A Comparison of Two Regional Campus Systems and their Impact on Addressing Health Care Needs of the Underserved

A major impact of the late 1970s Carnegie Commission on Higher Education’s report titled Higher Education and the Nation’s Health was the funding and development of Area Health Education Centers (AHECs).1  AHECs were located in rural and medically underserved areas in the states, with a goal of deve...

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Main Author: Sandeep Rahangdale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2018-05-01
Series:Journal of Regional Medical Campuses
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Online Access:https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/jrmc/article/view/1292
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description A major impact of the late 1970s Carnegie Commission on Higher Education’s report titled Higher Education and the Nation’s Health was the funding and development of Area Health Education Centers (AHECs).1  AHECs were located in rural and medically underserved areas in the states, with a goal of developing medical education programs to improve the manpower needs of these underserved communities.1  The University of North Carolina School of Medicine (UNC SOM), developed such a network in the 1970s to accomplish this task,2 and this paper reflects upon the success of the UNC AHEC system as well as the Florida State University College of Medicine (FSU COM), regional campus distributive education model in achieving this goal.  The legislature of the State of Florida specially created FSU COM with a mission focused on producing primary care doctors and physicians who serve the needs of rural, geriatric, underserved, and minority populations.3  FSU COM’s distributive medical education system has successfully accomplished this mission.3,4   I completed medical school and residency in the UNC AHEC system, and I am currently a regional campus Dean at FSU COM.
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spelling doaj.art-1d1b19e5295a4e5b96f5a1ec6d30eb7a2022-12-21T20:09:20ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingJournal of Regional Medical Campuses2576-55582018-05-011210.24926/jrmc.v1i2.1292A Comparison of Two Regional Campus Systems and their Impact on Addressing Health Care Needs of the UnderservedSandeep RahangdaleA major impact of the late 1970s Carnegie Commission on Higher Education’s report titled Higher Education and the Nation’s Health was the funding and development of Area Health Education Centers (AHECs).1  AHECs were located in rural and medically underserved areas in the states, with a goal of developing medical education programs to improve the manpower needs of these underserved communities.1  The University of North Carolina School of Medicine (UNC SOM), developed such a network in the 1970s to accomplish this task,2 and this paper reflects upon the success of the UNC AHEC system as well as the Florida State University College of Medicine (FSU COM), regional campus distributive education model in achieving this goal.  The legislature of the State of Florida specially created FSU COM with a mission focused on producing primary care doctors and physicians who serve the needs of rural, geriatric, underserved, and minority populations.3  FSU COM’s distributive medical education system has successfully accomplished this mission.3,4   I completed medical school and residency in the UNC AHEC system, and I am currently a regional campus Dean at FSU COM.https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/jrmc/article/view/1292UnderservedRegional Medical Campus
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title A Comparison of Two Regional Campus Systems and their Impact on Addressing Health Care Needs of the Underserved
title_full A Comparison of Two Regional Campus Systems and their Impact on Addressing Health Care Needs of the Underserved
title_fullStr A Comparison of Two Regional Campus Systems and their Impact on Addressing Health Care Needs of the Underserved
title_full_unstemmed A Comparison of Two Regional Campus Systems and their Impact on Addressing Health Care Needs of the Underserved
title_short A Comparison of Two Regional Campus Systems and their Impact on Addressing Health Care Needs of the Underserved
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Regional Medical Campus
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