Thursday, March 3, 2008 - La. Interagency Task Force on the Future of Family Medicine invited representatives from neighboring states to give presentations about strategies for increasing physicians in rural areas. The following are presentation from the meeting:
Building a Primary Care Workforce: Lessons, Ideas, Dialogue
Rick Streiffer, M.D., FFM Task Force Co-Chair
Recruiting & Educating Physicians for Rural Practice: Alabama's Pipeline & Rural Medical Scholars Program
John E. Brandon, M.D., Clinical Professor, Community & Rural Family Medicine, University of Alabama & Deanah Maxwell, M.D., Resident, Alabama Rural Medical Scholars Program
Mississippi Rural Physician Scholarship Program: Growing Our Own Primary Care Physicians
Janie Guice, Exec. Director, Mississippi Rural Physician Scholarship Program
State Grant Opportunities for Rural Health
Theresa Cruz, Texas State Office of Rural Health
** New Post: Click here to read the final report from the Louisiana Interagency Task Force on the Future of Family Medicine to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals and the House and Senate Committees on Health and Welfare.
**New Post: Click here to read an article addressing how Health Care Reform in Massachusetts revealed a shortage of Primary Care Physicians -does this lie ahead in Louisiana and how should we address it? submitted by Rick Streiffer, M.D., FFM Task Force Co-Chair
| Presentations |
| Attributes Associated with Primary Care Practice in Rural Locations |
| The State of Primary Care Manpower - Kristy Nichols, 9-22-04 |
| About Family Medicine - Dr. Rick Streiffer, 9-22-04 |
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