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Name in Full: Robert Charles Bowman, M.D.

Robert C. Bowman, M.D.

• Bowman, RC Measuring Primary Care, the Standard Primary Care Year, Rural and Remote Health, 2008 http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/showarticlenthamer.asp?ArticleID=1009
• Bowman, RC They Really Do Go, Rural and Remote Health, 2008 http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/subviewnew.asp?ArticleID=1035 
• Bowman, RC The Illusion of Minority Status, 2008 http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/subviewnthamer.asp?ArticleID=1036
• Bowman, RC  Continuing Medical Education as a Map to Guide Rural Physicians, Rural and Remote Health, 2007 7(2) 775
• Bowman, RC New Models or Remodeling Students or Both? Rural and Remote Health, 2007 7(1) 722
• Bowman R. How Good Is Good Enough? Virtual Mentor. 2005; 7(7).
  Available at: HTTP://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/15218.html.

• Bowman RC, Crouse BJ Community-Driven Medical Education: The Rural Component, Journal of Rural Health, Summer 2003 http://www.nrharural.org/JRH/JRH19-3/rurh-19-03-214.pdf

• Stageman JH, Bowman RC, Harrison JD. An accelerated rural training program. J Am Board Fam Pract. 2003 Mar-Apr;16(2):124-30.

• Phillips DM, Henning G, Bowman RC, Wheat JR. Agromedicine program development: a commentary and book review. Journal of Rural Health, 2002 Winter; 18(1):15-17.

• Bowman RC, Penrod J. Family practice residencies and the graduation of rural family physicians. Family Medicine 1998, 30(4):288-92. Fam Med Res Prog and Graduation of Rural Family Physicians 1997

• Saver B, Bowman RC, Hart G, Barriers to rural graduate medical education, Report of the Office of Rural Health Policy to Congress, 1998

• Bowman RC, Crabtree BF, Petzel J, Hadley T. Meeting the challenges of workload and building a practice: the perspectives of ten rural physicians, Journal of Rural Health 1997:1;71-77.

• Bowman RC. Continuing family medicine�s unique contribution to rural health care. American Family Physician Medicine and Society Feature Editorial, American Family Physician 1996;54:471-483.

• Bowman RC. Careers in Rural Health. Journal of the Student National Medical Association, Summer 1993.

• Bowman RC. Tennessee Academic Initiatives. Academic Medicine 1989:65;12 suppl:S 75.

• Miller L, Bowman R, Bakht F. Sparing effect of sulindac on lithium levels, F. The Journal of Family Practice 1989:28;5; 592-593.

• Miller L, Bowman R. Selected effect of diclofenac in treatment of osteoarthritis versus dysmenorrhea. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 1990; 30:378-379.

• Miller L, Bowman R, Mann D, Tripathy A, Fluoxetine-induced serum sickness-like reaction, Journal of Psychiatry 1989;146:12.

Electronic Publications

Top web sites involving Rural Medical Education, Physician Workforce Studies, and various Primary Care and Family Medicine topics regarding Search Engines.

Articles Composed for Web Sites

Chapters in Books

• Rural Education 2009 by McGovern

• Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer, Family Medicine 1994, Robert Taylor, Editor. 

• Keynote Speaker - Returning to Health Access, New Mexico Health Resources Annual Conference Taos NM, May 2009
• Opening Address - Changing Rural Workforce, Annual 3RNet Meeting, Omaha, Nebraska September 2008
• Health Cost, Quality, and Access have the same solutions NRHA Quality and Clinical Conference July 2008  San Diego http://www.ruralhealthweb.org/go/left/programs-and-events/nrha-conferences/quality/2008-quality-and-clinical-conference-recap/
• American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Admission Directors Meeting April 2008 St Louis
• AACOM Annual Student Leaders Meeting April 2008 St. Louis
• Rural Assistance Center Rural Spotlight    An Interview with Robert C. Bowman, M.D.   One of the country�s leading researchers in rural medical education discusses ways to recruit and retain rural physicians.   http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/fall07.php#spotlight

• Physician Distribution By Concentrations" Primary Care Methods and Statistical Research Meeting  San Antonio, November 2007

