This study explores the history of National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) match rates for rurally located family medicine residency programs over the past 25 years (1995-2020) in an effort to examine the widely held perception that low match rates equate to unfavorable program outcomes and to identify successful recruitment strategies for rural programs and for recruitment to rural practice generally.
RuralGME.org brings together partners in every specialty and experts from across the U.S. in all aspects of rural graduate medical education to provide technical assistance and resources.
Rural PREP study that examined family medicine rural vs. urban training outcomes: resident competence, scope of practice, and output to rural practice
Website describing the advocacy efforts to reform graduate medical education programs to increase the supply of primary care physicians
Policy brief from the National Rural Health Association and American Academy of Family Physicians with recommendations on medical training in rural areas
Rural PREP study identifies challenges and solutions to support rural and small residency programs critical to rural communities