Randall Longenecker, MD

Phone: 937.539.7135
Email: longenec@ohio.edu
LinkedIn: Randall on LinkedIn

Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
10 Pasture Drive
Bridgewater, VA 22812

Publications - (8)

Student Enrollment in Rural Medical Schools
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 04/2026
Physicians who complete their training in rural settings demonstrate a higher likelihood of practicing in rural communities in the future. This data brief describes the extent of student enrollment in rurally located versus urban U.S. medical schools and campuses.

Do Residencies That Aim to Produce Rural Family Physicians Offer Relevant Training?
Journal Article
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 09/2016
Examines the rural-centric family medicine residencies, their training locations, and rurally relevant skills training provided. Rural training can promote rural practice, but the number of family medicine residencies with a rural focus, geographic distribution of training, and training content are poorly understood.
Outcomes of Rural-Centric Residency Training to Prepare Family Medicine Physicians for Rural Practice
Policy Brief
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 03/2016
Among those with eight or more weeks of rural training, no single program characteristic or model offered sustained advantages over any other type in producing high yields to rural practice.
Family Medicine Rural Training Track Residencies: 2008-2015 Graduate Outcomes
Policy Brief
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 02/2016
This policy brief is the latest in a series tracking the rural practice outcomes of family physicians who have completed graduate medical education in Rural Training Track (RTT) residency programs.

Graduate Medical Education Financing: Sustaining Medical Education in Rural Places
Policy Brief
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 05/2015
Rural Training Track (RTT) graduate medical education programs have shown success at preparing family physicians for rural practice, but financial difficulties have contributed to program closures. This policy brief reports on a survey of RTT directors and administrators across the U.S. to understand their finances.

Rural Residency Training for Family Medicine Physicians: Graduate Early-Career Outcomes, 2008-2012
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 01/2013
This policy brief provides an update on the rural and shortage area practice outcomes of family physicians who have completed graduate medical education in Rural Training Track (RTT) residency programs.

Rural Residency Training for Family Medicine Physicians: Graduate Early-Career Outcomes
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 01/2012
This policy brief describes the characteristics of family physicians who have completed graduate medical education in Rural Training Track residency programs and their outcomes in terms of practice in rural communities, health professional shortage areas, and safety net facilities.

Training Physicians for Rural Practice: Capitalizing on Local Expertise to Strengthen Rural Primary Care
Policy Brief
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 01/2011
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.