Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce education and training
Health Workforce: Biden-Harris Administration 2021 HRSA Highlights
Fact sheet describing the Health Resources & Services Administration's efforts to support the health workforce and promote health equity. Includes descriptions of funding opportunities and efforts to promote expansion of graduate medical education programs in rural and underserved areas.
Date: 01/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Fact sheet describing the Health Resources & Services Administration's efforts to support the health workforce and promote health equity. Includes descriptions of funding opportunities and efforts to promote expansion of graduate medical education programs in rural and underserved areas.
Date: 01/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Hawai'i State Center for Nursing FY 2021-2022 Annual Report: A Report to Governor Josh Green and the Hawai'i State Legislature
Offers overview of activities in the 2021-2022 fiscal year in the area of nursing workforce recruitment and retention. Discusses funding structure, data gathering and research, nursing shortages, education and training, and more. Highlights rural needs and projects. Includes the 2018-2023 strategic plan.
Date: 2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Hawai'i State Center for Nursing
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Offers overview of activities in the 2021-2022 fiscal year in the area of nursing workforce recruitment and retention. Discusses funding structure, data gathering and research, nursing shortages, education and training, and more. Highlights rural needs and projects. Includes the 2018-2023 strategic plan.
Date: 2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Hawai'i State Center for Nursing
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Michigan Center for Rural Health 2022 Annual Report
Provides an overview of the mission, programming, events, and outreach of the Michigan Center for Rural Health. Focuses on issues such as health workforce education, healthcare access, social determinants of health (SDOH), emergency medical services (EMS), hospital programs, and more.
Date: 2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Center for Rural Health
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Provides an overview of the mission, programming, events, and outreach of the Michigan Center for Rural Health. Focuses on issues such as health workforce education, healthcare access, social determinants of health (SDOH), emergency medical services (EMS), hospital programs, and more.
Date: 2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Center for Rural Health
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Kansas State Board of Nursing Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report
Provides information on Kansas nurse licensing, education programs, continuing education, legal issues, and more. Includes data on licensing by county.
Date: 2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Kansas State Board of Nursing
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Provides information on Kansas nurse licensing, education programs, continuing education, legal issues, and more. Includes data on licensing by county.
Date: 2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Kansas State Board of Nursing
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Health Care Careers in Nevada, 2022-2023 Edition
Guidebook offering information on a range of healthcare careers in Nevada, with average salary, employment data in Las Vegas and statewide, job outlook, and descriptions of each position. Discusses education opportunities that engage with rural and underserved communities.
Date: 2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Nevada Area Health Education Centers, Nevada Health Workforce Research Center
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Guidebook offering information on a range of healthcare careers in Nevada, with average salary, employment data in Las Vegas and statewide, job outlook, and descriptions of each position. Discusses education opportunities that engage with rural and underserved communities.
Date: 2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Nevada Area Health Education Centers, Nevada Health Workforce Research Center
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Medical School Impact on the Primary Care Physician Shortage in Pennsylvania: Staff Study
Describes training required to become a physician in Pennsylvania and examines issues contributing to primary care physician shortages, including student debt burden, burnout, and low investment in primary care. Features information on primary care initiatives from Pennsylvania's medical schools, including health workforce pipeline programs, and statistics including average number of graduates matching into primary care specialties from each institution, estimates of how many graduates intend to specialize in primary care, and how many are retained by the state. Mentions rural throughout.
Author(s): Bryan W. DeWalt, Stephen J. Kramer, Wendy L. Baker
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Joint State Government Commission, General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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Describes training required to become a physician in Pennsylvania and examines issues contributing to primary care physician shortages, including student debt burden, burnout, and low investment in primary care. Features information on primary care initiatives from Pennsylvania's medical schools, including health workforce pipeline programs, and statistics including average number of graduates matching into primary care specialties from each institution, estimates of how many graduates intend to specialize in primary care, and how many are retained by the state. Mentions rural throughout.
Author(s): Bryan W. DeWalt, Stephen J. Kramer, Wendy L. Baker
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Joint State Government Commission, General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska Legislative Report FY 2020 & 2021
Provides an overview of the demographic and geographic characteristics of the behavioral health workforce in Nebraska. Discusses behavioral health workforce recruitment, education, funding, and retention strategies in the state. Compares the supply of behavioral health providers in Nebraska versus the national average, in addition to rural versus urban areas of Nebraska. Includes maps of provider locations, training locations, and integrated primary care/behavioral health care clinics across the state.
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska
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Provides an overview of the demographic and geographic characteristics of the behavioral health workforce in Nebraska. Discusses behavioral health workforce recruitment, education, funding, and retention strategies in the state. Compares the supply of behavioral health providers in Nebraska versus the national average, in addition to rural versus urban areas of Nebraska. Includes maps of provider locations, training locations, and integrated primary care/behavioral health care clinics across the state.
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska
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Rural Health Research Recap: Rural Nursing Workforce
Provides summaries of research on the rural nursing workforce. Features statistics on RN-to-BSN education programs, nurse practitioners as primary care providers, job preparedness and satisfaction, rural challenges, and distribution of nurses across principal employers from 2011-2015, with breakdowns by urban and rural locations.
Author(s): Per Ostmo
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Research Gateway
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Provides summaries of research on the rural nursing workforce. Features statistics on RN-to-BSN education programs, nurse practitioners as primary care providers, job preparedness and satisfaction, rural challenges, and distribution of nurses across principal employers from 2011-2015, with breakdowns by urban and rural locations.
Author(s): Per Ostmo
Date: 12/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Research Gateway
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Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Rural Medical Education Sites and TeleHealth Network Sites
Provides a map identifying rural clinical rotation sites, telehealth network sites, and other clinical and graduate medical education sites affiliated with Oklahoma State University.
Date: 12/2021
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma State University Center for Rural Health
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Provides a map identifying rural clinical rotation sites, telehealth network sites, and other clinical and graduate medical education sites affiliated with Oklahoma State University.
Date: 12/2021
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma State University Center for Rural Health
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Improving Access to Care in Underserved Rural Communities: Eighteenth Annual Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Congress
Offers policy and program development recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Congress regarding primary care training and education. Recommendations aim to advance health equity through enhanced support of primary care workforce training to address health barriers in rural and other underserved communities. Covers longitudinal clinical training in rural primary care, integrating oral and behavioral health in primary care, enhancing telehealth capacity, and supporting interprofessional team-based education and practice in maternal-infant care.
Date: 11/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Offers policy and program development recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Congress regarding primary care training and education. Recommendations aim to advance health equity through enhanced support of primary care workforce training to address health barriers in rural and other underserved communities. Covers longitudinal clinical training in rural primary care, integrating oral and behavioral health in primary care, enhancing telehealth capacity, and supporting interprofessional team-based education and practice in maternal-infant care.
Date: 11/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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