Membership Items and Information for RME Group
We have voted to affiliate with the NRHA. We are now officially a Special Interest Group within the Research and Education Constituency Group. If we maintain over 100 members, we will be eligible to become an official constituency group with Board Members and Policy Board Members. NRHA members can participate in official functions. Any interested person can participate in the list serve of this group which will be run by NRHA. The interim Chair is Robert C. Bowman with Deb Phillips a co-chair. The Office of Rural Health Policy has provided funds to assist this group with initial functions. The major activity this year will be the Rural Medical Education meeting May 22 and 23 for elections, networking, education, and planning. The group mission is:
to foster and promote rural medical education through networking, education, and research. Members of the Special Interest Group (SIG) will meet to share issues regarding medical education funding, rural medical education programs and curricula, and other relevant concerns.
History of Rural Medical Education
This group got things started and explored options. It began with the Rural Graduate Medical Education conference in San Antonio in February 2000 set up by Tom Rosenthal, Pat Taylor, and the Office of Rural Health Policy.
The STFM Group on Rural Health consists of rural physicians, faculty, and others interested in training more and better rural physicians. The group works at multiple points along the pipeline to rural practice to stimulate interest, support, encourage, develop curricula, implement programs, and convince state and national leaders to implement policies that have been proven to graduate more and better physicians. For current activities, check out the 1998 Group Report. Group Plan 1996-97 Group 2000
Other associations involved in rural health
Rural Faculty of Australia http://www.racgp.org.au/faculties/rural/main.htm
Membership in the National Association of Rural Medical Educators and how to sign in
We will send you a response by email and welcome you.
Please submit some information for the web page or help revise it to meet your needs and those of others.
Databases of regional FP Programs with rural graduation rates
Rural Access to Health Care in Nebraska by Amy Paysen, Michael Bryan, Ryan Ramaekers, Brian Lubberstedt, John Dickinson, James Ohrt, November 2000
Rural Graduate Medical Education review of current rural med ed models, rationale February 2000
Tools for Community Work summary of useful tools for collecting information in rural and underserved communities
Rural Medical Education overview - the continuous or bridging approach
Rural Med Ed at UNMC - cradle to grave
Rural Training Tracks and other Graduate Programs - details on the variety of graduate approaches
Presentation to Rural-Interested College Students - we need you
Links to The Virtual Center for Rural Medical Education, consultations available
