Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce education and training
COGME Twentieth Report: Advancing Primary Care
Makes recommendations related to the ideal number of primary care physicians, primary care physician reimbursement, financial aid programs, as well as physician education and distribution. Addresses rural and underserved areas, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), and community health centers (CHCs).
Author(s): Jerry Kruse, Mark Kelley, Tom Keane, et al.
Date: 12/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Council on Graduate Medical Education
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Makes recommendations related to the ideal number of primary care physicians, primary care physician reimbursement, financial aid programs, as well as physician education and distribution. Addresses rural and underserved areas, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), and community health centers (CHCs).
Author(s): Jerry Kruse, Mark Kelley, Tom Keane, et al.
Date: 12/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Council on Graduate Medical Education
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OB Fellowship Outcomes 1992-2010: Where Do They Go, Who Stops Delivering, and Why?
Analyzes family medicine physicians who completed a fellowship in obstetrics in Tennessee. Examines where they located, career changes, and why some stopped providing maternity care. Identifies a high percentage who practiced in rural areas and spent time as faculty.
Author(s): Wm. MacMillan Rodney, Conchita Martinez, Millard Collins, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 712-6
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Analyzes family medicine physicians who completed a fellowship in obstetrics in Tennessee. Examines where they located, career changes, and why some stopped providing maternity care. Identifies a high percentage who practiced in rural areas and spent time as faculty.
Author(s): Wm. MacMillan Rodney, Conchita Martinez, Millard Collins, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 712-6
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Outcomes of a Preclinical Rural Medicine Elective at an Urban Medical School
Examines the effect of a rural medicine elective in Kentucky on medical students. Focuses on the impact of the program on the likelihood of those students choosing rural practice.
Author(s): William J. Crump, R. Steve Fricker, Craig H. Ziegler
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 717-722
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Examines the effect of a rural medicine elective in Kentucky on medical students. Focuses on the impact of the program on the likelihood of those students choosing rural practice.
Author(s): William J. Crump, R. Steve Fricker, Craig H. Ziegler
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 717-722
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Qualitative Differences Between Traditional and Rural-Longitudinal Medical Student OSCE Performance
Compares students in the longitudinal Rural Physician Associate Program to traditional clerkship students using qualitative methods. Supports qualitative evaluation and longitudinal clinical experiences.
Author(s): Therese Zink, David V. Power, Kenneth Olson, Ilene B. Harris, Kathleen D. Brooks
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 707-711
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Compares students in the longitudinal Rural Physician Associate Program to traditional clerkship students using qualitative methods. Supports qualitative evaluation and longitudinal clinical experiences.
Author(s): Therese Zink, David V. Power, Kenneth Olson, Ilene B. Harris, Kathleen D. Brooks
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 707-711
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Is There Equivalency Between Students in a Longitudinal, Rural Clerkship and a Traditional Urban-Based Program?
Compares the test scores and demographics of students in the rural and traditional clerkship programs at the University of Minnesota. Concludes that the Rural Physician Associate Program provides an education experience similar in quality to the traditional program.
Author(s): Therese Zink, David V. Power, Deborah Finstad, Kathleen D. Brooks
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 702-706
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Compares the test scores and demographics of students in the rural and traditional clerkship programs at the University of Minnesota. Concludes that the Rural Physician Associate Program provides an education experience similar in quality to the traditional program.
Author(s): Therese Zink, David V. Power, Deborah Finstad, Kathleen D. Brooks
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 702-706
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Family Medicine Spokane Rural Training Track: 24 Years of Rural-Based Graduate Medical Education
Describes the Family Medicine Spokane (FMS) Rural Training Track, its success, challenges, and lessons learned.
Author(s): Robert K. Maudlin, Gary R. Newkirk
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 723-728
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Describes the Family Medicine Spokane (FMS) Rural Training Track, its success, challenges, and lessons learned.
Author(s): Robert K. Maudlin, Gary R. Newkirk
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 723-728
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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New Medical School Engages Rural Communities to Conduct Regional Health Assessment
Describes how a medical school in rural Pennsylvania partnered with local communities to inform the school's curriculum and research agenda.
Author(s): Mariana Garrettson, Vera Walline, Janelle Heisler, Janet Townsend
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 693-701
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Describes how a medical school in rural Pennsylvania partnered with local communities to inform the school's curriculum and research agenda.
Author(s): Mariana Garrettson, Vera Walline, Janelle Heisler, Janet Townsend
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 693-701
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Scholars in Rural Health: Outcomes From an Assured Admissions Program
Describes a program in Kansas intended to recruit students from rural communities to medical school. Evaluates the success of the program in increasing the number of primary care physicians in underserved areas.
Author(s): K. James Kallail, Sandra McCurdy
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 729-731
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Describes a program in Kansas intended to recruit students from rural communities to medical school. Evaluates the success of the program in increasing the number of primary care physicians in underserved areas.
Author(s): K. James Kallail, Sandra McCurdy
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 729-731
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Preparing the Interprofessional Healthcare Workforce to Address Health Behavior Change: Ensuring A High Quality and Cost-Effective Healthcare System
10th Annual Report to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Congress of the United States. Focuses on education and training needed to help the healthcare workforce promote positive health behaviors. Discusses task shifting to community members in rural areas such as the use of lay health workers, including promotoras and patient navigators.
Date: 09/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages
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10th Annual Report to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Congress of the United States. Focuses on education and training needed to help the healthcare workforce promote positive health behaviors. Discusses task shifting to community members in rural areas such as the use of lay health workers, including promotoras and patient navigators.
Date: 09/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages
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Family Medicine Residency Training in Rural Locations
Reports findings from a survey of U.S. family medicine residency programs about the current status and location of their rural training for residents. Includes information on small rural, large rural, and urban programs.
Author(s): Frederick M. Chen, C. Holly A. Andrilla, Mark P. Doescher, Carl Morris
Date: 07/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Reports findings from a survey of U.S. family medicine residency programs about the current status and location of their rural training for residents. Includes information on small rural, large rural, and urban programs.
Author(s): Frederick M. Chen, C. Holly A. Andrilla, Mark P. Doescher, Carl Morris
Date: 07/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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