New Federal Grant Sends More OBGYNs to Train in Rural Areas

Wisconsin Public Radio

Jun 18, 2024

Discusses how new funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will be used to expand the rural OBGYN residency track at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Explores factors contributing to recent closures of rural Wisconsin obstetrics services, including provider shortages, low volume of deliveries, and declining local birth rates.

Access · Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Funding · Graduate medical education · Health workforce supply and demand · Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Wisconsin