Recruitment of Residents to Rural Programs: Early Outcomes From Cohort 1 of the Rural Residency Planning and Development Grants Program.

ABSTRACT: Background To address rural physician workforce shortages, the Health Resources and Services Administration funded multiple Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) awards, beginning in 2019, to develop rural residency programs in needed specialties. Objective To describe early resident recruitment outcomes of the RRPD grants program. Methods A cross-sectional survey of program directors or administrators of these 25 new rural residency training programs across the United States was administered at RRPD award conclusion in 2022. We performed descriptive analyses of applicant and Match data, including applications and interviews per resident position, positions filled in the main Match vs the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP), and recruitment of re

SUBMITTER: Weidner A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11324181 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature