Rural and Urban Medical School Programs that Demonstrate a Commitment to Producing Rural Physicians
Description:
Physicians who complete their training in rural settings demonstrate a higher likelihood of practicing in rural and underserved communities in the future. Studies of individual medical schools have identified characteristics associated with working in rural areas, but little is known about which organizational factors are the most significant predictors of rural practice.
The purpose of this study is to discover how medical schools with rural missions translate into committed action that ultimately result in a high level of production of rural physicians. We will use practice location data on the cohort of medical school graduates who were attending medical school at the time that these program characteristics were identified and in effect.
Contacts
Funder:
HRSA
Status:
In Progress