Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce education and training
Office of Rural Health Policy Rural Guide to Health Professions Funding
Includes information to increase rural healthcare providers' familiarity with the broad range of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) workforce funding. Describes multiple HRSA grant programs and how they can work together to address the continuing multi-faceted rural healthcare delivery challenges. Covers grant initiatives in other federal departments.
Date: 05/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Includes information to increase rural healthcare providers' familiarity with the broad range of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) workforce funding. Describes multiple HRSA grant programs and how they can work together to address the continuing multi-faceted rural healthcare delivery challenges. Covers grant initiatives in other federal departments.
Date: 05/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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A Pilot Study of Training Family Medicine Residents in Procedural Skills at a Community Health Center
Reports on a procedures clinic developed for family medicine residents. Highlights increased satisfaction with rural practice for family physicians who provide minor procedures.
Author(s): Jonathon Firnhaber, Kathryn Kolasa
Citation: Family Medicine, 44(3), 202-4
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
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Reports on a procedures clinic developed for family medicine residents. Highlights increased satisfaction with rural practice for family physicians who provide minor procedures.
Author(s): Jonathon Firnhaber, Kathryn Kolasa
Citation: Family Medicine, 44(3), 202-4
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
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Rural Health Workforce Development Program: Giving Medical Students the Opportunity to Experience Practicing in Rural Maine
Highlights the Maine Track, a nine-month Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum that allows medical students to train in rural communities, supporting rural physician recruitment.
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Highlights the Maine Track, a nine-month Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum that allows medical students to train in rural communities, supporting rural physician recruitment.
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Rural Health Workforce Development Program: Providing On-the-Job Training for New Rural Nurses
Describes a 12-week orientation and training sequence for newly graduated rural registered nurses designed to meet the specific needs of the Northwest Kansas Health Alliance network's Critical Access Hospitals.
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Describes a 12-week orientation and training sequence for newly graduated rural registered nurses designed to meet the specific needs of the Northwest Kansas Health Alliance network's Critical Access Hospitals.
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Priming the Pump of Primary Care: Ninth Annual Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and to Congress
Offers several policy and program development recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Recommendations are specifically designed to create a strong rural healthcare workforce through improved training opportunities in rural primary care medicine and dentistry.
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Offers several policy and program development recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Recommendations are specifically designed to create a strong rural healthcare workforce through improved training opportunities in rural primary care medicine and dentistry.
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Increasing Graduate Medical Education (GME) in Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) Could Enhance Physician Recruitment and Retention in Rural America
Summarizes how graduate medical education in Critical Access Hospitals could improve access to care in rural areas. Includes a chart illustrating the number of interns and residents at CAHs by year for 1998-2009.
Author(s): Imam M. Xierali, Sarah A. Sweeney, Robert L. Phillips Jr., Andrew W. Bazemore, Stephen M. Petterson
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 25(1), 7-8
Date: 01/2012
Type: Document
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Summarizes how graduate medical education in Critical Access Hospitals could improve access to care in rural areas. Includes a chart illustrating the number of interns and residents at CAHs by year for 1998-2009.
Author(s): Imam M. Xierali, Sarah A. Sweeney, Robert L. Phillips Jr., Andrew W. Bazemore, Stephen M. Petterson
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 25(1), 7-8
Date: 01/2012
Type: Document
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Four U.S. Border States' Community Health Worker Training Needs Assessment
Assesses and identifies the training needs of community health workers (CHWs) to help design effective training programs in the U.S.-Mexico border region.
Author(s): Howard J. Eng, Ana Celia Hernandez-Martinez, Jasmen Dorian
Date: 12/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Border Rural Health Research Center
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Assesses and identifies the training needs of community health workers (CHWs) to help design effective training programs in the U.S.-Mexico border region.
Author(s): Howard J. Eng, Ana Celia Hernandez-Martinez, Jasmen Dorian
Date: 12/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Border Rural Health Research Center
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Serving Those Who Have Served: Educational Needs of Health Care Providers Working with Military Members, Veterans, and their Families
Discusses findings from a survey of rural and urban mental health and primary care providers, which explored providers' experience with and knowledge of the VA and Armed Forces personnel.
Author(s): Dean G. Kilpatrick, Connie L. Best, Daniel W. Smith, Harold Kudler, Vickey Cornelison-Grant
Date: 12/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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Discusses findings from a survey of rural and urban mental health and primary care providers, which explored providers' experience with and knowledge of the VA and Armed Forces personnel.
Author(s): Dean G. Kilpatrick, Connie L. Best, Daniel W. Smith, Harold Kudler, Vickey Cornelison-Grant
Date: 12/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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Increasing the Supply of Women Physicians in Rural Areas: Outcomes of a Medical School Rural Program
Examines the impact of Jefferson Medical College's Physician Shortage Area Program on increasing the number of female physicians in rural areas.
Author(s): Howard K. Rabinowitz, James J. Diamond, Fred W. Markham, Abbie J. Santana
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 24(6), 740-744
Date: 11/2011
Type: Document
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Examines the impact of Jefferson Medical College's Physician Shortage Area Program on increasing the number of female physicians in rural areas.
Author(s): Howard K. Rabinowitz, James J. Diamond, Fred W. Markham, Abbie J. Santana
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 24(6), 740-744
Date: 11/2011
Type: Document
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Impact of a Rural Interprofessional Experience in Rural Communities on Medical and Pharmacy Students
Examines the impact of a Rural Interprofessional Experience (RIE), based at the University of Minnesota, Duluth campus, on the attitudes and knowledge of medical and pharmacy students in relation to rural practice.
Author(s): Debra C. Sisson, Ruth E. Westra
Citation: Family Medicine, 43(9), 653-658
Date: 10/2011
Type: Document
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Examines the impact of a Rural Interprofessional Experience (RIE), based at the University of Minnesota, Duluth campus, on the attitudes and knowledge of medical and pharmacy students in relation to rural practice.
Author(s): Debra C. Sisson, Ruth E. Westra
Citation: Family Medicine, 43(9), 653-658
Date: 10/2011
Type: Document
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