Rural Emphasis in FP Residency Programs with grads by 1995 (N = 353, 92% response)  

Component of Program as Noted by Program Directors

Number of Programs

Proportion of Programs

Any Required Rural rotation, rural clinic, track, or fellowship (25 FP programs entirely in rural area)

165

46.7%

Accelerated Rural Training Program see Nebraska

1

Required rural rotation

142

40.2%

Required rural ambulatory clinic - see 

The Case for Rural Ambulatory Teaching Sites

50

14.2%

Rural training track see listing 1-2 Rural TT.pdf

also Rural Training Tracks

38

10.8%

Obstetrical fellowship http://www.aafp.org/fellowships/obstet.html

42

11.9%

Programs with a rural fellowship 

Rural Fellowships List

16

4.5%

Programs with fellowship or procedural emphasis

70

19.8%

Program director is rural contact person

112

31.7%

Full rural mission

Partial rural mission

No rural mission

54

97

201

15.3%

27.5%

56.9%

More about this survey and research at 

Fam Med Res Programs and Graduation Rates of Rural Family Physicians

www.ruralmedicaleducation.org