDs), doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs), physicians, and multi-specialty physicians, among other data.
Author(s): David M. Mitchell
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Hospital Association
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Provides an overview on the economic impact of physicians in Missouri, with a focus on physician specialties, education, employment and salary conditions, and the economic inputs and outputs related to physicians. Includes rural versus urban physician economic impacts as well as county-level data on doctors of medicine (MDs), doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs), physicians, and multi-specialty physicians, among other data.
Author(s): David M. Mitchell
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Hospital Association
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Diversity in Medicine: Facts and Figures 2019
Provides detailed statistical information about race, ethnicity, and sex in medical education and the physician workforce in the United States. Displays applicant, matriculant, and graduate data for the academic year 2018-2019 and faculty and workforce data for 2018.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
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Provides detailed statistical information about race, ethnicity, and sex in medical education and the physician workforce in the United States. Displays applicant, matriculant, and graduate data for the academic year 2018-2019 and faculty and workforce data for 2018.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
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Through the Diamond Threshold: A Community-Based Psycho-Educational Group Training Program for Treatment of Substance Use Disorders among American Indians
Discusses an intervention providing cultural competency training for providers of substance use disorder treatment in American Indian communities. Features a literature review outlining the training's framework.
Author(s): Rockey R. Robbins, Bryan G. Stare, Brittany M. Riggin
Citation: American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 26(1), 79-105
Date: 2019
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Discusses an intervention providing cultural competency training for providers of substance use disorder treatment in American Indian communities. Features a literature review outlining the training's framework.
Author(s): Rockey R. Robbins, Bryan G. Stare, Brittany M. Riggin
Citation: American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 26(1), 79-105
Date: 2019
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Examining the Availability of SAFE Kits at Hospitals in the United States
Congressional hearing analyzing the availability of sexual assault forensic examiners. Discusses the impact of training, service volume, and workforce retention on access. Notes rural-specific rates of sexual assault and challenges with access to care. Includes testimony from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, International Association of Forensic Nurses, and Futures Without Violence.
Additional links: A. Nicole Clowers Testimony, Kiersten Stewart Testimony, Sara Jennings Testimony
Date: 12/2018
Sponsoring organizations: House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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Congressional hearing analyzing the availability of sexual assault forensic examiners. Discusses the impact of training, service volume, and workforce retention on access. Notes rural-specific rates of sexual assault and challenges with access to care. Includes testimony from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, International Association of Forensic Nurses, and Futures Without Violence.
Additional links: A. Nicole Clowers Testimony, Kiersten Stewart Testimony, Sara Jennings Testimony
Date: 12/2018
Sponsoring organizations: House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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