Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Graduate medical education
Intentional Rural GME: A Study of Competency Needs for Rural Family Medicine
Results of a study identifying 7 competency domains suggested to be important for successful rural practice and strategies to support their development during residency. Uses data from focus groups with 11 family medicine program directors, faculty, and residents and interviews with 11 early-career rural family physicians in 2023.
Author(s): David Schmitz, Annie Koempel, Andrew Bazemore
Citation: Family Medicine, 58(10), 767-775
Date: 11/2026
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Results of a study identifying 7 competency domains suggested to be important for successful rural practice and strategies to support their development during residency. Uses data from focus groups with 11 family medicine program directors, faculty, and residents and interviews with 11 early-career rural family physicians in 2023.
Author(s): David Schmitz, Annie Koempel, Andrew Bazemore
Citation: Family Medicine, 58(10), 767-775
Date: 11/2026
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Solving Georgia's Healthcare Staffing Crisis Locally
A recorded podcast featuring Jim Matney, president and CEO of Colquitt Regional Health System in rural Georgia. Discusses workforce development and rural healthcare pathways, focusing on physician residency programs, a high school practical nursing program, and collaboration with local colleges.
Author(s): Tom Haederle, Elisa Arespacochaga, Jim Matney
Date: 11/2026
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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A recorded podcast featuring Jim Matney, president and CEO of Colquitt Regional Health System in rural Georgia. Discusses workforce development and rural healthcare pathways, focusing on physician residency programs, a high school practical nursing program, and collaboration with local colleges.
Author(s): Tom Haederle, Elisa Arespacochaga, Jim Matney
Date: 11/2026
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Association Between Rural Attitudes in Family Medicine Residency and Rural Employment
Explores rural family medicine residents' attitudes at residency completion and how they are associated with subsequent rural employment. Based on data from a study conducted from 2021-2025 survey of residents in two Mountain Area Health Education Center programs.
Author(s): Bryan Hodge, Julianne M. Power, Gwyneth DeHart, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 58(10), 799-803
Date: 11/2026
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Explores rural family medicine residents' attitudes at residency completion and how they are associated with subsequent rural employment. Based on data from a study conducted from 2021-2025 survey of residents in two Mountain Area Health Education Center programs.
Author(s): Bryan Hodge, Julianne M. Power, Gwyneth DeHart, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 58(10), 799-803
Date: 11/2026
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Georgia Graduate Medical Education Exit Survey Report: Based on Responses to the 2026 GME Exit Survey
Results of a survey of 926 Georgia graduate medical education (GME) graduates, providing demographics and information on compensation and debt levels, retention rates, practice plans, assessments of the job market, and training experiences. Features statistics on practice location with breakdowns by 5 levels of population density and percent planning rural practice.
Date: 10/2026
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Results of a survey of 926 Georgia graduate medical education (GME) graduates, providing demographics and information on compensation and debt levels, retention rates, practice plans, assessments of the job market, and training experiences. Features statistics on practice location with breakdowns by 5 levels of population density and percent planning rural practice.
Date: 10/2026
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Rural Skin Cancer Patients Tend to 'Slip Through the Cracks.' These Programs Are Trying to Change That
Provides a brief overview of barriers to accessing dermatology healthcare services and highlights programs to improve dermatology care in rural areas. Features a mobile unit offering skin cancer screenings and other dermatology services in rural areas of California, Idaho, Illinois, Oregon, and Utah; a rural dermatology residency training track in Mississippi; and a Wisconsin program that provides dermatology training for rural primary care providers, equipping them with the hands-on skills to provide basic care when access to a specialist is limited.
Author(s): Gretel Kauffman
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 10/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Provides a brief overview of barriers to accessing dermatology healthcare services and highlights programs to improve dermatology care in rural areas. Features a mobile unit offering skin cancer screenings and other dermatology services in rural areas of California, Idaho, Illinois, Oregon, and Utah; a rural dermatology residency training track in Mississippi; and a Wisconsin program that provides dermatology training for rural primary care providers, equipping them with the hands-on skills to provide basic care when access to a specialist is limited.
