Mission and Training Location, Role of Rural Faculty
Continuing Family Medicine's Unique Contribution to Rural Health Care [see comments] (Bowman RC; Am Fam Physician, 1996 Aug)
Education for Rural Practice in Canada and Australia Rourke and Strasser Acad Med 1996 71 464-469
Family practice residencies and the graduation of rural family physicians. Bowman RC, Penrod J. Family Medicine 1998
The Invisible Faculty, Hobbs, President's Column, Family Medicine 29 10 Nov/Dec 1997
Which Medical Schools Produce Rural Physicians? Rosenblatt RA, Whitcomb ME, Cullen TJ, Lishner DM, Hart LG JAMA 1992 Sep 23-30;268(12):1559-65
Journal of Rural Health recent articles on personnel http://www.nrharural.org/search/subj/H_Personnel.html
Preprofessional, Admissions, Early Rural Exposure
Basco, W.T., Jr., Gilbert, G.E., & Blue, A.V.(2002). Determining the Consequences for Rural Applicants When Additional Consideration is Discontinued in a Medical School Admission Process. Academic Medicine, 77, S20-S22. http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/research/bibliography/basco002.htm See Rural News February 2003 for results
Characteristics of Medical School Applicants: Implications for Rural Health Care, Head and Harris, Family Medicine 21 3 1989 p187
Determinants of the generalist career intentions of 1995 graduating medical students [see comments] (Kassebaum DG; Acad Med, 1996 Feb)
The Duluth Approach Boulger, Family Medicine
Mercer University School of Medicine: A Successful Approach to Primary Care Medical Education Ackermann, Comeau, Family Medicine 28 6 395 1996
Preceptorships
Hobbs, A Decentralized Clerkship: Strategies for Standardizing Content and Instruction, Family Medicine 19 2 1987
Verby, The Rural Physician Associate Program
Why a Preceptorship Is Better - Bowman
Graduate
Blondell Rural Health, Family Practice, and Area Health Education Centers: A National Study 21 3 1989 p183
Bowman RC, Penrod J. Family practice residencies and the graduation of rural family physicians. Family Medicine 1998
A fellowship in rural family medicine: program development and outcomes. (Norris TE; Fam Med, 1997 Jun)
The geographic and temporal patterns of residency-trained family physicians: University of Washington Family Practice Residency Network. (West PA; J Am Board Fam Pract, 1996 Mar-Apr)
Increasing recruitment contacts between generalist residents at the Medical College of Georgia and rural and
underserved communities. (Hobbs J; Acad Med, 1999 Jan)One-two rural residency tracks in family practice: are they getting the job done? [see comments] (Rosenthal TC; Fam Med, 1998 Feb)
Using rural training tracks to encourage rural practice careers and enhance training in family medicine. (Damos JR; Acad Med, 1998 May)
Recruitment, Retention, Community Level
Beyond retention: National Health Service Corps participation and subsequent practice locations of a cohort of rural family physicians. (Rosenblatt RA; J Am Board Fam Pract, 1996 Jan-Feb)
Medical education and physicians' career choices: are we taking credit beyond our due? [see comments] (Pathman DE; Acad Med, 1996 Sep)
Preparing and Retaining Rural Physicians Through Medical Education. Donald E. Pathman, Beat D. Steiner, Brett D. Jones et al. Academic Medicine. 1999;74(7):810-820.
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