In celebration of National Rural Health Day, Rural PREP is spotlighting our microresearch program, which creates interest in rural practice by encouraging medical, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant students, as well as other rural health professional trainees to conduct research about: Rural primary care Rural population health Rural health workforce education and training In […]
There is a shortage of rural primary care personnel with expertise in team care for patients with common mental disorders. Building the workforce for this population is a national priority. In this study we investigated the feasibility of regular systematic case reviews through telepsychiatric consultation, within collaborative care for depression, as a continuous training and workforce development strategy in rural clinics.
Increased medical school class sizes and new medical schools have not addressed the workforce issues in rural communities. This study examined the admissions policies of U.S. allopathic and osteopathic medical schools that target applicants likely to enter rural practice.
Educating more nurse practitioners (NPs) for rural practice is essential to address provider shortages in America’s small towns – but little is known about the aspects of clinical training that best prepare and encourage NPs to choose and succeed in a rural setting. To bridge that gap, the Collaborative for Rural Primary care Research, Education, […]
Through his research, the Class of 2021’s Paulius Mui hopes to capture what happens to patients when a rural physician leaves the community and use their perspective to inform policy and recruit physicians to low-population areas. Mui’s project is funded by a microresearch grant from the Collaborative for Rural Primary care, Research, Education and Practice […]
Tlalli E. Moya-Smith is passionate about serving rural, native and migrant communities. While a first-year student at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Moya-Smith felt fortunate to attend a conference tackling a problem that educators and researchers have struggled with for decades: how to make sure there are enough well-trained health care professionals […]