Rural GPs were significantly more overworked, had less opportunity for continuing education, had poorer medical facilities, and had less adequate schools for their children than urban GPs. On the other hand, rural work was felt to be more interesting and to provide closer contact with patients. (Author/KE)

Forty-six physicians practicing in nonurban areas of California were interviewed and a majority reported rarely or never feeling professionaly isolated. Measures describing the current community and professional activities were not found to predict feeling of professional isolation, but mean rating by admissions interviewers were. (Author/LBH)

Experience with programs based on principles outlined in this article shows that equivalent quality clinical education can be carried on in remote sites. Hopefully, these programs will affect maldistribution problems in physician practice. (LBH)

Fourth-year medical students spend one year with practicing physicians in rural areas. (Author)

Case studies are presented of the development of primary health care programs at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, by John Roglieri, and at Dartmouth Medical School by Thomas Almy. (JT)

Community leaders and physicians considering locating in rural communities need a method by which they can evaluate a community's potential for supporting a physician. A survey was conducted in 1986 of 25 physicians' practices in rural Oklahoma, with data collected on the number of patient visits and practice costs. (Author/MLW)

A primary objective of the Weatherhead Border Health Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona was to introduce medical students to international sociomedical problems by providing a firsthand experience in a cross-cultural medical setting. Mexico offered a uniquely accessible environment in which to demonstrate the program's objectives.…

It is concluded from an investigation of the nature of cognitive differences between health science students at the University of Minnesota and the population of a Minnesota rural area, that differing values, attitudes, and beliefs between health science students and rural populations may contribute to the continuing shortage of rural health…

The potential of the Area Health Education System to influence physician distribution is examined as reflected by a "core" surginal experience in a remote site of approximately 20,000 population. Some favorable attitudinal alterations were noted. (Editor/LBH)

Scholarship and loan programs sponsored primarily by state governments and state medical associations, to commit medical students to practice in rural communities. (Editor/IR)