Author Archives: Train Rural

About Train Rural

This blog is supported by the Rural Training Track Technical Assistance Program, a consortium of individuals and organizations committed to sustaining RTTs as a strategy in rural medical education. We support community-embedded medical education in rural communities and believe in preparing adaptable generalists for practice in underserved settings.

Rural rotation fosters appreciation for sense of community

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Train Rural

Submitted by Virginia Hunter, OMS IV As a fourth year medical student who is interested in becoming a rural family physician, I have been researching rural training sites for residency. For two weeks in October, l was pleased to be … Continue reading →

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Finding the full spectrum of care

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Train Rural

Submitted by Beau Links, OMS III By the time I arrived at Mad River Family Practice (MRFP), I had already completed my required family medicine rotations. However, the physicians that I had followed previously served a predominantly adult patient base … Continue reading →

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Special Offer: Spousal or Significant Other Travel and Lodging Subsidy

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Train Rural

For students who interview at a “1-2” Rural Training Track residency program during this coming residency year 2012 – 2013 RTT residency programs will be offering a spousal or significant other travel and lodging subsidy of $250 or more to … Continue reading →

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Get to know your rural training track contacts

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Train Rural

Remember to touch base with rural training track experts at the 2012 National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students takes place in Kansas City, KS, July 26-28. Randy Longenecker, MD, or one of his RTT colleagues will be … Continue reading →

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A journey to discover rural practice

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Train Rural

Submitted by Rachel Long OMS IV During my weeks at St. Clare Hospital in Baraboo, Wisconsin, everyone I met, whether resident, attending or staff, was patient with my learning curve and eager to help me learn. Residents and preceptors were … Continue reading →

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Get the inside story on rural training tracks at Family Medicine conference

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Train Rural

If you’re interested in rural medical training and rural practice, be sure to stop by the Rural Training Track (RTT) booth at the 2012 National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students. The conference is taking place in Kansas … Continue reading →

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Connect with residents and RTT directors at National Conference

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Train Rural

Here’s a great opportunity for networking if you’re a medical student. The 2012 National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students is being held in Kansas City, KS, July 26-28. And as an added bonus, the Rural Training Track … Continue reading →

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Doing a rural training rotation? You may be eligible for some reimbursement

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Train Rural

You don’t have to travel to the ends of the earth for a transformative learning experience that is truly cross-cultural, especially as it compares to an urban medical school and academic medical center. For the second year in a row, … Continue reading →

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Some lessons, medical school can’t teach

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Train Rural

By Bonnie Wong In my third year of medical school, I was privileged to have a career-changing rural rotation in a small town of about 2,500 inhabitants. There, I experienced medicine the way I had always imagined it should be … Continue reading →

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Expectations of excellence

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Train Rural

By Jenna Kennedy, MS3 at KUMC-Salina Before I went to medical school, I spent a year researching and writing about the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) and how such a program would affect rural areas. When I first read the definition … Continue reading →

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