How we incorporated service learning into a medical student rural clinical training program
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"Ninety-seven percent of the 101 rural counties in Missouri are designated Primary Medical Care Health Professional Shortage Areas. Similar to national trends, the problem is further complicated in Missouri by an aging rural physician workforce, and a rural population that is older and poorer when compared to metropolitan areas. At the University of Missouri School of Medicine (MUSOM) the Rural Track Clerkship (RTC) Program, established in 1995, offers third-year medical students the choice of completing core clinical clerkships in community-based, rural training sites across Missouri. Students live in the community and regional Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) provide housing, in cooperation with local hospitals.4 Clinical training in rural areas alone is probably not enough to prepare, attract, and eventually retain students in rural practice locations."--Background.
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