Author(s): Gretel Kauffman
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 10/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Rural Versus Urban Distribution of Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Training and Associated Rural Community Characteristics
Examines location of OB/GYN residency program training sites and the community's associated sociodemographic characteristics and healthcare workforce supply. Utilizes 2023-2024 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) data to provide a map showing OB/GYN training site distribution across the U.S. as well as 2022-2023 Area Health Resource File data to analyze healthcare access characteristics of rural communities with or without OB/GYN residency program training sites. Discusses challenges in providing rural-focused opportunities during graduate medical education (GME) rotations and the related impact on maternity care shortages.
Author(s): Ryan Spencer, Mukesh Adhikari, Lori Rodefeld, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 42(4), e70231
Date: 10/2026
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Examines location of OB/GYN residency program training sites and the community's associated sociodemographic characteristics and healthcare workforce supply. Utilizes 2023-2024 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) data to provide a map showing OB/GYN training site distribution across the U.S. as well as 2022-2023 Area Health Resource File data to analyze healthcare access characteristics of rural communities with or without OB/GYN residency program training sites. Discusses challenges in providing rural-focused opportunities during graduate medical education (GME) rotations and the related impact on maternity care shortages.
Author(s): Ryan Spencer, Mukesh Adhikari, Lori Rodefeld, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 42(4), e70231
Date: 10/2026
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North Carolina Rural Health and Opportunities for Transformation
Issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal, containing articles describing successes in North Carolina rural health and ways in which obstacles are being addressed. Topics include data collection, graduate medical education, emergency care, affordability, the Rural Health Transformation Program, AI, and more.
Citation: North Carolina Medical Journal, 87(3)
Date: 09/2026
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Issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal, containing articles describing successes in North Carolina rural health and ways in which obstacles are being addressed. Topics include data collection, graduate medical education, emergency care, affordability, the Rural Health Transformation Program, AI, and more.
Citation: North Carolina Medical Journal, 87(3)
Date: 09/2026
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Growing the Rural Physician Workforce Through Graduate Medical Education
Describes ways in which state and federal initiatives are working to expand rural medical training in North Carolina. Features statistics on physician residency programs with rural and community health center sites from 2008-2024.
Author(s): Emily M. Hawes, Mukesh Adhikari, Mark Holmes, et al.
Citation: North Carolina Medical Journal, 87(3)
Date: 09/2026
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Describes ways in which state and federal initiatives are working to expand rural medical training in North Carolina. Features statistics on physician residency programs with rural and community health center sites from 2008-2024.
Author(s): Emily M. Hawes, Mukesh Adhikari, Mark Holmes, et al.
Citation: North Carolina Medical Journal, 87(3)
Date: 09/2026
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Building a Robust Primary Care Workforce: Diffusing Lessons Across States
Blog post examining primary care workforce shortages in rural and underserved areas. Describes efforts by Missouri, North Carolina, and Wisconsin to develop and implement state-level graduate medical education strategies to increase their primary care workforce.
Author(s): Erin Fraher, Andreas Stomby
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Blog post examining primary care workforce shortages in rural and underserved areas. Describes efforts by Missouri, North Carolina, and Wisconsin to develop and implement state-level graduate medical education strategies to increase their primary care workforce.
Author(s): Erin Fraher, Andreas Stomby
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Improving Trauma Stabilization Training for Rural Family Medicine Residents
Presents data from the first 3 years of the Trauma and Emergency Medicine Track, developed in 2019 as a partnership among Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, Oregon; trauma surgeons; and Cascades East Family Medicine. The program prepares rural medical residents to lead trauma care, provides opportunities to perform trauma-specific procedures, and improves residents' comfort level with trauma stabilization.
Author(s): Christine Maisano, Patricia A. Carney, Margaret Jolley, Joel Klas
Citation: Family Medicine, 58(8), 577-581
Date: 09/2026
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Presents data from the first 3 years of the Trauma and Emergency Medicine Track, developed in 2019 as a partnership among Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, Oregon; trauma surgeons; and Cascades East Family Medicine. The program prepares rural medical residents to lead trauma care, provides opportunities to perform trauma-specific procedures, and improves residents' comfort level with trauma stabilization.
Author(s): Christine Maisano, Patricia A. Carney, Margaret Jolley, Joel Klas
Citation: Family Medicine, 58(8), 577-581
Date: 09/2026
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