Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce education and training
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program in Rural America: Policy Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary
Provides an overview of issues related to the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) in rural areas. Discusses the history of home visiting and the MIECHV program, Tribal MIECHV, program structure, eligible models, and promising approaches. Highlights three evidence-based home visiting models in Oregon that receive MIECHV funding. Offers policy recommendations related to improving MIECHV for rural families.
Date: 09/2023
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Provides an overview of issues related to the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) in rural areas. Discusses the history of home visiting and the MIECHV program, Tribal MIECHV, program structure, eligible models, and promising approaches. Highlights three evidence-based home visiting models in Oregon that receive MIECHV funding. Offers policy recommendations related to improving MIECHV for rural families.
Date: 09/2023
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Survey of Final-Year Medical Residents: Many Job Choices, Many Reservations
Reports on survey results from final-year residents regarding their career plans after residency training. Analyzes 241 responses from 2023 and includes survey data related to issues such as recruiting, expected income, preferred practice location, medical debt, and more. Compares 2023, 2021, and 2019 survey results and includes discussion about physician recruitment to rural areas.
Date: 09/2023
Sponsoring organization: AMN Healthcare
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Reports on survey results from final-year residents regarding their career plans after residency training. Analyzes 241 responses from 2023 and includes survey data related to issues such as recruiting, expected income, preferred practice location, medical debt, and more. Compares 2023, 2021, and 2019 survey results and includes discussion about physician recruitment to rural areas.
Date: 09/2023
Sponsoring organization: AMN Healthcare
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Rural Health: Pathway to Progress
Presents insights and perspectives from four rural healthcare leaders. Describes strategies for overcoming workforce challenges, increasing access to specialty care, and addressing cost pressures. Requires registration to download.
Date: 09/2023
Sponsoring organization: Reuters Events
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Presents insights and perspectives from four rural healthcare leaders. Describes strategies for overcoming workforce challenges, increasing access to specialty care, and addressing cost pressures. Requires registration to download.
Date: 09/2023
Sponsoring organization: Reuters Events
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Residency Training Locations of OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine Graduates, Graduating Classes 2021-2023
Map showing the distribution of Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine graduates in residencies in Oklahoma and across the U.S.
Date: 09/2023
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma Office of Rural Health
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Map showing the distribution of Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine graduates in residencies in Oklahoma and across the U.S.
Date: 09/2023
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma Office of Rural Health
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Preparing Behavioral Health Clinicians for Success and Retention in Rural Safety Net Practices
Policy brief on the impact of training focused on rural and underserved communities on the skills, successes, and retention of behavioral health clinicians in rural safety net practices. Summarizes findings related to training, experiences, and demographics of rural behavioral health safety net clinicians.
Author(s): Donald Pathman, Lisa de Saxe Zerden, Mandi Gingris, et al.
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organization: University of North Carolina Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center
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Policy brief on the impact of training focused on rural and underserved communities on the skills, successes, and retention of behavioral health clinicians in rural safety net practices. Summarizes findings related to training, experiences, and demographics of rural behavioral health safety net clinicians.
Author(s): Donald Pathman, Lisa de Saxe Zerden, Mandi Gingris, et al.
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organization: University of North Carolina Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center
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Empowering Rural Nurses Telementoring Professional Growth & Support
Webinar recording discussing telementoring models, the National Rural Telementoring Training Center, rural healthcare workforce challenges, telementoring examples, and evaluation. Transcript available in the video description.
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organization: University of Texas at Arlington Center for Rural Health and Nursing
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Webinar recording discussing telementoring models, the National Rural Telementoring Training Center, rural healthcare workforce challenges, telementoring examples, and evaluation. Transcript available in the video description.
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organization: University of Texas at Arlington Center for Rural Health and Nursing
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How Academic Medicine Serves Rural Communities Across the Country
Highlights how Association of American Medical Colleges teaching hospitals and medical schools are serving patients in rural communities. Features the work of 6 institutions in North Dakota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, George, Texas, and California, and shares the challenges and successes unique to these communities.
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
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Highlights how Association of American Medical Colleges teaching hospitals and medical schools are serving patients in rural communities. Features the work of 6 institutions in North Dakota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, George, Texas, and California, and shares the challenges and successes unique to these communities.
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
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RPHWTN Grantees Help Rural Healthcare Facilities Keep Local Talent
Highlights the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy's Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network and its focus on expanding workforce capacity in rural and tribal areas. Features a career ladder program in Missouri, a respiratory therapy training program in Texas, and a health IT training program in Virginia.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Highlights the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy's Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network and its focus on expanding workforce capacity in rural and tribal areas. Features a career ladder program in Missouri, a respiratory therapy training program in Texas, and a health IT training program in Virginia.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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An Examination of Practices and Barriers of Procedures Performed by Physicians in Rural Hawai'i
Surveys 47 rural Hawaiian physicians to evaluate their scope of practice for procedures and learn the barriers to performing procedures. Discusses specialty care, reimbursement, training, time management, resource access, and more.
Author(s): Joseph W. Turban, Eun Ah Cho, Weston McCue, Kelley Withy
Citation: Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 82(8), 183-187
Date: 08/2023
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Surveys 47 rural Hawaiian physicians to evaluate their scope of practice for procedures and learn the barriers to performing procedures. Discusses specialty care, reimbursement, training, time management, resource access, and more.
Author(s): Joseph W. Turban, Eun Ah Cho, Weston McCue, Kelley Withy
Citation: Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 82(8), 183-187
Date: 08/2023
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PREVENT Pandemics Act (P.L. 117-328, Division FF, Title II)
Provides a section-by-section overview of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENT Pandemics Act), enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. Describes the Continuing Education Support for Health Professionals Serving in Rural and Underserved Communities Program, which supports specialty training for primary care providers, as well as other rural-relevant provisions.
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organization: Congressional Research Service
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Provides a section-by-section overview of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENT Pandemics Act), enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. Describes the Continuing Education Support for Health Professionals Serving in Rural and Underserved Communities Program, which supports specialty training for primary care providers, as well as other rural-relevant provisions.
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organization: Congressional Research Service
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