Study Outlines Strategy To Train More Rural Physicians
A study in the March issue of Academic Medicine estimated that if each of the 125 allopathic medical schools committed 10 seats per class to a rural training program, the schools could produce 1,139 new rural physicians annually. About 513 graduates annually practice in a rural or small-town area.
- "Study: Med Schools Can Boost Rural Physician Supply" (Croasdale, American Medical News, 5/26).