Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce education and training
Suicide Prevention Online Training
Provides a listing of free online courses for training healthcare and other service providers, educators, health professionals, public officials, and community-based coalitions to develop effective suicide prevention programs and policies. Courses are free but registration is required.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: Suicide Prevention Resource Center
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Provides a listing of free online courses for training healthcare and other service providers, educators, health professionals, public officials, and community-based coalitions to develop effective suicide prevention programs and policies. Courses are free but registration is required.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: Suicide Prevention Resource Center
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Wisconsin Rural Physicians Residency Assistance Program Updates and Newsletters
Newsletter of the Wisconsin Rural Physicians Residency Assistance Program (WRPRAP), which collaborates with rural health advocates, community clinicians, and residency educators in Wisconsin, to develop educational experiences that foster an understanding of and interest in rural medical practice among new physicians.
Type: Journal/Newsletter
Sponsoring organization: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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Newsletter of the Wisconsin Rural Physicians Residency Assistance Program (WRPRAP), which collaborates with rural health advocates, community clinicians, and residency educators in Wisconsin, to develop educational experiences that foster an understanding of and interest in rural medical practice among new physicians.
Type: Journal/Newsletter
Sponsoring organization: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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SIM - SD: Simulation in Motion - South Dakota
A mobile education program that brings technologically advanced training of emergency patient care to rural South Dakota's pre-hospital and hospital emergency care providers. Uses human-like, computerized mannequins.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: South Dakota Department of Health
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A mobile education program that brings technologically advanced training of emergency patient care to rural South Dakota's pre-hospital and hospital emergency care providers. Uses human-like, computerized mannequins.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: South Dakota Department of Health
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New Mexico Project ECHO
Supports the ECHO model of sharing medical knowledge and expanding treatment capacity in areas of need, both rural and urban, by connecting local clinicians in weekly virtual clinics with specialists located at academic medical centers.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
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Supports the ECHO model of sharing medical knowledge and expanding treatment capacity in areas of need, both rural and urban, by connecting local clinicians in weekly virtual clinics with specialists located at academic medical centers.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
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Project ECHO Nevada
Provides training and indirect telehealth consultations to increase health care and public health professionals' capacity to effectively address emerging, common, chronic, and complex conditions in populations throughout Nevada. Connects urban, university-based subject matter experts with health care and public health professionals through regularly scheduled teleconference sessions where professionals can speak directly with specialists to review their challenging patient cases for feedback and recommendations. On Demand Library offers video recordings of training sessions.
Additional links: On Demand Library
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Office of Statewide Initiatives
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Provides training and indirect telehealth consultations to increase health care and public health professionals' capacity to effectively address emerging, common, chronic, and complex conditions in populations throughout Nevada. Connects urban, university-based subject matter experts with health care and public health professionals through regularly scheduled teleconference sessions where professionals can speak directly with specialists to review their challenging patient cases for feedback and recommendations. On Demand Library offers video recordings of training sessions.
Additional links: On Demand Library
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Office of Statewide Initiatives
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Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Centers (GRECC)
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs centers of excellence focused on aging. GRECCs are located at medical centers across the center, and each includes a research, an education, and a clinical component that work together to provide care to the aging veteran population and train healthcare professionals.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs centers of excellence focused on aging. GRECCs are located at medical centers across the center, and each includes a research, an education, and a clinical component that work together to provide care to the aging veteran population and train healthcare professionals.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Wisconsin Partnership Program
Works to build public and community health skills, leadership, and collaboration to improve Wisconsin residents' health. Provides resources for continuing education and training targeted toward healthcare practitioners and providers, healthcare systems, community leaders, and public health agencies.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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Works to build public and community health skills, leadership, and collaboration to improve Wisconsin residents' health. Provides resources for continuing education and training targeted toward healthcare practitioners and providers, healthcare systems, community leaders, and public health agencies.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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Alaska Community Health Aide Program
Describes the Community Health Aide Program (CHAP) and the network of Community Health Aides/Practitioners from more than 170 rural Alaska villages. Provides information and resources for training, and completes assessments and referrals for community members in need of healthcare.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
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Describes the Community Health Aide Program (CHAP) and the network of Community Health Aides/Practitioners from more than 170 rural Alaska villages. Provides information and resources for training, and completes assessments and referrals for community members in need of healthcare.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
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Area Health Education Centers Directory
Directory of Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) and AHEC Programs by state. AHECs work to recruit, train, and retain health professionals committed to underserved populations.
Type: Directory
Sponsoring organization: National AHEC Organization
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Directory of Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) and AHEC Programs by state. AHECs work to recruit, train, and retain health professionals committed to underserved populations.
Type: Directory
Sponsoring organization: National AHEC Organization
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Community Paramedic
Provides an overview of the Community Paramedic Program, a standard curriculum that universities and colleges can adapt for use in community paramedicine certification programs.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: The Savvik Foundation
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Provides an overview of the Community Paramedic Program, a standard curriculum that universities and colleges can adapt for use in community paramedicine certification programs.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: The Savvik Foundation
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