Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce education and training
Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium Online Training
Offers no-cost online disaster preparedness training for rural first responders. All courses are certified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and some courses may require prerequisites.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium
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Offers no-cost online disaster preparedness training for rural first responders. All courses are certified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and some courses may require prerequisites.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium
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Missouri Show-Me ECHO
Provides training using videoconferencing technology to connect interdisciplinary experts with primary care providers and other professionals in Missouri to develop their skills and improve patient care, access, quality, and efficiency. Offers free continuing education for participating sites and individuals.
Sponsoring organizations: Missouri Telehealth Network, University of Missouri School of Medicine
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Provides training using videoconferencing technology to connect interdisciplinary experts with primary care providers and other professionals in Missouri to develop their skills and improve patient care, access, quality, and efficiency. Offers free continuing education for participating sites and individuals.
Sponsoring organizations: Missouri Telehealth Network, University of Missouri School of Medicine
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Oregon ECHO Network - Project ECHO
An interactive educational and community-building experience that allows Oregon healthcare professionals to gain new skills and competencies through video connection for providing specialty care to patients.
Sponsoring organization: Oregon ECHO Network
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An interactive educational and community-building experience that allows Oregon healthcare professionals to gain new skills and competencies through video connection for providing specialty care to patients.
Sponsoring organization: Oregon ECHO Network
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Project ECHO at Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Offers a telementoring model using video-conferencing technology to connect rural community-based primary care teams in New Hampshire and Vermont with expert providers.
Sponsoring organization: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
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Offers a telementoring model using video-conferencing technology to connect rural community-based primary care teams in New Hampshire and Vermont with expert providers.
Sponsoring organization: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
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E-learning Program: Improving Cultural Competency for Behavioral Health Professionals
Presents a 5-hour on demand e-learning program to help healthcare professionals increase their cultural and linguistic competency. The program is accredited for contact hours for many health professionals.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health
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Presents a 5-hour on demand e-learning program to help healthcare professionals increase their cultural and linguistic competency. The program is accredited for contact hours for many health professionals.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health
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Michigan - Substance Use Disorder Project ECHO
Offers a guided practice model to increase workforce capacity and meet the needs of patients by providing best-practice specialty care training to primary care doctors, nurses, and other clinicians through videoconferencing to address the challenges facing providers in the provision of substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services.
Sponsoring organization: Saginaw Valley State University
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Offers a guided practice model to increase workforce capacity and meet the needs of patients by providing best-practice specialty care training to primary care doctors, nurses, and other clinicians through videoconferencing to address the challenges facing providers in the provision of substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services.
Sponsoring organization: Saginaw Valley State University
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Substance Use Management Warmline
Free, confidential teleconsultation service for clinicians, providing expert recommendations addressing substance use evaluation and management. Provides peer-to-peer consultation to support primary care providers in managing complex patients with addiction, chronic pain, and behavioral health issues.
Sponsoring organization: National Clinician Consultation Center
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Free, confidential teleconsultation service for clinicians, providing expert recommendations addressing substance use evaluation and management. Provides peer-to-peer consultation to support primary care providers in managing complex patients with addiction, chronic pain, and behavioral health issues.
Sponsoring organization: National Clinician Consultation Center
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Idaho Project ECHO
A series of educational video conference sessions between clinicians in remote communities in Idaho and expert specialists. Topics covered include mental and behavioral health; opioids, pain, and substance use disorders; autism, COVID-19, and more.
Additional links: Schedule
Sponsoring organization: University of Idaho
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A series of educational video conference sessions between clinicians in remote communities in Idaho and expert specialists. Topics covered include mental and behavioral health; opioids, pain, and substance use disorders; autism, COVID-19, and more.
Additional links: Schedule
Sponsoring organization: University of Idaho
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Bureau of Health Workforce Clinician Dashboards
Offers data tools and information on retention and distribution of participants who have completed their training or service in Bureau of Health Workforce programs from 2012-2022. Shows retention rates for National Health Service Corps and Nurse Corps alumni and includes filters for various clinician, program, location, and site characteristics. Features statistics with breakdowns by percentages of clinicians currently working in Health Professional Shortage Areas or working in rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Offers data tools and information on retention and distribution of participants who have completed their training or service in Bureau of Health Workforce programs from 2012-2022. Shows retention rates for National Health Service Corps and Nurse Corps alumni and includes filters for various clinician, program, location, and site characteristics. Features statistics with breakdowns by percentages of clinicians currently working in Health Professional Shortage Areas or working in rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Health Professions Training Programs
Displays health professions education and training programs data from academic year 2012-2013 to present, with breakdowns by program. Provides an in-depth look at the distribution of providers and participant demographics by state. Allows users to search for statistics on providers with rural backgrounds and key training settings in medically underserved communities and rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Displays health professions education and training programs data from academic year 2012-2013 to present, with breakdowns by program. Provides an in-depth look at the distribution of providers and participant demographics by state. Allows users to search for statistics on providers with rural backgrounds and key training settings in medically underserved communities and rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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