Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce education and training
Family Medicine Graduate Proximity to Their Site of Training: Policy Options for Improving the Distribution of Primary Care Access
Assesses the geographic relationship between graduate practice location and family medicine graduate medical education training sites. Results show an uneven geographic distribution between urban and rural primary care physicians. Report also states that family physicians are more likely to work in rural areas.
Author(s): Ernest Blake Fagan, Claire Gibbons, Sean C. Finnegan, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 47(2), 124-130
Date: 02/2015
Type: Document
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Assesses the geographic relationship between graduate practice location and family medicine graduate medical education training sites. Results show an uneven geographic distribution between urban and rural primary care physicians. Report also states that family physicians are more likely to work in rural areas.
Author(s): Ernest Blake Fagan, Claire Gibbons, Sean C. Finnegan, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 47(2), 124-130
Date: 02/2015
Type: Document
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Blackfeet Community College Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Program - Overview and Preliminary Outcomes
Provides an overview of the Issksiniip Project, a Tribal Health Profession Opportunity grant program to assist students at Blackfeet Community College and other Montana colleges. Includes a brief description of the health careers available to participating students, which include nursing, pharmacy, dental, medical coding and billing, and other allied health professions. Discusses program structure and services, and preliminary results of the program.
Date: 02/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Provides an overview of the Issksiniip Project, a Tribal Health Profession Opportunity grant program to assist students at Blackfeet Community College and other Montana colleges. Includes a brief description of the health careers available to participating students, which include nursing, pharmacy, dental, medical coding and billing, and other allied health professions. Discusses program structure and services, and preliminary results of the program.
Date: 02/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Cook Inlet Tribal Council Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Program - Overview and Preliminary Outcomes
Provides an overview of the Cook Inlet Tribal Council health career training program funded by a Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grant. Includes a brief description of the health careers available to participating students, program structure and services, and preliminary results of the program.
Date: 02/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Provides an overview of the Cook Inlet Tribal Council health career training program funded by a Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grant. Includes a brief description of the health careers available to participating students, program structure and services, and preliminary results of the program.
Date: 02/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Rural Student Profiles
Profiles four health professions students who have used distance education to advance their careers and better serve their communities.
Author(s): Kate Menzies
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Profiles four health professions students who have used distance education to advance their careers and better serve their communities.
Author(s): Kate Menzies
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Education at a Distance: Virtual Classrooms Bring Healthcare Classes to Rural Areas
Highlights three university health professions programs that are using distance education to allow professionals to stay in their rural communities while earning a degree.
Author(s): Kate Menzies
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Highlights three university health professions programs that are using distance education to allow professionals to stay in their rural communities while earning a degree.
Author(s): Kate Menzies
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Empowering Promotores de Salud as Partners in Cancer Education and Research in Rural Southwest Kansas
Discusses a community-based participatory method providing cancer research training to promotores and to assess their capability to disseminate cancer research information to Latinos in rural Kansas.
Author(s): Ana Paula Cupertino, Mercedes Saint-Elin, Johana Bravo de los Rios, et al.
Citation: Oncology Nursing Forum, 42(1), 15-22
Date: 01/2015
Type: Document
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Discusses a community-based participatory method providing cancer research training to promotores and to assess their capability to disseminate cancer research information to Latinos in rural Kansas.
Author(s): Ana Paula Cupertino, Mercedes Saint-Elin, Johana Bravo de los Rios, et al.
Citation: Oncology Nursing Forum, 42(1), 15-22
Date: 01/2015
Type: Document
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Turtle Mountain Community College Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Program - Overview and Preliminary Outcomes
Provides an overview of Project CHOICE: Choosing Health Opportunities for Indian Career Enhancement, a Turtle Mountain Community College program funded by a Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grant. Includes a brief description of the health careers available to participating students, program structure and services, and preliminary results of the program.
Date: 01/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Provides an overview of Project CHOICE: Choosing Health Opportunities for Indian Career Enhancement, a Turtle Mountain Community College program funded by a Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grant. Includes a brief description of the health careers available to participating students, program structure and services, and preliminary results of the program.
Date: 01/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Twenty-Second Report: The Role of Graduate Medical Education in the New Health Care Paradigm
Presents seven recommendations from the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) regarding the expansion of Graduate Medical Education training. Suggests expanding GME clinical training into ambulatory and community settings, and ensuring accountability including providing rural and underserved practice locations. Discusses the need for increased funding for GME, and providing future physicians with the training and skills needed for emerging care delivery systems.
Date: 11/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Council on Graduate Medical Education
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Presents seven recommendations from the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) regarding the expansion of Graduate Medical Education training. Suggests expanding GME clinical training into ambulatory and community settings, and ensuring accountability including providing rural and underserved practice locations. Discusses the need for increased funding for GME, and providing future physicians with the training and skills needed for emerging care delivery systems.
Date: 11/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Council on Graduate Medical Education
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An Interview with Robert T. Trachtenberg
Presents an interview with Robert Trachtenberg, the Executive Director of the National AHEC Organization who discusses its evolution, and how AHECs build the rural healthcare workforce.
Author(s): Beth Blevins
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Presents an interview with Robert Trachtenberg, the Executive Director of the National AHEC Organization who discusses its evolution, and how AHECs build the rural healthcare workforce.
Author(s): Beth Blevins
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Transforming Interprofessional Health Education and Practice: Moving Learners from the Campus to the Community to Improve Population Health
13th Annual Report to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Congress of the United States. Examines how health professions education and healthcare delivery can be transformed through interprofessional collaboration and community-based learning. Presents four recommendations for health professions educators, policymakers, and funders. Includes sections on the Quentin N. Burdick Program for Rural Interdisciplinary Training, Area Health Education Centers, and educational support for health professionals serving in underserved communities.
Date: 10/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages
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13th Annual Report to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Congress of the United States. Examines how health professions education and healthcare delivery can be transformed through interprofessional collaboration and community-based learning. Presents four recommendations for health professions educators, policymakers, and funders. Includes sections on the Quentin N. Burdick Program for Rural Interdisciplinary Training, Area Health Education Centers, and educational support for health professionals serving in underserved communities.
Date: 10/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages
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