Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword

Rural medical education
(Erica Bell, Craig Zimitat and Joav Merrick)

Introduction: Key challenges in rural medical education
(James Rourke)

Part One: Getting More Rural Students into Medical School pp.1-2

Chapter 1. Practical strategies for recruitment of rural and remote origin students, pp. 3-10
(Ntodeni N. Ndwamato)

Chapter 2. Redesigning undergraduate medical education to create a rural workforce, pp. 11-18
(Maggie Blackburn)

Chapter 3. Recruitment, retention and policy, pp. 19-26
(W. Michael Woods and Craig S. Corson)

Part Two: Integrating Rural Medicine into the Curriculum pp.27-28

Chapter 4. The development, administration and success of optional and required rural medical education experiences, pp. 29-48
(Michael L. Kennedy, Giulia Bonaminio and Tony Paolo)

Chapter 5. Integrating rural and remote health into the undergraduate medical curriculum: A rural education program for medical students at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, pp. 49-56
(Hoffie Conradie and Bob Mash)

Chapter 6. A curriculum model for rural medicine at the undergraduate level, pp. 57-66
(Craig Zimitat)

Part Three: Learning Experiences for Medical Students

Chapter 7. Key factors ensuring quality of rural placements, pp. 69-84
Tarun Sen Gupta, Maggie Grant, Clare Jukka and Torres Woolley

Chapter 8. Integrating learning through rural medicine: A case study, pp. 85-92
(Ian Couper and Nontsikelelo Sondzaba)

Chapter 9. Curricular design: A place-based strategy for rural medical education, pp. 93-102
(Randall Longenecker)

Chapter 10. Rural medical education in the WWAMI region: Instituting a rural longitudinal medical school curriculum in association with a rural longitudinal integrated community clerkship experience, pp. 103-114
(Jay S. Erickson)

Chapter 11. Tailoring a community-based learning programme for undergraduates to the specific needs of the region, pp. 115-122
(Hans-Joachim Hannich)

Chapter 12. A 21st century curriculum for a 40-year-old rural medical education program: The rural physician associate program (RPAP) at the University of Minnesota, pp. 123-132
(Gwen Wagstrom Halaas and Kathleen Dwyer Brooks)

Chapter 13. The rural communities placement program, pp. 133-144
(Alison Miles)

Part Four: Faculty Development and Support for Rural Doctors

Chapter 14. Practical tools for rural education: Integrating technology into the teaching-learning process, pp. 145-160
(Kathy Reavy, Mary Hereford and Kelley Connor)

Chapter 15. Creating ‘the rural pathway’: Australia’s University Departments of Rural Health and Rural Clinical Schools, pp. 161-172
(Erica Bell)

Part Five: Connecting Education to Recruitment and Retention in Rural Communities

Chapter 16. Adding value to rural and remote health education through community engagement, pp. 175-184
(Stephanie De La Rue, Helen Dries, Catrina Felton-Busch, Russell Hawkins, Lynette Kretschmann, Lakshman Liyanage, Maree Nichols, Dennis Pashen and Heather Volk)

Chapter 17. A general pediatrics and family practice liaison: An educational consultation model, p. 185-192
(Jacob Urkin, Joav Merrick and Aya Biderman)

Part Six: Acknowledgments

Chapter 18. About the editors, pp. 195-196

Chapter 19. About the University Department of Rural Health, pp. 197-198

Chapter 20. About the Medical Education Unit, pp. 199-200

Chapter 21. About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, pp. 201-204

Chapter 22. About the health and human development book series, pp. 205-207

Index pp.207-214