Restoring Rural America by restoring Young Professionals to small towns
1. Admissions, Admissions, Admissions Admissions characteristics to pursue - rural background, family-practice interest, service-oriented, from lower socioeconomic status, older students
2. Federalize Liability for underserved physicians, especially to continue prenatal access
3. Marriage of primary care training to underserved experiences and safety net funding
4. Title VII, AHEC - target preadmissions, admissions, early underserved experiences, late in training is too late Pre-professional Education
5. Rural GME - paid up front and enhanced for training programs in underserved areas, emphasis on serving underserved populations during training, and graduating residents into underserved locations
6. NHSC - work with (if possible) or without medical schools (by mandate) to choose candidates that will go and stay in NHSC locations and practice
7. Implement Statewide Community Needs-Driven Approach State Level Changes to get preadmission feeders of the right students, improve education and career advising at small colleges and high schools, improve admissions, train in rural areas, use students and residents to support existing rural docs and health systems in exchange for top quality teaching and hands on training, etc. http://www.unmc.edu/Community/ruralmeded/community_driven_approach.htm
8. Training Curricula Recommendations that could increase the number of residents choosing family medicine
National Level Changes Overview
Improving Rural Health by Levels, Local to State to Federal
How To Graduate More Rural Doctors - Examine each level of education and training
A Family Doctor Affair - Thomas Rowley reviews status and recs for more rural docs
