Special Needs in Rural America and Implications for Workforce Education and Training
Product type: presentation at the Council on Graduate Medical Education in Washington, DC. June 5, 2019.
Presenter: Erin Fraher, PhD
Overview:
- Rural populations less healthy on almost every measure
- Need to foment a “Copernican Revolution” to reframe GME policyto put patients at center of discussions
- Need to align training and financing to address rural population’s“essential health care services”
- Promote generalist training and practice
- Encourage team-based models of care
- Develop more community-based training to match shift in care
- Good news: we can build on “bright spots” and work already underway to address rural health needs and build rural workforce