Are Family Physicians Trained in Small Rural Residencies of Comparable Quality to Family Physicians Overall?
Because residency location is a strong determinant of eventual practice location, residency training in rural communities is critical for meeting rural workforce needs. Yet the quality of training and medical care provided by graduates of small rural family medicine residency programs is sometimes questioned. Using data from the American Board of Family Medicine, this study sought to demonstrate the value of rural training by examining how graduates of small rural family medicine programs compare with other family medicine residency graduates on ratings of competence and medical knowledge, current scope of practice, and output to rural practice.
- Peterson LE, Morgan ZJ, Andrilla CHA, Pollack SW, Longenecker R, Schmitz D, Evans D, DG Patterson. Academic achievement and competency in rural and urban family medicine residents. Fam Med.
- Read the full article https://journals.stfm.org/familymedicine/online-first/peterson-2022-0143/
- Pollack SW, Andrilla CHA, Peterson LE, Morgan ZJ, Longenecker R, Schmitz D, Evans D, DG Patterson. Rural versus urban family medicine residency scope of training and practice. Fam Med. Preprint posted online January 26, 2023.
- Read the full article https://journals.stfm.org/familymedicine/online-first/pollack-2022-0181/
- Patterson DG, Shipman SA, Pollack SW, Andrilla CHA, Schmitz D, Evans D, Peterson LE, Longenecker R. Patterson DG, Shipman SA, Pollack SW, et al. Growing a rural family physician workforce: the contributions of rural background and rural place of residency training. Health Serv Res. 2023;1‐7.
- Read the full article https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-6773.14168
For more information contact: Davis Patterson, PhD