What to do when the doctor Economic Development and Quality of Life for People and Communities What to do when the doctor is miles and miles away Land-Grant universities help develop solutions. Health and safety in rural areas present unique challenges. Many rural occupations are hazardous. Health care professionals may be miles away.
Many citizens have low or fixed incomes.
With their intimate knowledge of rural communities and issues, these experts are ideally suited to help rural residents identify challenges to health and safety and formulate solutions. Payoff The doctor is in. The Rural Medical Scholars Program, sponsored by the Mississippi Rural Health Corps, will train physicians who come from and choose to remain in rural Mississippi. Each year, up to 30 high school juniors and seniors participate in a rigorous six-week summer academic program offered by Mississippi Extension. In 1998 the program's first year 74 students said they would choose to pursue a pre-med curriculum in the fall of 1999.