Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce education and training
Development of a Hybrid Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum for First Year Medical Students in a Rural Medical Education Program: A Pilot Study
Discusses the process of implementing a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum in a rural medical education program. Covers the development, implementation, and evaluation stages of the curriculum.
Author(s): Joshua I. Johnson, Heather Beasley, Derek Southwick, et al.
Citation: BMC Medical Education, 24, 16
Date: 01/2024
Type: Document
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Discusses the process of implementing a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum in a rural medical education program. Covers the development, implementation, and evaluation stages of the curriculum.
Author(s): Joshua I. Johnson, Heather Beasley, Derek Southwick, et al.
Citation: BMC Medical Education, 24, 16
Date: 01/2024
Type: Document
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Hawai'i State Center for Nursing 2024 Annual Report: A Report for Governor Josh Green and the Hawai'i State Legislature
Provides an overview of the Hawaiʻi State Center for Nursing's activities in Fiscal Year 2024. Reports on the Center's funding structure, education and training programs, data gathering and research activities, and other efforts to improve nursing workforce recruitment, retention, and ability to provide high-quality care. Identifies workforce trends, and strategies for improvement. Highlights rural needs and projects.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Hawai'i State Center for Nursing
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Provides an overview of the Hawaiʻi State Center for Nursing's activities in Fiscal Year 2024. Reports on the Center's funding structure, education and training programs, data gathering and research activities, and other efforts to improve nursing workforce recruitment, retention, and ability to provide high-quality care. Identifies workforce trends, and strategies for improvement. Highlights rural needs and projects.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Hawai'i State Center for Nursing
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Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment: Annual Report 2024
Provides an overview of the past year's activities of the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment, including collaborations, planning, education and workforce development, investments, programming, and funding pathways, including those in rural and tribal areas.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
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Provides an overview of the past year's activities of the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment, including collaborations, planning, education and workforce development, investments, programming, and funding pathways, including those in rural and tribal areas.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
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Rural Healthcare Partnerships Toolkit: How North Carolina's Rural-Serving Community Colleges Leverage Partnerships to Meet Healthcare Workforce Needs
Toolkit highlighting partnerships between higher education, K-12 schools, healthcare employers, community-based organizations, and government agencies across the state of North Carolina to address rural healthcare workforce shortages in the state. Discusses opportunities for strengthening the healthcare workforce pipeline as well as reducing barriers to entering the pipeline through degree completion.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Postsecondary Practices Partnership
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Toolkit highlighting partnerships between higher education, K-12 schools, healthcare employers, community-based organizations, and government agencies across the state of North Carolina to address rural healthcare workforce shortages in the state. Discusses opportunities for strengthening the healthcare workforce pipeline as well as reducing barriers to entering the pipeline through degree completion.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Postsecondary Practices Partnership
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Georgia Graduate Medical Education Exit Survey Report: Based on Responses to the 2024 GME Exit Survey
Results of a survey of 937 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: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Results of a survey of 937 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: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Arizona AHEC Annual Report, 2024
Highlights the Arizona Area Health Education Centers' (AzAHEC) initiatives and achievements in 2024. Provides details and statistics on AzAHEC's programs supporting workforce education, training, and recruitment. Discusses rural and border areas of Arizona throughout.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Area Health Education Center Program
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Highlights the Arizona Area Health Education Centers' (AzAHEC) initiatives and achievements in 2024. Provides details and statistics on AzAHEC's programs supporting workforce education, training, and recruitment. Discusses rural and border areas of Arizona throughout.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Area Health Education Center Program
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Medical School Graduates in Georgia
Fact sheet with results of a 2023 survey examining Georgia medical school graduates' specialty choice, residency choice, and retention rates. Features statistics including percent of graduates intending to establish their practice in an underserved region or rural community.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Fact sheet with results of a 2023 survey examining Georgia medical school graduates' specialty choice, residency choice, and retention rates. Features statistics including percent of graduates intending to establish their practice in an underserved region or rural community.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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2024 Georgia Medical School Graduate Survey Report
Results of a survey designed to inform policymakers, medical school and graduate medical education administrators, and other agencies about the medical school pipeline, using data from Georgia's 5 medical schools. Provides insight on why medical students chose a specialty and residency site and how many intend to practice in Georgia when training is complete. Features statistics on percentages of students who intend to practice in rural and underserved areas.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Results of a survey designed to inform policymakers, medical school and graduate medical education administrators, and other agencies about the medical school pipeline, using data from Georgia's 5 medical schools. Provides insight on why medical students chose a specialty and residency site and how many intend to practice in Georgia when training is complete. Features statistics on percentages of students who intend to practice in rural and underserved areas.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Whole-Person Oral Health Education: Proceedings of a Workshop
Report discusses the proceedings of a workshop on the importance of holistic care in oral healthcare education. Highlights the use of interprofessional education and collaborative practices for oral healthcare providers. Explores considerations for rural communities.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Report discusses the proceedings of a workshop on the importance of holistic care in oral healthcare education. Highlights the use of interprofessional education and collaborative practices for oral healthcare providers. Explores considerations for rural communities.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Strategies to Reduce Barriers for Underserved Students in Health Professions Programs: Addressing Rural and Urban Health Professional Shortages by Building a Diverse Healthcare Workforce
Evaluates barriers to the education, recruitment, and placement of rural and underserved health professions students in Arizona, utilizing interview data from 15 educators and program managers with relevant experience. Identifies opportunities for improvement, including discussion of pathway programs, financial aid, admission practices, community supports, public policy, and more.
Author(s): J Ringhand, A Oteng-Quarshie, J Peters, A Garn, B Koch, D Derksen
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Evaluates barriers to the education, recruitment, and placement of rural and underserved health professions students in Arizona, utilizing interview data from 15 educators and program managers with relevant experience. Identifies opportunities for improvement, including discussion of pathway programs, financial aid, admission practices, community supports, public policy, and more.
Author(s): J Ringhand, A Oteng-Quarshie, J Peters, A Garn, B Koch, D Derksen
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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