NRHA president-elect David Schmitz, MD, shares his thoughts on the recruitment of healthcare providers, training rural physicians, and the challenges and rewards of rural practice.
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Topics: Recruitment and retention of health professionals
Counteracting the Darkness of Physician Burnout
Physician burnout is rising as a popular healthcare topic, but the reality has been an ongoing problem in rural health settings. Dr. Jill Kruse shares her burnout experience, how she overcame it, and what she is doing to help others, while Dr. Randall Longenecker gives tips on building resiliency.
Read MoreAn Interview with Craig Kennedy
The Executive Director of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved discusses its development, and how ACU works to expand access to primary care in rural areas.
Read MoreMississippi Scholarship Program Helps Create More Rural Physicians
The Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program is addressing the state’s health care crisis by providing incentives for medical students to practice in rural areas.
Read MorePrograms for Loan Repayment and Forgiveness: A List for Rural Providers
A guide to loan repayment/forgiveness programs, which can be an optimal way to attract needed healthcare professionals.
Read MoreRural Volunteer EMS Squads Face Staffing Challenges
Volunteer EMS squads are dwindling in number due to the lack of able-bodied and available recruits.
Read MoreIntroduction
The Spring 2012 issue looks at ways rural communities are working to actively recruit primary care providers and to train and establish HIT staff.
Read MoreActive Recruitment Pays Off for Small Town Clinics
For many rural clinic directors, active recruitment is a second job, but the reward is finding health professionals who want to work and stay in small towns.
Read MoreArea Health Education Centers Doing AHEC of a Job: Inspiring, Training, Housing Medical Professionals in Underserved Areas
Three AHECs—in New York, Hawaii and Georgia—are among those across the nation that work to recruit, train and retain medical professionals.
Read MoreAn Interview with Charles Alfero
The CEO of Hidalgo Medical Services and director of the National Center for Frontier Communities discusses life and work in the New Mexico frontier.
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