Education and Training of the Rural Healthcare Workforce – Resources
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Bureau of Health Workforce Field Strength and Students and Trainees Dashboards
Data tools and information related to the National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program participants. Allows users to access subsets of data by filtering on various program, location, shortage designation, and site attributes, including rural location. Offers insight into disciplines and school locations of future clinicians preparing to serve in shortage areas across the country.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Data tools and information related to the National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program participants. Allows users to access subsets of data by filtering on various program, location, shortage designation, and site attributes, including rural location. Offers insight into disciplines and school locations of future clinicians preparing to serve in shortage areas across the country.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program: Academic Years 2021-2022
Describes activities of the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program (THCGMEP), in its efforts to bolster the primary care workforce through support for new and expanded primary care and dental residency programs, as well as improve distribution of the workforce through emphasis on underserved communities and populations. Features statistics on select program characteristics with breakdowns including total disadvantaged or rural residents and clinical training sites with breakdowns including rural location.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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Describes activities of the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program (THCGMEP), in its efforts to bolster the primary care workforce through support for new and expanded primary care and dental residency programs, as well as improve distribution of the workforce through emphasis on underserved communities and populations. Features statistics on select program characteristics with breakdowns including total disadvantaged or rural residents and clinical training sites with breakdowns including rural location.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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Sexual Violence Training for Community Health Workers/Promotoras
An online course for community health workers (CHWs) that provides an introduction to basic knowledge and skills useful in assisting and responding to victims of sexual violence. Offers continuing education contact hours towards a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) accreditation.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Rural Women's Health Network
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An online course for community health workers (CHWs) that provides an introduction to basic knowledge and skills useful in assisting and responding to victims of sexual violence. Offers continuing education contact hours towards a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) accreditation.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Rural Women's Health Network
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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.
Type: Tutorial/Training
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.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium
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Accredited Rural Residency Programs
Map showing locations of accredited rural residency programs in internal medicine, general surgery, psychiatry, and family medicine. Includes locations of Integrated Rural Training Track (IRTT) and IRTT-like programs, both of which require more than 50% of the training to take place in rural areas.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Rural Medical Training Collaborative (formerly the RTT Collaborative)
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Map showing locations of accredited rural residency programs in internal medicine, general surgery, psychiatry, and family medicine. Includes locations of Integrated Rural Training Track (IRTT) and IRTT-like programs, both of which require more than 50% of the training to take place in rural areas.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Rural Medical Training Collaborative (formerly the RTT Collaborative)
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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.
Type: Tutorial/Training
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.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health
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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.
Type: Website
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.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Rural PREP Grand Rounds
Features online learning presentations and active learning sessions for rural primary care practices. Past presentations are archived so rural providers can engage with them at their own pace.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Rural PREP
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Features online learning presentations and active learning sessions for rural primary care practices. Past presentations are archived so rural providers can engage with them at their own pace.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Rural PREP
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Med School Mapper
Interactive map locates medical schools and graduates across the U.S. Features county-level data detailing the number of physicians and the medical schools they graduated from. Details population information for selected areas.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Robert Graham Center
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Interactive map locates medical schools and graduates across the U.S. Features county-level data detailing the number of physicians and the medical schools they graduated from. Details population information for selected areas.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Robert Graham Center
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RTT Collaborative Newsletter
Provides links to rural health professions-related news items, including the quarterly newsletters from the RTT Collaborative.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Rural Medical Training Collaborative (formerly the RTT Collaborative)
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Provides links to rural health professions-related news items, including the quarterly newsletters from the RTT Collaborative.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Rural Medical Training Collaborative (formerly the RTT Collaborative)
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Last Updated: 2/23/2024