Rural Residency Training as a Strategy to Address Rural Health Disparities: Barriers to Expansion and Possible Solutions

Affiliations

• ¹ is Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Clinical Education, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
• ² is Director, Carolina Health Workforce Research Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, and Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UNC at Chapel Hill.
• ³ is Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UNC School of Medicine.
• ⁴ is Research Consultant, University of Washington (UW) Family Medicine Residency Network, and Executive Director, Association of Departments of Family Medicine.
• ⁵ is Director, Government Relations, Council of Academic Family Medicine.
• ⁶ is Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UW, and Associate Director for Program Development, UW Family Medicine Residency Network.
• ⁷ is Professor of Family Medicine and Assistant Dean, Rural and Underserved Programs, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Executive Director, The RTT Collaborative.
• ⁸ is Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UW, and Director, UW Family Medicine Residency Network.
• ⁹ is Executive Dean, UNC School of Medicine, and William B. Aycock Distinguished Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UNC School of Medicine.