Action in Rural Medical Education

Proposed changes

Follow the Community Driven Approach to accomplish the following

1. Medical school level Admissions Package awareness and implementation, by school to school combat if necessary    Also Rural Student Interest Groups
2. National level AFMO awareness and interactions, closer coordination between NRHA, FP associations, and government, holding FP and other associations accountable to the underserved and rural communities which allow them to obtain funding, Rural Med Ed Capacity Building/AFMO  Title VII, GME,
3. State and regional level - Community advocacy and economics links -  Breeding Young Professionals and Healthier Rural Communities. Awareness of and counter the effect of  Centralization of State Educational Resources and Impact on the Location of Young Professionals  work with state rural and FP associations, rural economic development efforts
4. Objectives for Rural Programs and Curricula

Works To Examine, Critique, Approve

• Admissions Package

• Breeding Young Professionals and Healthier Rural Communities

• Centralization of State Educational Resources and Impact on the Location of Young Professionals

• Student Interest Group Package

• Rural Med Ed Capacity Building/AFMO

Items for Consideration

• Osteopathic - Allopathic Linkages - presentation on Osteopathic Medicine is Primary Care and Rural Health

• Accreditation and Acceptance issues

• Tele-Education, Licensure, Infrastructure Issues

Rural Medical Educators Group

A History of Rural Medical Education

Physician Workforce Studies

www.ruralmedicaleducation.org