Wheeler Denna L, Hackler Jeffrey B
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2017 May 1;117(5):315-324. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2017.057.
The physician shortage in Oklahoma coupled with geographic maldistribution of primary care physicians limits access to care in rural and underserved areas. One of the most effective strategies to recruit and retain physicians in rural areas is to create undergraduate and graduate medical education training sites in these locations. Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine has implemented a rural training program that begins with early recruitment of rural high school students, introduces medical students to rural practice options through rural clinical training opportunities, and provides opportunities to remain in rural Oklahoma for residency training through ongoing graduate medical education development. The purpose of this article is to provide a case study of the development of the college's Rural Medical Track. Preliminary findings indicate that rural-based clinical training for third- and fourth-year students strengthens performance on standardized tests.
俄克拉荷马州的医生短缺，再加上初级保健医生的地理分布不均，限制了农村和服务不足地区获得医疗服务的机会。在农村地区招募和留住医生最有效的策略之一是在这些地方创建本科和研究生医学教育培训基地。俄克拉荷马州立大学健康科学中心整骨医学院实施了一项农村培训计划，该计划从早期招募农村高中生开始，通过农村临床培训机会向医学生介绍农村执业选择，并通过持续的研究生医学教育发展，为他们提供留在俄克拉荷马州农村进行住院医师培训的机会。本文的目的是提供该学院农村医学轨道发展的案例研究。初步研究结果表明，为三、四年级学生提供的以农村为基础的临床培训提高了标准化考试的成绩。
