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Office of Rural Programs publishes peer-reviewed articles<\/strong> that contribute to scholarly works on the impact of rural medicine.<\/p>\n

2023<\/h2>\n
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The Effect of Rural Underserved Opportunities Program Participation on Medical Graduates’ Decision to Work in Rural Areas<\/a><\/h5>\n

There is a persistent rural physician shortage in the United States. Policies to scale up the health workforce in response to this shortage must include measures to draw and maintain existing and newly trained healthcare workers to rural regions. Prior studies have found that experience in community medicine in rural practice settings increases the likelihood of medical graduates practicing in those regions but have not accounted for selection bias. This study examined the impact of a community-based clinical immersion program on medical graduates\u2019 decision to work in rural regions, adjusting for co-variates to control for selection bias.<\/p>\n

Dahal, Arati PhD; Kardonsky, Kim MD; Cunningham, Matthew PhD; Evans, David V. MD; Keys, Toby MA, MPH. The Effect of Rural Underserved Opportunities Program Participation on Medical Graduates\u2019 Decision to Work in Rural Areas. Academic Medicine ():10.1097\/ACM.0000000000005162, February 01, 2023. | DOI: 10.1097\/ACM.0000000000005162.<\/h6>\n

2021<\/h2>\n

\"Cover<\/a>Impact of a Targeted Rural and Underserved Track on Medical Student Match Into Family Medicine and Other Needed Workforce Specialties<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

There is a shortage of physicians in rural communities in the United States. More than other types of primary care physicians, family physicians are the foundation for care in rural areas. There are also critical shortages of other specialties such as general surgery, pediatrics, internal medicine, and psychiatry in rural America.2-7\u00a0<\/span>This study assessed student participation in the University of Washington School of Medicine\u2019s (UWSOM) Targeted Rural Underserved Track (TRUST) program as a predictor for family medicine (FM) and needed workforce specialty residency match.<\/p>\n

Kardonsky K, Evans DV, Erickson J, Kost A. Impact of a Targeted Rural and Underserved Track on Medical Student Match Into Family Medicine and Other Needed Workforce Specialties. Fam Med. 2021;53(2):111-117. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.22454\/FamMed.2021.351484.<\/h6>\n
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2019<\/h2>\n

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The WRITE Stuff: A Rural Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship Addresses Workforce Needs<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

The University of Washington School of Medicine has 6 campuses in the 5 state WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) region. The WRITE (WWAMI Rural Integrated Training Experience) program is a 22- to 24-week-long rural longitudinal<\/span>
\nintegrated clerkship … View full article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Keen M, Bienz D, Keys T, Schaad D, Evans D. The WRITE Stuff: A rural longitudinal integrated clerkship addresses workforce needs. Journal of Regional Medical Campuses. 2019;2(5). doi:10.24926\/jrmc.v2i5.2103.<\/span><\/h6>\n

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2016<\/h2>\n

\"Photo<\/a>Big Pharma on the Farm: Students Are Exposed to Pharmaceutical Marketing More Often in Rural Clinics<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Pharmaceutical marketing techniques are effective in changing the behavior of healthcare providers in ways that deviate from evidence-based practices. To mitigate the influence of pharmaceutical marketing on learners, academic medical centers (AMCs) have adopted policies to limit student\/industry interaction. Many clinical experiences occur outside of the AMC. The purpose of this study was to compare medical students\u2019 exposure to pharmaceutical marketing in off-campus rural and urban underserved clinical sites… View full article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Evans, David V, et al. Big pharma on the farm: Students are exposed to pharmaceutical marketing more often in rural clinics. Family Medicine, vol. 48, no. 7, 2016, pp. 561\u2013564.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Photo<\/a>The WWAMI Targeted Rural Underserved Track (TRUST) Program: An Innovative Response to Rural Physician Workforce Shortages<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Too few physicians practice in rural areas. To address the physician workforce needs of the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska,Montana, and Idaho (WWAMI) region,the University of Washington School of Medicine developed the Targeted Rural Underserved Track (TRUST) program in August 2008. TRUST is a four-year curriculum centered on a clinical longitudinal continuity experience with students repeatedly returning to a single site located in a rural community or small city… View full article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Greer T, Kost A, Evans DV, Norris T, Erickson J, McCarthy J, Allen S. The WWAMI Targeted Rural Underserved Track (TRUST) program: An innovative response to rural physician workforce shortages. Acad Med. 2016 Jan;91(1):65-9.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Chapter 30: Rural Health Care: Communities, Systems, and Patient Care (textbook)<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

\u201cRural\u201d is a term that elicits a variety of meanings and images such as farms, expansive landscapes, or small towns. For some, it is a state of mind or a feeling. Others contend its definition is quantifiable by population density or other measures. Although there are many definitions, all attempt to describe something socially and geographically different from urban areas…\u00a0View full article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Evans D, Keys T, Meltzer S.\u00a0 Rural Health Care:\u00a0 Communities, systems and patient care (p 332-343) in Medical Management of Vulnerable and Underserved Patients<\/em>.\u00a0 New York, McGraw-Hill; 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

2015<\/h2>\n
Public Health Community Externship<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

For the past 14 years, the University of Washington\u2019s Rural\/Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP) has offered rising second-year students a public health community externship (PHCE). The PHCE introduces students to public health skills and concepts that are most relevant to their careers as future physicians such as interpreting community demographics and epidemiological data, facilitating community partnerships, and translating evidence-based literature into a localized intervention strategy. The PHCE compels students to pay attention to patients\u2019 lives outside of the exam room and empowers them to engage in upstream health issues. View full article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Keys T, Desnick L, Bienz D, Evans D. Public health community externship. MedEdPORTAL Publications. 2015;11:10260. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.15766\/mep_2374-8265.10260.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Office of Rural Programs publishes peer-reviewed articles that contribute to scholarly works on the impact of rural medicine. 2023 The Effect of Rural Underserved Opportunities Program Participation on Medical Graduates’ Decision to Work in Rural Areas There is a persistent rural physician shortage in the United States. Policies to scale up the health workforce in…<\/p>\n

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