Education and Training of the Rural Healthcare Workforce resources via the Rural Health Information Hub

Resource: Philanthropic Funding Helps Rural Providers Access Ultrasound Equipment and Training

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:26:22 -0500

Discusses the benefits of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for rural patients and facilities. Describes funding from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust for POCUS equipment and training and shares experiences of rural Minnesota and North Dakota providers who received this support. -- Rural Health Information Hub

News: MSU-Meridian Receives $500,000 Grant to Expand Rural Clinical Training for Physician Assistant Students

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:31:20 -0500

Mississippi State University-Meridian and Mississippi Christian University in Clinton will share a $500,000 U.S. Department of Education grant to expand clinical training opportunities for physician assistant students in rural Mississippi. The funding runs through August 2029 and will help strengthen the healthcare workforce and improve patient outcomes.

Resource: AACOM 2024-25 Academic Year Graduating Seniors Survey Summary Report

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:32:38 -0500

Results of a survey of 5,045 expected 2025 graduates from colleges of osteopathic medicine and branch campuses. Provides statistics and data on medical education debt and scholarships, graduate medical education plans, and percentages of students who plan to practice in rural underserved or shortage areas. -- American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

Resource: Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program Evaluation: Academic Years 2018-2023

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:22:07 -0500

Summarizes results of a retrospective evaluation of the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program for academic years (AYs) 2018-2023. Features statistics with breakdowns by specialty and by disadvantaged or rural residents, and a summary of accomplishments for those who received THCGME support during AY 2022-2023. -- National Center for Health Workforce Analysis

Resource: Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program: Academic Year 2024-2025

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:01:59 -0500

Summarizes outcomes of grantee programs and residents who received Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) support during the 2024-2025 academic year. Also presents select multi-year outcomes for the program. Features statistics including the number of disadvantaged or rural residents, and percentages of THCGME clinical training site settings, with breakdowns by rural area and medically underserved communities. -- National Center for Health Workforce Analysis

News: HRSA: Recharter for the Council on Graduate Medical Education

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:54:56 -0500

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces the renewal of the Council on Graduate Medical Education. The charter is effective through September 30, 2028.

News: Praxis Center Rural Health Simulation Center: Request for Feedback

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:49:29 -0500

Feedback is requested from healthcare leaders, educators, clinicians, and care providers regarding real-world needs as part of a national assessment of training and workforce needs. The survey is offered by Praxis Center in Montana, a planned training facility focused on rural simulation-based professional development.

Event: 2027 Biennial National AHEC Organization Conference

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:16:50 -0500

Shreveport LA
June 22, 2027 -- National AHEC Organization

Resource: Building a Robust Primary Care Workforce: Diffusing Lessons Across States

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:02:17 -0500

Blog post examining primary care workforce shortages in rural and underserved areas. Describes efforts by Missouri, North Carolina, and Wisconsin to develop and implement state-level graduate medical education strategies to increase their primary care workforce. -- Milbank Memorial Fund

Resource: Towards Consistency for Behavioral Health Paraprofessionals - Part 1: Where We Stand — A National Landscape of BHP Formalization

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:43:09 -0500

Examines how states regulate, educate, and reimburse behavioral health and substance use paraprofessionals. Identifies variations in credentials, training requirements, scope of practice, and financing. Includes a set of state profiles examining how selected states have approached development and regulation of behavioral health paraprofessionals. Mentions rural throughout. -- Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy

Event: Leveraging the Rural Health Transformation Program

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:23:16 -0500

Event: 2027 MetaECHO Conference

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:21:00 -0500

Albuquerque NM
September 27, 2027

Resource: Association Between Rural Attitudes in Family Medicine Residency and Rural Employment

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:42:07 -0500

Explores rural family medicine residents' attitudes at residency completion and how they are associated with subsequent rural employment. Based on data from a study conducted from 2021-2025 survey of residents in two Mountain Area Health Education Center programs.

Resource: Improving Trauma Stabilization Training for Rural Family Medicine Residents

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:19:14 -0500

Presents data from the first 3 years of the Trauma and Emergency Medicine Track, developed in 2019 as a partnership among Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, Oregon; trauma surgeons; and Cascades East Family Medicine. The program prepares rural medical residents to lead trauma care, provides opportunities to perform trauma-specific procedures, and improves residents' comfort level with trauma stabilization.

Resource: Community-Based Training and Impact on Care of Socially Disadvantaged Populations

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:00:24 -0500

Results of a study examining the association between community-based training of primary care physicians and subsequent practice in rural and underserved areas. Features demographics and and a state-level map showing distribution of family physicians who trained in Teaching Health Centers or Rural Training Tracks and graduated between 2017-2022.

