Looking at the Utility of Rural Pathway Programs in Producing Rural Physicians
Introduction: The shortage of primary care doctors in rural America is on a continual incline, with only about 3% of recent Family Medicine residency graduates expressing interest in rural practice. Medical schools across the country have implemented various programs to attract students to rural m...
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Introduction: The shortage of primary care doctors in rural America is on a continual incline, with only about 3% of recent Family Medicine residency graduates expressing interest in rural practice. Medical schools across the country have implemented various programs to attract students to rural medicine, with varying success in their graduates setting up rural practice.
Methods: The UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine (UABSOM) Huntsville Regional Medical Campus (HRMC) operates a three-part Rural Pathway with college premedical, medical school and Family Medicine residency elements. The residency specialty and first practice locations for students in this path were analyzed from 2004 – 2022.
Results: These pathway elements work together with a current success rate of up to 54% practicing in rural Alabama. For students who participated in all three elements, while the number is small (5) the success rate is high, with 80% now in primary care practice in rural Alabama.
Conclusions: These elements are inexpensive to implement, embrace the often-underrepresented rural student and create physicians to serve rural patients.
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| spelling | doaj.art-c2b48bf5b719451eab6f02f4d365d2822024-03-06T20:35:20ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingJournal of Regional Medical Campuses2576-55582024-02-017110.24926/jrmc.v7i1.5606Looking at the Utility of Rural Pathway Programs in Producing Rural PhysiciansJayci Hamrick Avery0Paula Clawson1UAB Huntsville Family Medicine Residency, Huntsville AL UAB Heersink School of Medicine Introduction: The shortage of primary care doctors in rural America is on a continual incline, with only about 3% of recent Family Medicine residency graduates expressing interest in rural practice. Medical schools across the country have implemented various programs to attract students to rural medicine, with varying success in their graduates setting up rural practice. Methods: The UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine (UABSOM) Huntsville Regional Medical Campus (HRMC) operates a three-part Rural Pathway with college premedical, medical school and Family Medicine residency elements. The residency specialty and first practice locations for students in this path were analyzed from 2004 – 2022. Results: These pathway elements work together with a current success rate of up to 54% practicing in rural Alabama. For students who participated in all three elements, while the number is small (5) the success rate is high, with 80% now in primary care practice in rural Alabama. Conclusions: These elements are inexpensive to implement, embrace the often-underrepresented rural student and create physicians to serve rural patients. https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/jrmc/article/view/5606Rural physicians; Rural medical students; Rural medicine pathway |
| spellingShingle | Jayci Hamrick Avery Paula Clawson Looking at the Utility of Rural Pathway Programs in Producing Rural Physicians Journal of Regional Medical Campuses Rural physicians; Rural medical students; Rural medicine pathway |
| title | Looking at the Utility of Rural Pathway Programs in Producing Rural Physicians |
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| title_short | Looking at the Utility of Rural Pathway Programs in Producing Rural Physicians |
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