Supported rural pre-medicine: a descriptive evaluation of a novel undergraduate program’s first cohorts
Implication Statement Selkirk College’s Rural Pre-Medicine (RPM) program launched in 2014 as a unique undergraduate initiative designed to increase the number of students who prepare for future careers in rural healthcare and, in the longterm, to play a role in reducing rural health disparities....
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| author | Sara McEwen Takaia Larsen Elizabeth Lund Jonathan Vanderhoek |
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Selkirk College’s Rural Pre-Medicine (RPM) program launched in 2014 as a unique undergraduate initiative designed to increase the number of students who prepare for future careers in rural healthcare and, in the longterm, to play a role in reducing rural health disparities. Preliminary evaluation indicates most students in the program have rural backgrounds and the majority of graduates with follow-up data go on to further health science programming, including medical school. Challenges with retention have been identified. RPM is committed to ongoing program improvement and to providing a model for similar programs in other jurisdictions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-56ea561ab88345dda6ca20d06ffeb8152022-12-21T17:45:22ZengCanadian Medical Education JournalCanadian Medical Education Journal1923-12022021-09-0110.36834/cmej.72358Supported rural pre-medicine: a descriptive evaluation of a novel undergraduate program’s first cohortsSara McEwen0Takaia Larsen1Elizabeth Lund2Jonathan Vanderhoek3Selkirk CollegeSelkirk CollegeSelkirk CollegeSelkirk CollegeImplication Statement Selkirk College’s Rural Pre-Medicine (RPM) program launched in 2014 as a unique undergraduate initiative designed to increase the number of students who prepare for future careers in rural healthcare and, in the longterm, to play a role in reducing rural health disparities. Preliminary evaluation indicates most students in the program have rural backgrounds and the majority of graduates with follow-up data go on to further health science programming, including medical school. Challenges with retention have been identified. RPM is committed to ongoing program improvement and to providing a model for similar programs in other jurisdictions.https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/72358 |
| spellingShingle | Sara McEwen Takaia Larsen Elizabeth Lund Jonathan Vanderhoek Supported rural pre-medicine: a descriptive evaluation of a novel undergraduate program’s first cohorts Canadian Medical Education Journal |
| title | Supported rural pre-medicine: a descriptive evaluation of a novel undergraduate program’s first cohorts |
| title_full | Supported rural pre-medicine: a descriptive evaluation of a novel undergraduate program’s first cohorts |
| title_fullStr | Supported rural pre-medicine: a descriptive evaluation of a novel undergraduate program’s first cohorts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Supported rural pre-medicine: a descriptive evaluation of a novel undergraduate program’s first cohorts |
| title_short | Supported rural pre-medicine: a descriptive evaluation of a novel undergraduate program’s first cohorts |
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