Illinois RMED: a comprehensive program to improve the supply of rural family physicians.
Illinois RMED: a comprehensive program to improve the supply of rural family physicians.
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伊利诺伊州 RMED：改善农村家庭医生供应的综合计划。
作者：
J. Stearns;M. Stearns;M. Glasser;R. Londo
背景
美国农村地区的医疗服务长期不足，伊利诺伊州也不例外。最近的一项调查显示，伊利诺斯州84个农村县中有75个是初级保健医生短缺地区。为了应对这种长期的医生短缺，伊利诺伊州农村医学教育（RMED）计划是由伊利诺伊大学洛克福德医学院开发的。RMED计划是一个全面的，多方面的计划，结合了招聘，招生，课程，支持和评估组件，并在所有4年的医学院经验纵向。招生过程旨在选择具有最终在农村家庭实践中取得成功的特征的学生。这些特点是由4年制农村课程，强调家庭医学，面向社区的初级保健，医生在社区的背景下，“隐藏”课程的相关方面，和服务学习的培育和发展。6年后，RMED已经毕业了39名医生; 69%已经进入家庭实践，共有82%选择了初级保健住院医师。
BACKGROUND
Rural areas of the United States are perennially medically underserved, and the state of Illinois is no exception. A recent survey showed that 75 of Illinois' 84 rural counties are primary care physician shortage areas. In response to this chronic physician shortage, the Illinois Rural Medical Education (RMED) Program was developed by the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford. The RMED program is a comprehensive, multifaceted program that combines recruitment, admissions, curriculum, support, and evaluation components and is longitudinal across all 4 years of the medical school experience. The admissions process seeks to select students who possess traits indicative of success in eventual rural family practice. These traits are fostered and developed by the 4-year rural curriculum, which emphasizes family medicine, community-oriented primary care, the physician functioning in the context of community, relevant aspects of the "hidden" curriculum, and service learning. After 6 years, RMED has graduated 39 physicians; 69% have gone into family practice, and a total of 82% have selected primary care residencies.