• "Deal or No Deal: Primary Care" New Mexico Primary Care Provider Development and Training Summit, Silver City NM, November 2007 Keynote Speaker
• "Shaping a Nation with Selections: Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Predoctoral Conference, Memphis TN, Robert Bowman, Matt Hunsaker, John Brandon, and Katherine Margo
• "Advantages of Older Graduates, "Old Premeds Plenary, Washington DC June 2006,
• "Research By the Ages," Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference in San Francisco, April 2006
• "Birth Origins and Careers," Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference in San Francisco, April 2006
• "Age and Career Choice," Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference in San Francisco, April 2006
• "Rethinking Priorities: What will it take to produce a physician workforce for the underserved?," with Joshua Freeman, Janice Benson, Robert Ferrer, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference in San Francisco, April 2006
• All Programs Meeting of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy at the Grand Hyatt, "Changing Admissions, Changing Workforce" Washington DC September 2005
• Federal Office of Rural Health Policy "Changing Rural Physician Workforce: Reimbursement, Admissions, and Training Issues" with Bruce Behringer, Conference Call Presentation January 31, 2005
• Virginia Rural Health Association Presentation and Keynote "Changing Medical School Admissions" and "Virginia Rural Communities Can Recruit and Retain Physicians" November 17 -19 2004
• Federal Office of Rural Health Policy "Birth Origins and Rural Workforce" March 2004
• "Preparing Providers for Frontier Practice" Speaker for workshop at National Rural Health Association Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City May 2003
• "Restoration: the Role of Rural Family Doctors", invited presentation to the annual meeting of the Canadian Family Physicians at the Rural Medical Educators Day, Keynote speaker, Montreal, November 2002   Restoration of Communities, Nations, People: Role of Rural Family Docs  
• "Community-Driven Medical Education" presentation at Rural Medical Educators national meeting May 15, 2002 in Kansas City at the National Rural Health Association Conference
• "Rural Faculty and Rural Faculty Development" invited presentation at the Rural Graduate Medical Education Conference in San Antonio, February 2000, also on planning committee for conference  Minifellowship updates
• "Rural Family Practice" invited presentation, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Family Physicians in New Orleans, October 1996.
• "Preparing for Rural Family Practice" coordinator and speaker at invited workshop, National Congress of Family Practice Residents and Students in Kansas City each year from 1988 - 2000.
• "More Rural Doctors Through Partnerships Between Rural and Academic Communities" invited presentation, National Academy for State Health Policy meeting in Portland, OR, August 6, 1995.   More Rural Docs By Impacting at Multiple Points
• "The Rural Physician Life Cycle from Training to Retention" keynote presentation, Issues in Rural Medicine Conference sponsored by the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, October 20-21, 1994.
• "Building a Practice in Small Rural Health Systems" peer-reviewed presentation at the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) meeting in Toronto, October 1994. 
• "A Qualitative Study of Recruitment and Retention in Rural Nebraska Physicians" peer-reviewed presentation at the North American Primary Care Research Group in San Diego, November 1993.
• "Rural Theme Day" and "The Role of Rural Faculty" coordinated and developed the Rural Theme Day of the STFM Group on Rural Health and presented at the STFM Annual Meeting in San Diego, May 1993.
• "Training the Trainers" developed, coordinated, and presented this pre-conference workshop at the Residency Assistance Program (RAP), Kansas City, 1993.
• "Rural Rotations and Training Tracks" and "Financing Rural Training Programs" Coordinator and speaker at the Residency Assistance Program (RAP), Kansas City, 1993.
• "Role of Medical Schools in Producing Rural Physicians" invited speaker at the National Rural Health Association Conference in Seattle, WA, May 1991.
• "Rural Theme Day" presenter and co-developer, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference in Philadelphia, PA, May 1991.
• "Experiencing Interdisciplinary Training in Rural Tennessee", co-presenter, Health Resources & Service Administration Interdisciplinary meeting, Chicago, March 1991.
• "A Comprehensive Rural Medical Training Program" presenter, Health Resources and Services Administration - National Rural Health Association Manpower Committee meeting in Bethesda, MD, November 1990.
• "Developing a Curriculum for Training Community-Responsive Physicians" peer reviewed presenter, American Medical Student Association Conference, Washington, D.C., March 1990.

• Logistic Regression and Rural Practice Location Association of American Medical Colleges Presentation 2007  http://www.aamc.org/workforce//pwrc07/2007annualmtgpdfs/panelg/bowmanaamcrural.pdf

• AAMC Physician Workforce Conference May 6-7, 2005 Washington DC, presenting poster

• STFM Annual New Orleans May 2005 Presenting breakfast seminar and poster

• Steering and planning committee, Rural Medical Education Conference in Dallas May 2001, Kansas City May 2002, Salt Lake City May 2003

• Steering and planning committee for Rural Graduate Education Conference, San Antonio February 2000. Gave presentation and was elected Interim President of Organization.

• Invited participant to Shifting Paradigms in the 1990's: Planning for Access to Primary Health Care Service "The Role of Academic Medicine", Region IV PHS, Atlanta, Feb. 1992

• Invited participant to "Linking Medical Education and Training to Rural America: Obstacles and Opportunities" sponsored by the Senate Special Committee on Aging, Washington, D.C., July 1991. Testimony and materials published on pages 42-44 and 149-166 of the compendium.

