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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
The use of rural training tracks (RTTs) in family practice residencies is a new strategy (beginning in the late 1980s) to increase the number of residents selecting rural careers. The authors describe the four residencies (in Washington, Nebraska, New York, and Kentucky) that have established RTTs. The first residency year is completed in an urban tertiary care center, and the second and third years are completed in a distant rural community wherein the primary faculty are the members of a rural family practice group. Inpatient experience for the residents is provided by community hospitals that offer obstetrics, emergency room care, and first-line critical care. The residents' training is supplemented by specialty faculty practicing in the rural communities. The curricula are highly structured and are evaluated to ensure training experiences of high quality. The RTTs' financial support comes from state initiatives, hospital reimbursement, recruitment budgets, and outpatient care revenues. The authors conclude that the RTT concept has the potential to lessen the shortage of rural physicians.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1040-2446
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
685-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2000-12-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Rural training tracks in four family practice residencies.
pubmed:affiliation
Office of Rural Health, State University of New York, School of Medicine, Buffalo 14215.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article