Purpose To examine the literature documenting successes in recruiting and retaining rural
primary care physicians. Method The authors conducted a narrative review of literature on …

Empowering patients to be effective advocates for their health requires that they have
adequate information and understanding about their health conditions. Many patients have …

Emergency medicine (EM) has expanded rapidly since its inception in 1979. Workforce
projections from current data demonstrate a rapid rise in the number of accredited EM …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the number of Latino physicians in
residency training and Latino resident physician trends in the nation's 10 largest medical …

Purpose Federal and state graduate medical education (GME) funding exceeds $15 billion
annually. It is critical to understand mechanisms to align undergraduate medical education …

Compared with urban residents, rural Americans have seen slower declines in cancer
deaths, have lower incidence but higher death rates from cancers that can be prevented …

Creating residencies that produce psychiatrists who are skilled and interested in working in
under resourced areas, especially in community and rural settings is challenging. State and …

Much could be done upstream to improve the number of in-state providers who are prepared
and interested in HPSA positions. Some efforts have focused on building North Carolina's …

The Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Primary Care Access for Underserved Populations:
An Assessment of the Literature Page 1 The Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Primary …

Background Training in patient-centered medical home (PCMH) settings may prepare new
physicians to measure quality of care, manage the health of populations, work in teams, and …