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Resources by Topic: Health workforce education and training

Qualitative Differences Between Traditional and Rural-Longitudinal Medical Student OSCE Performance
Compares students in the longitudinal Rural Physician Associate Program to traditional clerkship students using qualitative methods. Supports qualitative evaluation and longitudinal clinical experiences.
Author(s): Therese Zink, David V. Power, Kenneth Olson, Ilene B. Harris, Kathleen D. Brooks
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 707-711
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Is There Equivalency Between Students in a Longitudinal, Rural Clerkship and a Traditional Urban-Based Program?
Compares the test scores and demographics of students in the rural and traditional clerkship programs at the University of Minnesota. Concludes that the Rural Physician Associate Program provides an education experience similar in quality to the traditional program.
Author(s): Therese Zink, David V. Power, Deborah Finstad, Kathleen D. Brooks
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 702-706
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Family Medicine Spokane Rural Training Track: 24 Years of Rural-Based Graduate Medical Education
Describes the Family Medicine Spokane (FMS) Rural Training Track, its success, challenges, and lessons learned.
Author(s): Robert K. Maudlin, Gary R. Newkirk
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 723-728
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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New Medical School Engages Rural Communities to Conduct Regional Health Assessment
Describes how a medical school in rural Pennsylvania partnered with local communities to inform the school's curriculum and research agenda.
Author(s): Mariana Garrettson, Vera Walline, Janelle Heisler, Janet Townsend
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 693-701
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Scholars in Rural Health: Outcomes From an Assured Admissions Program
Describes a program in Kansas intended to recruit students from rural communities to medical school. Evaluates the success of the program in increasing the number of primary care physicians in underserved areas.
Author(s): K. James Kallail, Sandra McCurdy
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 729-731
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Preparing the Interprofessional Healthcare Workforce to Address Health Behavior Change: Ensuring A High Quality and Cost-Effective Healthcare System
10th Annual Report to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Congress of the United States. Focuses on education and training needed to help the healthcare workforce promote positive health behaviors. Discusses task shifting to community members in rural areas such as the use of lay health workers, including promotoras and patient navigators.
Date: 09/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages
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Family Medicine Residency Training in Rural Locations
Reports findings from a survey of U.S. family medicine residency programs about the current status and location of their rural training for residents. Includes information on small rural, large rural, and urban programs.
Author(s): Frederick M. Chen, C. Holly A. Andrilla, Mark P. Doescher, Carl Morris
Date: 07/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Developing the Rural Primary Care Workforce in Hawai'i - A 10-Point Plan
Describes initiatives focused on addressing physician shortages in Hawaii. Covers a ten point plan to lay the framework for improving the rural physician training pipeline. Highlights the impact of a rural family medicine residency program.
Author(s): Allen L. Hixon, Lee E. Buenconsejo-Lum
Citation: Hawaii Medical Journal, 69(6), 53-55
Date: 06/2010
Type: Document
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MedPAC Report to Congress: Aligning Incentives in Medicare, June 2010
Focuses on how incentives in the Medicare program can be leveraged to promote healthcare quality and efficient use of resources, both of which are key elements of a high-value healthcare delivery system. Includes chapters focused on graduate medical education financing and inpatient psychiatric care.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 06/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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The Redesign of Primary Care with Implications of Training: Eighth Annual Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and to the U.S. Congress
Discusses funding medical training including directing funding for graduate medical education specifically to training in non-hospital sites that serve underserved and rural populations. Recommends the expansion of the National Health Service Corps loan repayment programs to address the severe primary care workforce shortages in medicine and dentistry.
Date: 05/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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