• Invited participant to Association of American Medical Colleges Invitational Symposia: Rural America, a Challenge for Medical Education, San Antonio, TX, February 1990, information about rural programs of East Tennessee State University published in the resulting Academic Medicine Compendium

Regional Meetings, Speaker and Consultant

• Participant Western Kentucky Enrichment Program, Madisonville Kentucky July 2005

• Commencement speaker Minot North Dakota June 29, 2005

• Central Association of Advisors of Health Professions Meeting, speaker Physicians and Poverty Location Choice, April 2005

• Virginia Rural Health Association Keynote Speaker November 2004

• Phi Theta Kappa regional meeting, keynote speaker, Chadron NE July 2003

• "Community-Driven Medical Education" invited presentation at Heartland Conference in Topeka, KS June 2002 

• World of Rural Medical Education web site http://www.ruralmedicaleducation.org . It contains over 3000 files and over 13000 hyperlinks to helpful material pertaining to the preparation and training of more and better rural physicians, better distribution of education and medical education, better admissions and selections

• Preparing for Rural Family Practice, video and materials to assist students or groups interested in careers in rural health. Includes Slaying the Dragons, taped video of Bob Boyer, MD of his talk at UNMC to the Student Association for Rural Health 1997. Streaming video available.

• Advisor for two award winning network television documentaries on rural doctors - KTRK-TV (Houston, TX), "Country Doctors," 1988; WCYB-TV (Bristol, TN), "Prescription for Change," 1991

• Managed Care Workbook 1997 - reference materials for rural physicians, together with Keith Mueller, Ph.D.

• Community Connections Training Workbook 1995 SEARCH Table of Contents - an essential item for students preparing to assist communities with rural community projects, distributed to communities, physicians, and students from 1995 - 1997

• Rural Faculty Development Workbooks - provided CME and faculty development materials to up to 100 people a year at sessions involving Ambulatory Issues in Rural Health, Rural Hospitals & Rural Communities, Interdisciplinary & Rural Programs, Rural Precepting and Rural Facilities, and similar topics at sessions held at national meetings since 199

• ICE Small Group Facilitator for M-1, M-2 medical students 1994 - present

• Faculty for one session of Masters in Public Health Course supervised by Keith Mueller Ph.D.

• PRIME 1995 and 1996, training of simulated patients, and evaluation

• Lied Leadership presenter in 1995 and 1996

• Regular presenter to Rural Health Opportunities Program students and faculty and college recruitment fairs

• Community Oriented Primary Care presentation given as part of Underserved Populations course at the College of Nursing, 1995 - 1999

• Telemedicine presentation annually to students at Chadron regarding rural health

• Rural health presentations to physician assistant students 1995 - 1998

• Community Connections National Health Service Corps Program 1994 - 2001. This involves monthly meetings, several weeks of preparation and site visits, and then a week of actual training of students followed by evaluation visits with students and communities. The director supervises a coordinator and faculty from three different schools at UNMC and also Creighton Medical School. The director received the Public Health Service Award for Excellence in the mission of the National Health Service Corps in 1995.  Nebraska SEARCH

• Senior Medical Student Basic Science Elective in Community Oriented Primary Care 1995-2002 requiring about 40 hours per year for 2 - 4 students

• Summer research students 1990 - 1997

• Practice management/Grands Rounds presentations for Family Medicine Residents 1993 - present

• Teaching advising residents at One World Community Health Center 2003 - present

• Teaching and advising of residents 1992 - present

• Supervision of Obstetrical Deliveries of Residents 1992 - present

• Career Facilitation Team Teaching Day August 1996 - initiated a day of training seminars involving all family practice residents for 3 concurrent half day sessions.

• Rural Career presentations annually at orientation of residents, 1995 - 1997

• Attending on the in-patient service 1993-1996, 2 - 3 months a year, some duties continue

• Review videotapes of residents

• Numerous rural site visits to residents and preceptors to improve rural medical education 1992 - present

• Recruitment talks to residents and faculty at UNMC, Lincoln, Clarkson, and Creighton 1992 - present

• Coordinated recruitment dinners for residents at UNMC and ETSU 1990 - present

• Minifellowship in Rural Family Medicine/Center for Rural Faculty Development - This was one of few resources in the nation for faculty and institutions that were developing rural medical education programs. Minifellowship updates Minifellows receive faculty development, continuing education, and career assistance. 1990 � 1995 with up to 5 minifellows per year, continuing education to the graduates and others since this time, over 200 contacts. Graduates of the minifellowship have won educator of the year awards, have developed several rural programs, have set up rural centers with grants totaling millions each year, and are chairs of rural health in academic centers. One of the greatest assets of the Minifellowship was the minifellows who contributed to the learning and teaching and project assistance.