Southwest Virginia Graduate Medical Education Consortium
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Overview: While several training opportunities for Program, Associate Program, and Site Directors exist, very few are targeted for leaders of rural programs. There is a need for professional development opportunities for those who are faced with the extra challenges of leading their programs in resource-limited, and often isolated, communities. Rural directors may also be located… Continue reading Rural Program Directors University (PDU)
National Rural Health Association policy position paper discussing graduate medical education (GME) in rural areas. Discusses policy changes to rural hospital classification and the impact of these changes on rural GME and rural training track programs. Rural Track Program Funding: An Erosion in Definitions of Rural Places Requires New Action
On the latest episode of the Rural Health Voice Podcast, Dr. Tori Makal from University of Virginia’s College at Wise and Dr. Wendy Welch from the SWVA Graduate Medical Education Consortium discuss food insecurity and the Inman Village Foodways Partnership Project - a project to improve health workers’ awareness of community nutrition and health care… Continue reading Food Insecurity – Rural Health Voice Podcast
The American Society of Anesthesiologists sponsors a scholarship for medical student and resident members introducing future physicians to rural anesthesia. Applicants must either be a third or fourth year medical student in an approved U.S. program or residency program, and be a member of the ASA. Application StepsFill out the scholarship application and submit along with… Continue reading Rural Access to Anesthesia Care Scholarship
A new analysis of the emergency physician resident workforce in Annals of Emergency Medicine finds that while the number of residency programs is increasing, new residency programs are disproportionately located in urban areas in states with existing programs, rather than rural communities with limited access to emergency care. “Predictions of an oversupply of emergency physicians in the… Continue reading Uneven Distribution of Emergency Physician Residency Programs Can Impact Workforce Challenges, New Analysis Finds
Link to Full Report Recognizing the care inequities and the changing needs of rural America, the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) provides this report and recommendations to strengthen rural health workforce training and improve access to health care through evidence-based, patient- and community-centered health workforce investments spanning education, training, and practice. To address the… Continue reading Strengthening the Rural Health Workforce to Improve Health Outcomes in Rural Communities – COGME 24th Report
Posted March 31, 2022 by Emil Chuck - The Student Doctor Network For decades, rural and highly urban communities have had challenges accessing healthcare due to a lack of available providers. Passion to work with communities in rural or neglected urban settings often wanes once a student begins preclinical coursework. Area Health Education Centers, or… Continue reading AHECs Provide Students Opportunities
"The true beauty of Norton, and the larger area of Southwest Virginia, lies within the people who constitute it." You do not have to look far to appreciate the beauty of Norton, Virginia. At every turn, you are greeted by mesmerizing mountains that span as far as the horizon, rugged trails that are sure to… Continue reading The Warmth of Rural Residency
Norton Community Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Norton Community Hospital is a not-for-profit, 129-bed acute care facility that has served rural Southwest Virginia and Southeastern Kentucky since 1949. The hospital offers a unique internal medicine residency experience that blends training at a rural acute care center, Norton Community Hospital, and urban tertiary care centers like Holston… Continue reading Ballad Health Internal Medicine and Family Residency Programs
What happens when an eager young doctor in a rural community with a passion to make a difference becomes the medical director for the nursing home, the overseer of the town’s emergency medical service, the football team’s sideline doctor, the clinic’s medical director, and the hospital’s trauma director and chief of staff? And has two children?… Continue reading Doc Burnout
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