Pinchoff D M, Ingall J R, Crage W D
J Med Educ. 1977 Feb;52(2):117-22. doi: 10.1097/00001888-197702000-00004.
The Rural Externship Program was developed by the Lakes Area Regional Medical Program in conjunction with the State University of New York at Buffalo and the health professionals of western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania. It was designed to encourage health science students to practice in a rural area following graduation. This interdisciplinary program provides health science students with an eight-week summer living-working experience in a rural environment, supervised by practitioner-preceptors. The intent is to develop their appreciation of rural health care and life-styles. Since the summer of 1970, 240 students have participated. This paper describes and discusses the project and presents measures of the externs' changes in attitudes toward rural practice which occurred after they participated in the program. A survey of externs who have graduated shows the effect of the program on their decision to locate. Of the 61 externs contacted, 55 percent indicated that they were in rural practice, and 53 percent of the latter indicated that their experience in the Rural Externship Program was an important factor in their decision to practice in a rural area.
农村实习项目是由湖区区域医疗项目与纽约州立大学布法罗分校以及纽约州西部和宾夕法尼亚州西北部的健康专业人士联合开展的。该项目旨在鼓励健康科学专业的学生毕业后到农村地区实习。这个跨学科项目为健康科学专业的学生提供了为期八周的夏季农村生活和工作体验，由实习指导教师进行监督。其目的是培养他们对农村医疗保健和生活方式的认识。自1970年夏天以来，已有240名学生参与其中。本文描述并讨论了该项目，并呈现了实习生在参与项目后对农村实习态度变化的相关衡量指标。一项针对已毕业实习生的调查显示了该项目对他们就业地点决定的影响。在被联系的61名实习生中，55%表示他们在农村地区实习，其中53%的人表示他们在农村实习项目中的经历是他们决定在农村地区实习的一个重要因素。
