Access to health care options in the United States is largely dependent on the community in which one lives; a maldistribution of Primary Care Providers (PCPs) leaves rural and underserved communities with a disproportionately low volume of clinicians1. It has been established that Graduate Medical Education (GME) has an impact on graduates location of practice– most staying within 100 miles of their residency program2. Additionally, those residents who have completed training in rural health clinics, federally qualified health centers, or critical access hospitals are more likely to practice in these settings3.
How can GME help resolve the lack of providers in underserved communities? Join us for the 71st Primary Care Forum to explore GME based solutions to the maldistribution of PCPs in the United States.
Ted Epperly, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Family Medicine Health Center, Boise, ID
Board of Directors
Council on Graduate Medical Education
Joseph Gravel, MD
Senior VP and Chief Medical Officer
Chair, Family Medicine & Community Health
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Director, Carolina Health Workforce Center
Alison Huffstetler, MD
Robert L. Phillips, Jr, Health Policy Fellow
Robert Graham Center