New research indicates that rural training can make a difference.
Program directors responded to an STFM Group on Rural Health survey regarding the rural components of FP residencies. The dependent variable is the per cent of rural graduates of the FP program that chose towns of less than 25k not adjacent to a larger metro area. Additional data comes from the 1993-1995 Directories of Family Practice Residency Programs. Programs with the following characteristics graduated more rural family physicians. More required months in a rural location 2.