Factors Influencing Rural Physician Retention Following Completion of a Rural Training Track Family Medicine Residency Program.

Introduction: Rural training track residency programs were created to aid in addressing the shortage of rural physicians. While these programs have been shown to increase rural recruitment and retention, the reasons for improved retention are unclear.

Methods: We analyzed survey results of 16 graduates of the UW-Baraboo Rural Training Track Family Medicine Residency Program on which factors influenced rural retention.

Graduate Medical Education Initiatives to Develop the Physician Workforce in Rural Wisconsin.

The physician shortage is an increasing concern across the nation. Wisconsin is seeing this shortage grow even more prominently in rural counties. In order to prepare a sufficient rural physician workforce, several state-funded programs are collaborating to monitor the number of rural graduate medical education (GME) opportunities available, assess the number of rural physicians needed to meaningfully reduce the shortage, and promote effective development and expansion of new and existing opportunities.