REGIONS and STATES

The information on rural programs was written by Robert C. Bowman.  
He acknowledges the significant contribution of the STFM Group on
Rural Health and its members.  However, the author is solely
responsible for this information, not the Society of Teachers of
Family Medicine, the National Rural Health Association, or the
University of Nebraska Medical Center.

This information is for senior students and others considering a family practice program.  It is also compiled for rural faculty to assist them with the development of rural programs.  The information was compiled in 1995 on programs that had 3 years of graduates.  Programs began in 1993 or later may not have information.  This information has been verified by the program directors in annual mailings. 

Updates with more recent information about graduates or rural curriculum should be sent to rcbowman@atsu.edu.

Programs with a higher percentage graduating into rural health, programs with required rural months, more obstetrical months, and programs in more rural states do graduate more rural physicians.

The programs are listed by region or state:

 

Lower Southeast: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi

Upper Southeast: Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

West: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah,
Washington, Wyoming

Midwest: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota

East: District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia

New England and Puerto Rico: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine,
Rhode Island, Vermont, and Puerto Rico

Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma

California

Illinois

Indiana and Michigan

Minnesota and Wisconsin

New York

New Jersey

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Texas

Programs with over 50% rural graduates

Programs with less than 50% rural graduates but more than expected,
given the city size and rurality of the state