To share the knowledge and experience of educators teaching in and working with residency programs in family practice that focus on the preparation of trainees for rural practice.
Objectives Describe the various models of rural family practice residency programs.
Place the challenges facing rural residency programs in the context of national policy issues. Examine training and curricular issues in medical education that impact on the preparedness of applicants for rural programs. Elucidate financial, faculty and hospital issues that impact on sustaining a rural residency program. Create an organizational structure to facilitate communication among rural graduate medical educators. Publish proceedings that will inform others about the challenges of rural residency training.