Rural Family Medicine Residency Training Survey: Follow-up to 2000 Survey
While rural physician production and distribution have remained relatively stable over the past decade, recent declines in medical student interest in family medicine careers and family medicine match rates have serious implications for rural family physician supply. The purpose of this project is to survey all U.S. family medicine residency programs about the extent and location of their rural training. This follow-up study will document changes in the amount and distribution of rural family medicine residency training as compared to the previous baseline study in 2000. The mailed survey had an 81% response rate. Analysis of the data is underway at the WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, and the results will be circulated and discussed with key federal, state, and private-sector institutions interested in rural health care. The findings will present the number of rural family medicine training sites, the current programs emphasizing rural training, and changes in emphasis over the past seven years.
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