The first of a three-part series of issue briefs from the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) focused on improving the health of rural communities through strengthening the rural healthcare workforce (July 2020).
Investing in a Health Workforce that Meets Rural Needs
The second of a three-part series of issue briefs from the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) focused on improving the health of rural communities through strengthening the rural healthcare workforce (February 2021).
Training Needs to Prepare the Healthcare Workforce for Rural Practice
The third of a three-part series of issue briefs from the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) focused on improving the health of rural communities through strengthening the rural healthcare workforce (June 2021).
Supporting Medical Education Reforms Through Data and Local Advocacy for Rural Pipelines
Rural pipeline programs can be useful tools in medical education reform to benefit counties with the gain of family physicians and production of health professionals. This webinar featuring Dr. John Wheat explores the role of rural medical educators in further reforming medical education and training and impacting local health care.
Pipelines to Pathways: Medical School Commitment to Producing a Rural Workforce
This is a descriptive study of publicly available and rurally relevant characteristics of all 182 allopathic and osteopathic medical schools operating in the 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2016, with rural program information for these schools updated in 2019. The authors constructed a “rural program” definition in order to systematically catalog coordinated and strategic medical school efforts to produce a rural physician workforce.
Personalizing a Pandemic Message for Rural Communities
This webinar on the COVID-19 pandemic was presented by Drs. Joanna and Ross Kauffman during the online 19th Annual Rural Health Scholars retreat “Making Population Health for Rural Communities Personal”
Recruitment to Rural Residency Programs: Match Rates and Best Practices
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.
Presenting Your Case: Making Use of Telehealth in Rural Practice
This teaching kit featuring work by Van Roper, Phd., RN., FNP-C will showcase the use of the ECHO model to provide meaningful experiential learning and patient care collaborative experience for both primary care providers and health professions students in an interprofessional environment.
Demystifying the Rural Job Search: Putting Your Best Foot Forward
This teaching kit featuring work by Mike Shimmens and Michelle Varcho will help Physician’s Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and Physicians untangle the many barriers to their rural job search by introducing tools and resources designed to help those that are looking for rural specific opportunities.
Why Do I Teach in Rural Practice? A Day in the Life of a Rural Preceptor
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The teaching kit featuring work by Robert Ostrander, MD. will explore the importance of teaching in rural practice to both one’s well-being and to student learning.