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Enticing Rural Residents to Practice Where They Train

Source
Medscape Medical News
Date
Dec 19, 2024
Summary
Reports on physician shortages in rural communities and efforts to reduce those shortages through practice incentives. Discusses remaining barriers including funding for rural residencies, the amount of time necessary to launch a rural residency, and patient density for specialists.
Tagged as
Access · Financial aid for health career education · Graduate medical education · Health workforce shortage designations · Health workforce supply and demand · Physicians · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Specialty care