Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Graduate medical education
Addressing Physician Shortage in Hawai'i - Kaua'i Medical Training Opportunities
Provides an overview of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine's Kaua'i Medical Training Track (KMTT), a medical education rural training track focused on addressing physician shortages in rural Kaua'i County. Details features of the KMTT facilitating rural exposure and effective training.
Author(s): Kathleen Kihmm Connolly, Travis Hong, Lee Ellen Buenconsejo-Lum
Citation: Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 83(11), 306-308
Date: 11/2024
Type: Document
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Provides an overview of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine's Kaua'i Medical Training Track (KMTT), a medical education rural training track focused on addressing physician shortages in rural Kaua'i County. Details features of the KMTT facilitating rural exposure and effective training.
Author(s): Kathleen Kihmm Connolly, Travis Hong, Lee Ellen Buenconsejo-Lum
Citation: Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 83(11), 306-308
Date: 11/2024
Type: Document
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The Making of a Physician: Pipeline Dwell Time, Knowledge Assessments, and Path to Licensure
An overview of the steps involved, as well as time invested and expense incurred, in physician education and licensure.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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An overview of the steps involved, as well as time invested and expense incurred, in physician education and licensure.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Growing the Rural Physician Workforce: Decades of Federal Funding Impacts Rural Graduate Medical Education
A historical review of graduate medical education funding and its relationship to the supply of rural physicians. Highlights recent federal funding and policies aimed at addressing the geographic maldistribution of physicians.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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A historical review of graduate medical education funding and its relationship to the supply of rural physicians. Highlights recent federal funding and policies aimed at addressing the geographic maldistribution of physicians.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Key Themes of Community-Oriented Primary Care Projects from a Longitudinal, Rural Interprofessional Health Professions Curriculum (1997–2023)
Examines Community Oriented Primary Care Project Model (COPC) projects implemented between 1997 and 2023 as part of rural medical and pharmacy health professions curricula in the University of Illinois system. Categorizes COPC project types and target populations, and discusses how COPC supports rural, community-engaged research.
Author(s): Hana E. Hinkle, A. Brianna Sheppard, Kara Fess, Heidi R. Olson, Elizabeth Squires
Citation: BMC Medical Education, 24, 1215
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Examines Community Oriented Primary Care Project Model (COPC) projects implemented between 1997 and 2023 as part of rural medical and pharmacy health professions curricula in the University of Illinois system. Categorizes COPC project types and target populations, and discusses how COPC supports rural, community-engaged research.
Author(s): Hana E. Hinkle, A. Brianna Sheppard, Kara Fess, Heidi R. Olson, Elizabeth Squires
Citation: BMC Medical Education, 24, 1215
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Building a Regional Healthcare Presence and Partnerships, with Krista Postai and Jason Wesco
An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast featuring Krista Postai, CEO of Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK), and Jason Wesco, CHC/SEK's President and Chief Strategy Officer. Focuses on the community health center's journey from a single facility operating out of a trailer to having 18 locations across the region that leverage community partnerships to address health-related social needs.
Date: 09/2024
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast featuring Krista Postai, CEO of Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK), and Jason Wesco, CHC/SEK's President and Chief Strategy Officer. Focuses on the community health center's journey from a single facility operating out of a trailer to having 18 locations across the region that leverage community partnerships to address health-related social needs.
Date: 09/2024
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD) Meeting Minutes, August 1-2, 2024
Summarizes the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD) meeting held on August 1-2, 2024. Features updates from the Bureau of Health Workforce on programs to address healthcare workforce shortages, presentations and discussions on Title VII Sections 747 and 748 grant programs, and a presentation on the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program, among other things.
Additional links: Presentations
Date: 08/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Summarizes the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD) meeting held on August 1-2, 2024. Features updates from the Bureau of Health Workforce on programs to address healthcare workforce shortages, presentations and discussions on Title VII Sections 747 and 748 grant programs, and a presentation on the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program, among other things.
Additional links: Presentations
Date: 08/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Recruitment of Residents to Rural Programs: Early Outcomes From Cohort 1 of the Rural Residency Planning and Development Grants Program
Examines outcomes of Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) awards that aim to recruit medical residents to serve in rural physician workforce shortage areas. Analyzes programs in 2022 and 2023 to observe recruitment, interviews, and matches of residents from the program's state.
Author(s): Amanda Weidner, Molly Ormsby, David V. Evans, et al.
Citation: Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 16(4), 484-488
Date: 08/2024
Type: Document
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Examines outcomes of Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) awards that aim to recruit medical residents to serve in rural physician workforce shortage areas. Analyzes programs in 2022 and 2023 to observe recruitment, interviews, and matches of residents from the program's state.
Author(s): Amanda Weidner, Molly Ormsby, David V. Evans, et al.
Citation: Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 16(4), 484-488
Date: 08/2024
Type: Document
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Kaua'i Rural and Public Health Selective: A Family Medicine Residency First
Examines the "Kaua'i Rural and Public Health Selective" training opportunity meant to better integrate public health professionals and primary care clinicians. Describes the rural public health activities of the graduate medical education (GME) residents taking part in the selective.
Author(s): Janet Berreman, Thomas Quattlebaum, Adriann Bruce
Citation: Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 83(8), 230-233
Date: 08/2024
Type: Document
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Examines the "Kaua'i Rural and Public Health Selective" training opportunity meant to better integrate public health professionals and primary care clinicians. Describes the rural public health activities of the graduate medical education (GME) residents taking part in the selective.
Author(s): Janet Berreman, Thomas Quattlebaum, Adriann Bruce
Citation: Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 83(8), 230-233
Date: 08/2024
Type: Document
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Adopting Academic Rank in a Rural Community Practice Affiliated with an Academic Medical Center
Describes a program for awarding academic rank to physician staff in a rural regional practice in Wisconsin. Discusses the role of rural practicing physicians in undergraduate and graduate medical education as well as the possible impact of academic rank on physician burnout and retention.
Author(s): Andrew D. Calvin, Donn Dexter, Jason Beckermann, et al.
Citation: BMC Medical Education, 24, 879
Date: 08/2024
Type: Document
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Describes a program for awarding academic rank to physician staff in a rural regional practice in Wisconsin. Discusses the role of rural practicing physicians in undergraduate and graduate medical education as well as the possible impact of academic rank on physician burnout and retention.
Author(s): Andrew D. Calvin, Donn Dexter, Jason Beckermann, et al.
Citation: BMC Medical Education, 24, 879
Date: 08/2024
Type: Document
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FY 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) Final Rule – CMS-1808-F
Fact sheet providing an overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) fiscal year 2025 hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital prospective payment system (LTCH PPS) final rule. Includes information about the extension of the low-wage index hospital policy, a separate IPPS payment for small and independent hospitals to establish and maintain a buffer stock of essential medicines, the distribution of graduate medical education (GME) residency slots, updates to quality reporting programs, and more.
Date: 08/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Fact sheet providing an overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) fiscal year 2025 hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital prospective payment system (LTCH PPS) final rule. Includes information about the extension of the low-wage index hospital policy, a separate IPPS payment for small and independent hospitals to establish and maintain a buffer stock of essential medicines, the distribution of graduate medical education (GME) residency slots, updates to quality reporting programs, and more.
Date: 08/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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