Education and Training of the Rural Healthcare Workforce – Resources
Selected recent or important resources focusing on Education and Training of the Rural Healthcare Workforce.
Trends in Rural and Urban Family Physician Teaching of Health Professions Students and Residents
Compares the amount of early career family physicians offering clinical instruction to health professions students in rural and urban areas. Analyzes the types of students being taught, such as premedical, medical, residents, or fellows, among others, as well as practice characteristics of the settings where physicians were engaged in teaching.
Author(s): C. Holly A. Andrilla, Lars E. Peterson, Davis G. Patterson, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 266557
Date: 07/2026
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Compares the amount of early career family physicians offering clinical instruction to health professions students in rural and urban areas. Analyzes the types of students being taught, such as premedical, medical, residents, or fellows, among others, as well as practice characteristics of the settings where physicians were engaged in teaching.
Author(s): C. Holly A. Andrilla, Lars E. Peterson, Davis G. Patterson, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 266557
Date: 07/2026
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Putting the Roadmap to a Comprehensive State Graduate Medical Education Strategy into Practice: State Perspectives
Explores ways in which Missouri, North Carolina, and Wisconsin are planning and implementing aspects of their state graduate medical education strategies. Offers insights for other states investigating ways to sustain a rural healthcare workforce and considering a "grow-your-own" approach to expanded residency training.
Author(s): Lori Rodefeld, Raquel Davis, Erin P. Fraher, et al.
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Explores ways in which Missouri, North Carolina, and Wisconsin are planning and implementing aspects of their state graduate medical education strategies. Offers insights for other states investigating ways to sustain a rural healthcare workforce and considering a "grow-your-own" approach to expanded residency training.
Author(s): Lori Rodefeld, Raquel Davis, Erin P. Fraher, et al.
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Nursing in the Rural West: Challenges and Opportunities for Supporting Rural Students and Communities
Provides a regional perspective on nursing workforce needs in Western rural areas, based on discussions with stakeholders from Wyoming, New Mexico, and Colorado. Highlights rural nursing student supports, clinical placements, faculty development, and preceptor development.
Author(s): Colleen Falkenstern
Date: 06/2026
Sponsoring organization: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
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Provides a regional perspective on nursing workforce needs in Western rural areas, based on discussions with stakeholders from Wyoming, New Mexico, and Colorado. Highlights rural nursing student supports, clinical placements, faculty development, and preceptor development.
Author(s): Colleen Falkenstern
Date: 06/2026
Sponsoring organization: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
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Promoting Your Teaching Health Center Dental Residency
Toolkit offering strategies to reach dental students and encourage them to consider residency programs in Teaching Health Centers. Full access to toolkit requires a free 3RNET Employer account.
Date: 06/2026
Sponsoring organizations: 3RNET, THCGME.org, The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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Toolkit offering strategies to reach dental students and encourage them to consider residency programs in Teaching Health Centers. Full access to toolkit requires a free 3RNET Employer account.
Date: 06/2026
Sponsoring organizations: 3RNET, THCGME.org, The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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Expanding and Sustaining Rural Clinical Education: Perspectives from Health Professions Education Leaders
Summarizes themes from interviews with 21 rural clinical education leaders from 16 organizations regarding strategies to sustain and expand rural clinical education. Identifies challenges and facilitators in developing and sustaining rural clinical education sites for health professions students. Discusses strategies to strengthen cross-disciplinary partnerships that support the expansion of rural clinical education.
Author(s): Natalia V. Oster, David V. Evans, Davis G. Patterson, C. Holly A. Andrilla, Janessa M. Graves
Date: 06/2026
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Summarizes themes from interviews with 21 rural clinical education leaders from 16 organizations regarding strategies to sustain and expand rural clinical education. Identifies challenges and facilitators in developing and sustaining rural clinical education sites for health professions students. Discusses strategies to strengthen cross-disciplinary partnerships that support the expansion of rural clinical education.
