Rural Project Examples: Health workforce pipeline
Other Project Examples
Old Dominion University's Student-Run Mobile Health Clinic
Added November 2023
- Need: To fill gaps in care for rural communities in southeastern Virginia while providing clinical placement opportunities for nursing students.
- Intervention: A free mobile health clinic staffed by Old Dominion University nursing students that visits rural schools and other community centers.
- Results: Hundreds of students have gained hands-on rural experience working in the clinic since its launch.
FORWARD NM Pathways to Health Careers
Updated/reviewed November 2022
- Need: New Mexico's southwestern counties of Hidalgo, Catron, Luna, and Grant have experienced chronic shortages of primary care providers. New Mexico has the oldest physician population in the country.
- Intervention: A comprehensive workforce pipeline program, including programming for middle and high school students, undergraduate and graduate students, primary care program students, and medical and dental residents.
- Results: The program reaches over 1,000 school-aged students throughout the service areas and provides support for students and medical residents in a variety of healthcare-related programs for rural rotation experiences. FORWARD NM received its designation as an Area Health Education Center (AHEC) in 2012.
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