Preparing Physicians for Rural Practice: Availability of Rural Training in Rural-Centric Residency Programs

Date
10/2019
Journal
Journal of Graduate Medical Education
Description

This study surveyed physician residency programs in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and psychiatry to describe training locations and rural-specific content of rural-centric residency programs (those requiring at least eight weeks of rurally located training).

Center
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Authors
Davis Patterson, C. Holly Andrilla, Lisa Garberson