Author(s): Natalia V. Oster, David V. Evans, Davis G. Patterson, C. Holly A. Andrilla, Janessa M. Graves
Date: 06/2026
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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A Roadmap for Building and Implementing a Comprehensive State Graduate Medical Education Strategy: Actionable Steps to Align Investments with Workforce Needs
Offers an evidence-based framework that organizes a graduate medical education (GME) growth strategy into 5 stages. Can be used as part of federal Rural Health Transformation Program activities to strengthen workforce recruitment and retention and to improve healthcare access in rural areas. Table 1 shows state GME models and technical assistance initiatives.
Author(s): Lori Rodefeld, Emily M. Hawes, Raquel Davis, et al.
Date: 04/2026
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Offers an evidence-based framework that organizes a graduate medical education (GME) growth strategy into 5 stages. Can be used as part of federal Rural Health Transformation Program activities to strengthen workforce recruitment and retention and to improve healthcare access in rural areas. Table 1 shows state GME models and technical assistance initiatives.
Author(s): Lori Rodefeld, Emily M. Hawes, Raquel Davis, et al.
Date: 04/2026
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Student Enrollment in Rural Medical Schools
Data brief summarizing the distribution of student enrollment in Doctor of Medicine (MD)- and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)-granting schools or sites in rural areas. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural communities.
Author(s): Janessa M. Graves, Randall Longenecker, C. Holly A. Andrilla
Date: 04/2026
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Data brief summarizing the distribution of student enrollment in Doctor of Medicine (MD)- and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)-granting schools or sites in rural areas. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural communities.
Author(s): Janessa M. Graves, Randall Longenecker, C. Holly A. Andrilla
Date: 04/2026
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Promoting Access to Chronic Illness Management and Nursing Education in a Rural Illinois Nurse-Led Mobile Health Unit
Examines the impact of nurse-led mobile health units (MHUs) to provide point-of-care (POC) screening and management of chronic disease in rural and hard-to-reach areas. Discusses MHU clinical experiences in nursing programs and expanding access to POC healthcare in rural areas.
Author(s): Carol Sieck, Kelly D. Rosenberger, Summer Roeschley-Park, Carolyn Dickens
Citation: Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 38(6), 393-397
Date: 03/2026
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Examines the impact of nurse-led mobile health units (MHUs) to provide point-of-care (POC) screening and management of chronic disease in rural and hard-to-reach areas. Discusses MHU clinical experiences in nursing programs and expanding access to POC healthcare in rural areas.
Author(s): Carol Sieck, Kelly D. Rosenberger, Summer Roeschley-Park, Carolyn Dickens
Citation: Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 38(6), 393-397
Date: 03/2026
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Assessing and Sustaining Competence in Rural Practice
Opinion piece exploring competency-based approaches to physician education and training. Examines the concept of competence in terms of performance at the time of graduation and habit in life.
Author(s): Randall Longenecker
Citation: Family Medicine, 58(3), 175-177
Date: 03/2026
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Opinion piece exploring competency-based approaches to physician education and training. Examines the concept of competence in terms of performance at the time of graduation and habit in life.
Author(s): Randall Longenecker
Citation: Family Medicine, 58(3), 175-177
Date: 03/2026
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Training Needs for Rural Primary Care Practice: A Scoping Review of Resident Physician Preparation
Results of a scoping review exploring what graduate medical education competencies and training primary care residents will need in order to practice effectively in rural areas of the United States. Study was limited to peer-reviewed English language articles published from 2013-2023.
Author(s): David F. Schmitz, Annie Koempel, Campbell Cook, Andrew W. Bazemore
Citation: Family Medicine, 58(3), 199-207
Date: 03/2026
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Results of a scoping review exploring what graduate medical education competencies and training primary care residents will need in order to practice effectively in rural areas of the United States. Study was limited to peer-reviewed English language articles published from 2013-2023.
Author(s): David F. Schmitz, Annie Koempel, Campbell Cook, Andrew W. Bazemore
Citation: Family Medicine, 58(3), 199-207
Date: 03/2026
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