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It Takes a Village: Building Educational Networks to Sustainably Support Rural Trauma and Surgical Residency Training

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Setting and ProblemUrban medical education centers account for most surgical and trauma training locations within the United States.Although 20% of the US population lives in rural areas, only 2% of accredited surgical programs have a rural setting. 1 Successful urban surgical training does not necessarily translate to effectual rural or frontier practice.This context may holistically alter the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and other attributes of core surgical competencies required to be prepared for practice.To build a surgical workforce equipped to serve rural communities, we need innovative solutions to overcome resource and training limitations.This includes creating more surgical and trauma training programs specifically in rural and frontier areas.

Source: Journal of Graduate Medical Education

DOI: 10.4300/jgme-d-24-00823.1

Authors: Ashley A. Dennis, Gordon M. Riha, Nathaniel Rieb, Craig E. Palm, Simon J. Thompson

Institution: Billings Clinic

Language: English

Topic: Innovations in Medical Education

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4411348674