Rural Underserved Opportunities Program News Today

U of M branch will join Duluth campus in offering rural-based medicine, but will it ease the provider shortage in Greater Minnesota?

Idaho ranked last in the country for physicians per capita before the pandemic and the doctor shortages and an aging workforce have only worsened the situation.

OROFINO — When Ann Lima goes into work at her clinic, she knows she’ll be treating patients with a range of unique health care needs. She’ll rely on phone calls

Over the summer, many young Alaska WWAMI medical students p​articipated in a transformative 4-week elective ​a​cross the state. The Rural Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP, said as “roo-op”) is for students

RAWLINS – Cheyenne native, McKenzie Stampfli, recently got the chance to see what practicing medicine looks like in a rural setting, right in Rawlins.

A transformative healthcare experience is unfolding this month at Clearwater Valley Health in Orofino. Sara Meotti, an Idaho WWAMI medical student, is gaining valuable skills and medical experience alongside her

Thinh Kieu is service minded in nearly everything he does: medical school, enlisting in the Air Force or bringing his parents from Vietnam to the U.S. So being accepted and placed in a clinical training program at Lakeland Immediate Care in Rathdrum, which started July 31, was a new opportunity for him to give back.

After completing school and serving a deployment, Jordan Richter says hell practice as a doctor in Idaho, which has long ranked among the lowest numbers of physicians per capita.

Compared with urban areas, rural regions in the U.S. have fewer docs and more chronic illness.

Through a program in rural Alaska, students are mentored by local practicing physicians and other health care professionals.