Rural Health
News by Topic: Health workforce education and training
Jan 17, 2025 - Interviews a University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh nursing student about her experience with telehealth education as part of the nursing school curriculum. The goal of the program is to train the workforce and in turn increase access to healthcare, particularly in rural communities.
Source: UW Oshkosh Today
Jan 9, 2025 - Describes new funding for cancer treatment research. Discusses how using students in the research will impact future rural healthcare opportunities.
Source: The Den
Jan 9, 2025 - Profiles a program specialist in the West Virginia University Rural Track in the School of Medicine. Describes the program and the challenges it aims to overcome including workforce shortages and rural-focused training for future physicians.
Source: My Buckhannon
Jan 7, 2025 - Highlights services offered by a rural healthcare provider to be sustainable and attract workforce. Notes the higher than average rate of retaining rural physicians since starting a rural residency program.
Source: WVUA 23 News
Jan 7, 2025 - Describes a program connecting nurses in training with patients through free screenings in rural and other underserved communities across Indiana, offering the students hands-on practice and increasing access to healthcare for rural residents. Highlights other health outreach activities through Indiana University including eye exams, oral healthcare, fitness assessments, and more. Notes the efforts by the university to address healthcare workforce shortages in the state.
Source: News at IU
Jan 6, 2025 - Profiles a community health worker (CHW) in rural Arkansas. Describes the role of CHWs in their communities, workforce shortages across the state, and CHW training.
Source: UAMS News
Jan 3, 2025 - Announces a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funded project to establish new rural obstetric training graduate medical education opportunities in Maine. The goal of the program is to increase access to specialty care for pregnant patients in rural communities.
Source: Daily Bulldog
HRSA: Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program: Updated Methodology To Determine Full-Time Equivalent Resident Count
Federal Register
Dec 30, 2024 - Notice from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) seeking comments on updating the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program's method of determining an eligible children's hospital weighted allopathic and osteopathic full-time equivalent (FTE) resident count when it exceeds its direct graduate medical education (GME) FTE resident cap. Comments are due by January 29, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
Dec 25, 2024 - Highlights efforts by Dartmouth Health to address behavioral health provider shortages in New Hampshire. Notes that shortages are most acute in rural areas. Describes the creation of an online database to help students find clinical placements and efforts to reduce burdens for supervisors and host sites.
Source: Valley News
Dec 23, 2024 - Discusses a University of Montana school counseling program moving from in-person instruction to online in a move to improve access to training for students from rural areas. Notes the mental health workforce shortage impacting rural areas. Highlights funding to offer incentives for rural students participating in the program.
Source: University of Montana