Rural health leaders pipeline, 1990-2005: case study of a second-generation rural medical education program.

A pipeline model has been suggested to increase the rural physician supply. This study is an institutional case report used to describe the context, development, and in-house evaluation of the University of Alabama Rural Health Leaders Pipeline, 1990-2005. This program was developed at a University of Alabama School of Medicine branch campus to target rural students at multiple levels, elementary schools through residency, and includes a minority focus.

A national collaboration to disseminate skills for outpatient teaching in internal medicine: program description and preliminary evaluation.

The shift of clinical care and teaching to outpatient settings has challenged ambulatory and community-based teachers. To address this challenge, U.S.

Outcomes of a national faculty development program in teaching skills: prospective follow-up of 110 medicine faculty development teams.

Background: Awareness of the need for ambulatory care teaching skills training for clinician-educators is increasing. A recent Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-funded national initiative trained 110 teams from U.S.