Event: 2027 Rural Medical Training Collaborative (RMTC) Annual Meeting

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:26:30 -0500

Incline Village NV
April 21, 2027 -- Rural Medical Training Collaborative (formerly the RTT Collaborative)

Event: 2026 Fall Rural Health Clinical Congress

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:34:21 -0500

-- Talem Health Rural Medical Education Collaborative

Resource: Rural Health Curriculum in Bachelor of Science in Nursing Programs: A Narrative Review

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:27:12 -0500

Evaluates 93 Bachelor of Science in Nursing courses and initiatives to determine how rural health is integrated into course curricula. Includes analysis of course or initiative length, population focus, and states where courses are located. Discusses rural in larger population health training contexts, training methods, and implications for training the rural nursing workforce.

Resource: Rural Background, Training Exposure, and Rural Practice Location Among US Physicians

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:15:52 -0500

Research letter exploring the interdependence between recruiting students from rural backgrounds and providing exposure to rural settings during undergraduate and graduate medical education training. Uses data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) 2022 National Sample Survey of Physicians.

Resource: A Guide to GME Development in Rural and Underserved Areas

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:54:42 -0500

Offers a roadmap for establishing, expanding, or strengthening Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs in communities with limited access to healthcare. Highlights resources, tools, and best practices to align GME programs with workforce needs, strengthen physician pipelines, and improve access to care. Requires free account registration to access document. -- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

Resource: Trends in Rural and Urban Family Physician Teaching of Health Professions Students and Residents

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:18:29 -0500

Compares the amount of early career family physicians offering clinical instruction to health professions students in rural and urban areas. Analyzes the types of students being taught, such as premedical, medical, residents, or fellows, among others, as well as practice characteristics of the settings where physicians were engaged in teaching.

Resource: Putting the Roadmap to a Comprehensive State Graduate Medical Education Strategy into Practice: State Perspectives

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:06:27 -0500

Explores ways in which Missouri, North Carolina, and Wisconsin are planning and implementing aspects of their state graduate medical education strategies. Offers insights for other states investigating ways to sustain a rural healthcare workforce and considering a "grow-your-own" approach to expanded residency training. -- Milbank Memorial Fund

Resource: Nursing in the Rural West: Challenges and Opportunities for Supporting Rural Students and Communities

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:39:56 -0500

Provides a regional perspective on nursing workforce needs in Western rural areas, based on discussions with stakeholders from Wyoming, New Mexico, and Colorado. Highlights rural nursing student supports, clinical placements, faculty development, and preceptor development. -- Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education

Resource: Promoting Your Teaching Health Center Dental Residency

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:29:24 -0500

Toolkit offering strategies to reach dental students and encourage them to consider residency programs in Teaching Health Centers. Full access to toolkit requires a free Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) account. -- 3RNET, The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

Resource: Expanding and Sustaining Rural Clinical Education: Perspectives from Health Professions Education Leaders

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:56:38 -0500

Summarizes themes from interviews with 21 rural clinical education leaders from 16 organizations regarding strategies to sustain and expand rural clinical education. Identifies challenges and facilitators in developing and sustaining rural clinical education sites for health professions students. Discusses strategies to strengthen cross-disciplinary partnerships that support the expansion of rural clinical education. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center

Event: 2027 Rural Medical Education Conference

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:53:53 -0500

New Orleans LA
May 18, 2027 -- National Rural Health Association

Event: 2026 GME Transformation Summit

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:58:32 -0500

Denver CO
December 10, 2026

Resource: Promoting Access to Chronic Illness Management and Nursing Education in a Rural Illinois Nurse-Led Mobile Health Unit

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:45:01 -0500

Examines the impact of nurse-led mobile health units (MHUs) to provide point-of-care (POC) screening and management of chronic disease in rural and hard-to-reach areas. Discusses MHU clinical experiences in nursing programs and expanding access to POC healthcare in rural areas.

Resource: CAPES Academy

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:44:39 -0500

Offers free self-paced training for nursing clinical instructors and preceptors covering topics such as suicide prevention, student engagement, professional resilience, and more.

Resource: A Roadmap for Building and Implementing a Comprehensive State Graduate Medical Education Strategy: Actionable Steps to Align Investments with Workforce Needs

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:44:25 -0500

Offers an evidence-based framework that organizes a graduate medical education (GME) growth strategy into 5 stages. Can be used as part of federal Rural Health Transformation Program activities to strengthen workforce recruitment and retention and to improve healthcare access in rural areas. Table 1 shows state GME models and technical assistance initiatives. -- Milbank Memorial Fund