Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce education and training
Health Extension Toolkit
Intended for a wide audience and designed as a tool for states to use as they collaborate to improve the quality of primary care practices as well as community health, using a model based on the agricultural Cooperative Extension Service. Includes chapters on engagement, the Health Extension model, primary care, population health, and sustainability, and features profiles on lead states Pennsylvania, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Intended for a wide audience and designed as a tool for states to use as they collaborate to improve the quality of primary care practices as well as community health, using a model based on the agricultural Cooperative Extension Service. Includes chapters on engagement, the Health Extension model, primary care, population health, and sustainability, and features profiles on lead states Pennsylvania, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Rural Trauma Team Development Course (RTTDC)
Provides a one-day course, focused on a team approach, for medical personnel who may respond to the initial evaluation and resuscitation of a trauma patient at a rural facility. Audience includes nurses, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other hospital personnel who may provide support.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: American College of Surgeons
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Provides a one-day course, focused on a team approach, for medical personnel who may respond to the initial evaluation and resuscitation of a trauma patient at a rural facility. Audience includes nurses, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other hospital personnel who may provide support.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: American College of Surgeons
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Education and Training of the Rural Healthcare Workforce Topic Guide
Information, resources, and frequently asked questions related to the education and training of the rural healthcare workforce. Includes use of educational programs to introduce students to healthcare careers, role of community colleges, rural rotations in academic programs, use of technology in training the rural health workforce, and baccalaureate-MD programs.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Information, resources, and frequently asked questions related to the education and training of the rural healthcare workforce. Includes use of educational programs to introduce students to healthcare careers, role of community colleges, rural rotations in academic programs, use of technology in training the rural health workforce, and baccalaureate-MD programs.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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PubMed Search: Education and Training of the Rural Healthcare Workforce
Searches PubMed's collection of journal article citations on the combined topics of education and training, healthcare workforce, and rural health.
Type: Literature Search
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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Searches PubMed's collection of journal article citations on the combined topics of education and training, healthcare workforce, and rural health.
Type: Literature Search
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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NACCHO Workforce Resource Center
Offers information on accreditation, certification, competencies, partner resources, policy statements, and publications relevant to the development of the public health workforce for local health departments.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Association of County and City Health Officials
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Offers information on accreditation, certification, competencies, partner resources, policy statements, and publications relevant to the development of the public health workforce for local health departments.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Association of County and City Health Officials
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Suicide Prevention Online Training
Provides a listing of free online courses for training healthcare and other service providers, educators, health professionals, public officials, and community-based coalitions to develop effective suicide prevention programs and policies. Courses are free but registration is required.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: Suicide Prevention Resource Center
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Provides a listing of free online courses for training healthcare and other service providers, educators, health professionals, public officials, and community-based coalitions to develop effective suicide prevention programs and policies. Courses are free but registration is required.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: Suicide Prevention Resource Center
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Wisconsin Rural Physicians Residency Assistance Program Updates and Newsletters
Newsletter of the Wisconsin Rural Physicians Residency Assistance Program (WRPRAP), which collaborates with rural health advocates, community clinicians, and residency educators in Wisconsin, to develop educational experiences that foster an understanding of and interest in rural medical practice among new physicians.
Type: Journal/Newsletter
Sponsoring organization: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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Newsletter of the Wisconsin Rural Physicians Residency Assistance Program (WRPRAP), which collaborates with rural health advocates, community clinicians, and residency educators in Wisconsin, to develop educational experiences that foster an understanding of and interest in rural medical practice among new physicians.
Type: Journal/Newsletter
Sponsoring organization: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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SIM - SD: Simulation in Motion - South Dakota
A mobile education program that brings technologically advanced training of emergency patient care to rural South Dakota's pre-hospital and hospital emergency care providers. Uses human-like, computerized mannequins.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: South Dakota Department of Health
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A mobile education program that brings technologically advanced training of emergency patient care to rural South Dakota's pre-hospital and hospital emergency care providers. Uses human-like, computerized mannequins.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: South Dakota Department of Health
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New Mexico Project ECHO
Supports the ECHO model of sharing medical knowledge and expanding treatment capacity in areas of need, both rural and urban, by connecting local clinicians in weekly virtual clinics with specialists located at academic medical centers.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
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Supports the ECHO model of sharing medical knowledge and expanding treatment capacity in areas of need, both rural and urban, by connecting local clinicians in weekly virtual clinics with specialists located at academic medical centers.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
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Project ECHO Nevada
Provides training and indirect telehealth consultations to increase health care and public health professionals' capacity to effectively address emerging, common, chronic, and complex conditions in populations throughout Nevada. Connects urban, university-based subject matter experts with health care and public health professionals through regularly scheduled teleconference sessions where professionals can speak directly with specialists to review their challenging patient cases for feedback and recommendations. On Demand Library offers video recordings of training sessions.
Additional links: On Demand Library
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Office of Statewide Initiatives
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Provides training and indirect telehealth consultations to increase health care and public health professionals' capacity to effectively address emerging, common, chronic, and complex conditions in populations throughout Nevada. Connects urban, university-based subject matter experts with health care and public health professionals through regularly scheduled teleconference sessions where professionals can speak directly with specialists to review their challenging patient cases for feedback and recommendations. On Demand Library offers video recordings of training sessions.
Additional links: On Demand Library
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Office of Statewide Initiatives
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