Training Physicians for Rural Practice: Capitalizing on Local Expertise to Strengthen Rural Primary Care
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Date
01/2011
Description
This policy brief explains the challenges of ensuring sufficient numbers of well-prepared family physicians for rural communities and describes the Rural Training Track (RTT) Technical Assistance Program, a strategy to utilize local expertise in sustaining the "1-2" RTT as a national model for training physicians for rural practice.
Center
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Authors
Davis Patterson, Randall Longenecker, David Schmitz, Susan Skillman, Mark Doescher
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