Rural Medical Education
General Info and Links
aboutrme.htm - overview document for rural medical education with Q and A and links
canadi.htm - Canadian rural med ed links
calendar.htm - upcoming rural med ed events, also some fun, links to serious works
comprura.htm - comparisons of Australia, Canada, and US medical education
a history of rural medical education - recent history of rural medical education, in construction
Status of Rural Medical Education - Bowman, construction
University of Nebraska Rural Web Sites
Rural Workforce
smallrur.htm - table of states with the most small rural health systems
Workforce Issues - links to various workforce efforts
Recruitment – Getting the Right Students Admitted
fewyoung.htm - example letter to dean, medical leader, government leader, citing problems and
why_docs_dont.htm - excuses given by medical leaders regarding lack of rural physicians
whydocgo.htm - ways to get more rural physicians, response to medical leaders
Retention – Preparation for More and Better and Longer Rural Physicians
Rural Training in Family Medicine - Handout for Student Resident Conference
Medical School Efforts
Med School Experiences and models
model.htm - information on best rural programs and models of rural medical education with lots of links, subfiles on med school, graduate, preprofessional
student.htm - preference page for students interested in a career in rural health, including help with the match, rural emphasis programs, and more
prepare.htm - info on starting a rural student interest group
Student Interest Group Package Proposal
regions.htm - directory file for fp residency data regarding rural components and tracks
interesteds.htm - complete pipeline table of contents from student to college student to resident to rural practice
Why Become Involved? - challenge to students and residents at AAFP Student-Resident conference
Total Rural Primary Care Education Section
What would a Rural Medical School Look Like
What should the next generation of medical schools be like?
Compromise: The Current Medical School Situation
Avoiding Compromise in Primary Care
Longitudinal Medical Education under construction
Dimensions in Rural Medical Education under construction
Graduate Medical Education Efforts
resident.htm - preference menu with links for residents interested in rural practice or rural med
Developing and Troubleshooting Rural Training Tracks
Rural Graduates and FP Residency Programs - Bowman and Penrod
workrur.htm - working with rural communities, advice and suggestions for rural faculty or docs
youngrur.htm - avoid these problems to retain doctors
Rural Practice and Rural Community Efforts
commrole.htm - role of the rural physician in the community, recruitment fairs and other tips
leadrole.htm - one page fact sheet on the importance of rural physician's working at the community level
selfasse.htm - self assessment of recruitment effort, for old or new docs or communities
comtool2.htm - tools for community work, collection of data by primary and secondary means, FP and COPC approaches
corporat.htm - experiences in rural antitrust
dealing.htm - dealing with change in rural communities
goodbad.htm - Rural Managed Care, the good, the bad, and the ugly
rurprec.htm - preference page for rural physicians who teach
implemen.htm - Implementing a Community-Based Approach - advice on working with rural communities WWAMI
adjusyng.htm - for senior residents or new rural doctors to anticipate adjustments to rural practice
build.htm - for new rural doctors about building a practice, adapted from RCB research
Working with Rural Communities
Recruitment Guide for Rural Communities
case for rural ambulatory teaching - one type of rural graduate training
Serving the Underserved
challser.htm - about the challenge of serving the underserved and some links
Family Medicine Programs Serving the Underserved
mental.htm - page of rural mental health links
State Efforts
recrfair.htm - suggestions for recruitment fairs for residents
legisla.htm - preference page for legislators, aides, and those interested in rural health policy
ripen.htm - more suggestions for recruiting and retaining
State Efforts in Recruitment - Hobbs and Georgia
Statewide Objectives and Examples
Dealing with Change in Nebraska Rural Communities
Rural Medical Education Group Efforts
Information
about_the_group.htm - intro to RME Group
filling the pipeline group - subgroup involved in getting more of the right students admitted
liaisons for RME Group to various other groups
member.htm - membership page with info on faculty, sign-in, consultation, group publications
dedica.htm - dedication of this web site
uptodate.htm - links to up to date info on the world of rural med ed
narme.htm - Rural Medical Educator main site with links
narmtask.htm - various activities of Rural Medical Educators
past reports of the rural med ed group
Vision for Rural Medical Education
Presentations and Publications
Current Status of Rural Training Track Programs - Williamson
Electronic Assistance for Rural Training - Phillips
Graduate Rural Curricula - Acosta
Pipeline to Rural Practice Presentations
Ambulatory and Community Based Funding - Earl Fox
Undergraduate Rural Curricula - Stearns
Future Oriented Competencies - RWJ Foundation
Future of Rural Medical Education - under construction
Rural Faculty Activities, Development, Research
Rural Faculty Activities
Accreditation and Acceptance Barriers
Agromedicine and Expanded Clinical Issues
cmqusfac.htm - rural faculty common questions and links
checkli.htm - checklist for rural program development
evaluating state efforts in RME
exmpdean.htm - personal examples to add to a letter to a dean or other medical or governmental leader to outline improvements to admissions and other areas to improve the graduation of rural physicians
facil.htm - rural faculty as facilitators for rural med ed, programs, environments
Foundations of Continuous Rural Programs
Guidelines for Implementing Rural Programs
The Challenge of Serving the Underserved - needed training, obstacles to appropriate training
ideal.htm - ideal environments for rural medical education with lots of links, rationale, comprehensive approach faculty.htm - listing of rural faculty, links, their duties, faculty contacts
preprofessional and admissions - older group, new one linked
respon93.htm - response to rural people with a request for help in 1993
ruracade.htm - rural academic issues and links
rursite.htm - site for rural faculty with email to enable contact about various topics
statabl.htm - table of status of rural medical education, in construction
Who teaches the nations rural family docs
What it would take to have more and better and longer rural FP
Faculty Development and Consultation
consult.htm - consultants and consultation tools for rural medical education
guidelin.htm - guidelines for developing rural medical education programs
facdev.htm - faculty development ideas and links
Timetable for Developing Rural Programs
Minifellowship in Rural Family Medicine at ETSU
Research
research.htm - notable research by rural faculty
authors.htm - various rural med ed authors and researchers with links to their works
Policy Papers Under Consideration
Rural Medical Education Capacity
