Best Rural Programs

Top Family Medicine Residency Programs

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National Awards Recognized

Pre-professional and Admissions 

    Best Admissions, AHEC info, and Complete Rural Medical Schools

    For a step by step approach to obtain more rural physicians, try this page.

    The Community Driven Approach

Medical School - Various Programs 

    Preceptorships            RURAL PRECEPTORSHIPS

    Unique Rural Med School Models - try these sites and information            

    Medical school rural grad ranks from WWAMI

Rural Physician Associate Program http://www.rpap.umn.edu/       Duluth Plus RPAP

Syracuse RMED http://www.upstate.edu/fmed/rmed/

    See Latest Research on Complaining Physicians

    Which Medical School for Rural Practice? - national listing of best ones from student perspective

Rural Training Tracks     Overview and Links regarding RTTs

Graduate Approach   

    Choices in Graduate Programs

    Graduate Training Location and Rural Choices of Graduates

    Links to Rural Training Program Web Sites 

    Top Rural Programs in Canada 2001 http://www.srpc.ca/awards.html

    Rural Ontario Medical Program http://www.romponline.com/

    Nebraska's Graduate Programs        

Faculty Development with a Rural Flavor     Rural Medical Minifellowships and Fellowship

Fairs and Student Recruitment    Wisconsin FP Fair for Student Recruitment

Consultation on Rural Medical Education Programs     See Virtual Rural Med Ed

National Programs and Models     Campus Community Partnerships for Health

Statewide Objectives and Examples    See Summary and Links

The evidence suggests that later timing is bad for career decisions regarding family medicine

Accelerated Family Medicine Training Programs

Physician Workforce Studies - for why these programs work

www.ruralmedicaleducation.org