The rural and rural med ed list serves have put together some excellent information for students. These have been collected below. There is also a thread beginning in the rural medical education list serve regarding procedural training that will add to the list.
Internal Med Vs Family Practice aka Rural Medicine Rocks! http://www.unmc.edu/Community/ruralmeded/RMEPost/internal_med_vs_fp.htm
Student dreams and rural practice http://www.unmc.edu/Community/ruralmeded/model/medsch/student_dreams.htm
Questions by students indexed http://www.unmc.edu/Community/ruralmeded/model/medsch/questions_by_students_and_other_.htm
Rural Student interest groups ideas and startup at http://www.unmc.edu/Community/ruralmeded/model/medsch/prepare.htm
Choosing a procedural residency - in construction http://www.unmc.edu/Community/ruralmeded/model/medsch/chooseprocedures.htm
When reading this material it is impossible to ignore the incredible variety of rural practice and location types (nearly as much variety in residency preparation), the ways that rural physicians have adapted to the challenges, and the unwavering commitment of rural physicians to serving their patients and communities.
Robert C. Bowman, MD rbowman@unmc.edu