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Matsumoto, Masatoshi; Inoue, Kazuo; Kajii, Eiji – Journal of Rural Health, 2010
Purpose: To show the impact of changing the definition of what is "rural" on the outcomes of a rural medical education program. Methods: A cross-sectional sample of 643 graduates under obligatory rural service and 1,699 graduates after serving their obligation, all from Jichi Medical University (JMU), a binding rural education program in…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Physicians, Graduates, Foreign Countries
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Thompson, Matthew J.; Hagopian, Amy; Fordyce, Meredith; Hart, L. Gary – Journal of Rural Health, 2009
Context: The contribution that international medical graduates (IMGs) make to reducing the rural-urban maldistribution of physicians in the United States is unclear. Quantifying the extent of such "gap filling" has significant implications for planning IMG workforce needs as well as other state and federal initiatives to increase the numbers of…
Descriptors: Physicians, Graduates, Family Practice (Medicine), Rural Areas
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Inoue, Kazuo; Matsumoto, Masatoshi; Sawada, Tsutomu – Journal of Rural Health, 2007
Context: Jichi Medical School (JMS) is the first and only medical school in Japan that was founded exclusively to graduate/prepare rural doctors. Purpose: To evaluate the long-term effect of JMS on the nationwide distribution of doctors. Methods: Data from the Japanese population census of 1995 and from the Japanese physician census of 1994 were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physicians, Municipalities, Graduates
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Edwards, Joellen B.; Wilson, Jim L.; Behringer, Bruce A.; Smith, Patricia L.; Ferguson, Kaethe P.; Blackwelder, Reid B.; Florence, Joseph A.; Bennard, Bruce; Tudiver, Fred – Journal of Rural Health, 2006
Background: Studies have described the aggregate results of federal funding for health professions education at the national level, but analysis of the long-term impact of institutional participation in these programs has been limited. Purpose: To describe and assess federally supported curricular innovations at East Tennessee State University…
Descriptors: Graduates, Physicians, Allied Health Occupations, Nursing
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Hughes, Susan; Zweifler, John; Schafer, Sean; Smith, Mark A.; Athwal, Sukhdeep; Blossom, H. John – Journal of Rural Health, 2005
Purpose: Identify census-derived characteristics of residency graduates' high school communities that predict practice in rural, medically underserved, and high minority-population settings. Methods: Cohort study of 214 graduates of the University of California, San Francisco-Fresno Family Practice Residency Program (UCSF-Fresno) from its…
Descriptors: Physicians, High Schools, Census Figures, Rural Areas
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Hughes, Susan; Zweifler, John; Schafer, Sean; Smith, Mark A.; Athwal, Sukhdeep; Blossom, H. John – Journal of Rural Health, 2005
Purpose: Identify census-derived characteristics of residency graduates? high school communities that predict practice in rural, medically underserved, and high minority-population settings. Methods: Cohort study of 214 graduates of the University of California, San Francisco-Fresno Family Practice Residency Program (UCSF-Fresno) from its…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Income, Graduates, Rural Areas
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Daniels, Zina M.; VanLeit, Betsy J.; Skipper, Betty J.; Sanders, Margaret L.; Rhyne, Robert L. – Journal of Rural Health, 2007
Context: Rural communities, often with complex health care issues, have difficulty creating and sustaining an adequate health professional workforce. Purpose: To identify factors associated with rural recruitment and retention of graduates from a variety of health professional programs in the southwestern United States. Methods: A survey…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Recruitment, Graduates, Community Characteristics
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Wheat, John R.; Higginbotham, John C.; Yu, Jing; Leeper, James D. – Journal of Rural Health, 2005
Context: Prior study suggests that contextual characteristics of medical schools (eg, state demographics, public vs private, NIH research effort) predict output of rural physicians without also considering the effects of the medical schools? own policies and programs. Purpose: This study examines medical school commitment to rural policies and…
Descriptors: Physicians, Graduates, Rural Areas, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Florence, Joseph A.; Goodrow, Bruce; Wachs, Joy; Grover, Susan; Olive, Kenneth E. – Journal of Rural Health, 2007
Context: To help meet rural Appalachian needs, and with initial support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, East Tennessee State University partnered with 2 counties to implement a health curriculum for nursing, public health, and medical students in a rural setting. The Community Partnerships Program 3-year longitudinal curriculum included…
Descriptors: Graduates, Public Health, Medical Students, Health Occupations