rural medical educator’s interest group of the national rural health association
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Rural Medical Educator’s Interest Group of the National Rural Health Association. Joe Florence, MD Director of Rural Programs – East Tennessee State University NRHA RME Senior Co-chair Rural Educators Day - Quebec November 2, 2006. NRHA: Mission Statement. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Rural Medical Educator’s Interest Group of the
National Rural Health Association
Joe Florence, MDDirector of Rural Programs – East Tennessee State University
NRHA RME Senior Co-chair
Rural Educators Day - QuebecNovember 2, 2006
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NRHA: Mission Statement
• The National Rural Health Association is a national membership organization whose mission is to improve the health of rural Americans and to provide leadership on rural issues through advocacy, communications, education and research.
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Mission Achieved Through:
• Advocacy• Communications• Education• Research
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The NRHA Offers…
Information Access:– Policy experts– Organization linkages– Congress– Federal Agencies– Publications– Conferences– Website:
www.NRHArural.org
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History
• Founded in 1978 as the National Rural Primary Care Association.
• Reached 10,000 members in 2005.• Administrative Offices
in Kansas City, Missouri.• Government Affairs Offices
in Alexandria, Virginia.
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The NRHA is:
• The voice for rural healthcare.• A 10,000 member non-partisan, non-
profit membership organization.• A source of information for
policymakers.• A trusted resource for State Rural
Health Associations.
• Highly regarded.
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Organizational Structure
• Board of Trustees• Rural Health Policy Board• Standing Committees• Councils• Constituency Groups• Issue Groups
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Constituency Groups and Councils
• Clinical Services• Community – Operated Practices• Frontier• Hospitals & Health Systems• Population-based Services
• Research and Education• Rural Health Clinics• Statewide Health Resources• Community Members• State Office Council• State Association Council
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RURAL MEDICAL EDUCATORS (RME)
The RME Group is a special interest group of the Research and Education Constituency Group of the NRHA.
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The Mission of the RME Group is:
To advance the training of physicians for rural practice through network development and advocacy.
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Our Beginnings
• Group of Rural Physicians active in the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)
• Partnering with the National Rural Health Association
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First RME Annual Meeting
• May 2001 in conjunction with the NRHA Annual in Dallas, Texas.
• Over 70 attended this event• agenda for rural medical
education
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Membership
• Physicians and Health Professionals from:– Academics– Rural Communities
• Administrators• Researchers• Students
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2006
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Organizational Structure
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Core Member — "Voting Member"
• Member of the NRHA• Actively involved in rural education• Participate in at least one national
rural medical education related group meeting every two years
• Complete a core membership dataset annually
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Associate Member — "Interested Party"
• NRHA membership is not required• Interested in Rural Medical
Education• Complete a limited membership
dataset annually
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Affiliated Organizations
• State Rural Health Organizations• AAFP• STFM• AFPRD • Rural Research Centers• AHEC• State Offices of Rural Health• Office of Rural Health Policy• Others
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Executive Committee• Past Co-Chair - John Wheat, MD, University of Alabama• Senior Co-Chair - Joe Florence, MD, East Tennessee State
University, • Junior Co-Chair - James G. Boulger, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Medical School Duluth• Member-at-large - David Squire, Chief Financial Officer, Utah
Medical Education Council (UMEC)• Member-at-large - Don Pathman, MD, UNC Chapel Hill, Research
Director and Professor of the Department of Family Medicine • Membership Chair - Randy Longenecker, MD, Assistant Dean for
Rural Medical Education, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health
• Education and Research Constituency Group Chair - Roxanna Jokela, director of Rural Health Education Network, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• staff support from the NRHA– Amy Elizondo, NRHA-VP, Program Services, – Jennifer Friedman, NRHA-VP of Government Affairs & Policy
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Goals
• to foster collaboration among members and with a larger community of stakeholders
• to promote creativity and to generate new ideas in rural medical education
• to remain uncomplicated and adaptable to changing circumstance
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Focus – Best Practices
• Pipeline• Curriculum
– Medical School– Residency
• Policy• Funding• Communications - Networking
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Advocacy
• Promote Rural • Issues of Quality• Issues of Interdisciplinary• Issues of Need and Service to the
Underserved
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Policy
• Issues of Rural Medical Education Funding – Balanced Budget Act– Grant Support (Title VII)
• Issues of Reimbursement– Medicare
• Issues of Placement – NHSC
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Speakers Group
• Promoting “Rural” at regional and national conferences
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Writer’s Group
• Focusing on – Pipeline– Curriculum
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Networking and Communications
• Web Site – NRHA – Rural Medical Educators (RME)
http://www.nrharural.org/groups/sub/RME.html
– World of Rural Medical Education http://www.unmc.edu/Community/ruralmeded/indexRME.htm maintained by Robert C. Bowman, M.D.
• RME List Serve – [email protected] maintained by Robert C. Bowman, M.D.
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Annual Conference
"Responding to the Challenge of Providing Doctors for Rural America”
Tuesday, May 16, 2006Reno, Nevada
"TOUR OF RURAL MEDICAL EDUCATION"
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Tour of Rural Medical Education 2006
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2007 Conference
Rural Medical Educators Conference
May 15, 2007Anchorage, Alaska
In conjunction withNRHA Annual Conference; May 16-18,
2007; Anchorage, Alaska
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND!
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Rural Medical Educators