Annual Meeting May 2019

“Addressing the Health of the Public in Rural Places”
May 15-17, 2019 – Auburn and Rumford, Maine

Final Agenda (562.92 KB pdf)

Powerpoint Presentations

Pre-conference – Wednesday PM, May 15

Rural Health Professions Education Research Design and Dissemination Studio

• DDS Introduction 5-15-2019
• “Exploring the impact of Rural Mini-Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships on Medical Students (1.87 MB pdf) ,” Ryan Paulus, Tim Cutler, Sharon Casapulla (Ohio)
• “The Value of Rural Residency Training for Family Physicians (286.54 KB pdf) ,” Davis Patterson (Washington)

Welcome Dinner, Wednesday PM, May 15

Meeting Marquis

• Including announcements, meeting sponsors and 2019 Photography Contest winners
• Marquis 2019 Presentation (3.01 MB pdf)

Plenary #1: Living and Working in a Connected Community

• David Loxterkamp, Family Physician and author (Maine)
• Caring for the Community (1.19 MB pdf)

Thursday, May 16

Plenary#2: Caring for Our Communities – The Role of Family Physicians and Educators in Rural Population Health

• Joyce Hollander-Rodriquez, Family Physician and Program Director, Cascades East Family Medicine Residency Program (Oregon)
• Caring for Our Communities the Role of Family Physicians and Educators in Rural Population Health (3.83 MB pdf)

Thursday AM Workshops, May 16

Cultivating Your Faculty Cohort: Using Distance Learning and Flipped Classrooms to Grow Faculty Among Practicing Rural Physicians

• Mary Wagner and David DeGear, Faculty and Associate Program Director, respectively, HealthPartners Western Wisconsin Rural Family Medicine Residency Program  (Minnesota; Wisconsin)
• Faculty development via distance learning for a new rural residency (1.44 MB pdf)
• Virtual faculty development session planning tool (126.03 KB pdf)

VA Initiatives for Underserved Rural Veterans and Native American Veterans: Funding and Support

• Edward Bope, Director, GME Expansion, VA Office of Academic Affiliations (Ohio; Washington DC)
• VA Academic & Funding Partner for GME Expansion in Rural & Underserved areas RTT Collaborative, 2019 (3.06 MB pdf)

Where Will Your Next Resident Come From? Rural Targeted Admissions Strategies at US Medical Schools

• Dave Evans, Program Director, University of Washington Chelan Rural Training Program, and Davis Patterson, Director, Collaborative for Rural Primary care Research, Education and Practice (Washington)
• Where Will Your Next Resident Come From? Rural Targeted Admissions Strategies at U.S. Medical Schools (772.84 KB pdf)

Scribing During the Gap Year: A Model for Priming the Pump to Meet Demand for Rural Family Physicians

• Chip Taylor, Program Director, Roseburg Family Medicine Residency (Oregon)
• Scribing in a Rural Community during the Gap Year (423.37 KB pdf)

National Institute for Program Director Development (NIPDD) Fellowship Projects

• ACES: A Place in Family Medicine, Virginia Hernandez, Assistant Program Director, Hildalgo Medical Services Family Medicine Residency Program (New Mexico) – For a PDF of this presentation email: vhernandez@hmsnm.org
• Use of a Standardized Handout to Improve Patient Compliance with High Intensity Interval Training (HIT) (1.70 MB pdf) in a Family Medicine Clinic, Leandrita Ortega, Program Director in development, Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program (New Mexico)
• Curricular Design: Care of Native American Patients (1.66 MB pdf) , Valors Wangler, Program Director in development, Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program (New Mexico)

Consortium Development: Shifting from Provider-Centric to Patient-Centric Research

• Melissa Frazier, Public Health and Regional Workforce Analysis Researcher, University of Pikeville College of Osteopathic Medicine (Kentucky)
• Consortium Development: Shifting from Provider-Centric to Patient-Centric Research (1.93 MB pdf)

“Small Data”: How to Generate Useful Data From Your Practice

• Daniel Meyer, Meyer Institute—Research/Evaluation/Development and retired as faculty at Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency Program (Maine)
• “Little Data”: How to create and use data from your rural or training practice (811.61 KB pdf)

Expanding Access to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder with a Family Medicine Residency 

• Nathaniel Bowling and Alane O’Connor, Faculty, Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency (Maine)
• Expanding Access to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder with a Family Medicine Residency (1.87 MB pdf)

Thursday PM, May 16

Plenary#3: Rural Maternity Workforce Challenges: Where is Family Medicine?

• Sara Shields, Faculty, UMass Worcester Family Medicine (Massachusetts) –  Moderator
• Keri Bergeson, Site Director, University of Washington Chelan Rural Training Program(Washington)
• Randall Longenecker, Assistant Dean Rural and Underserved Programs (Ohio)
• Kaily McLellan, 3^rdyear resident, Swift River Rural Training Track (Maine)
• Shelley Waits, OB Fellowship Director, Cahaba Family Medicine Residency (Alabama)
• Maternity Care Panel (1.30 MB pdf)

Thursday PM Workshops, May 16

Last Team Standing: Using a Variety of Providers to Expand a Rural/Frontier Obstetric Practice

• Joel Wells, Family Physician and Director, Wayne Co. OB RESST; David Kermode, General Surgeon, Wayne Co. OB RESST; Emmy Davis, Certified Nurse Midwife, Wayne County Hospital (Iowa)
• Last Team Standing (9.55 MB pdf)

How Can We Support Rural-centric Residency Programs as Unified ACGME Accreditation Approaches in 2020?

• Davis Patterson, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington (Washington)
• How Can We Support Small and Rural Residency Programs as Unified ACGME Accreditation Approaches in 2020? (175.38 KB pdf)

Routes to Rural Readiness: How Can We Best Prepare Nurse Practitioners for Rural Primary Care Practice?

• Louise Kaplan, Associate Professor, Washington State University College of Nursing (Washington)
• Routes to Rural Readiness: Enhancing Clinical Experiences for Nurse Practitioner Practice in Rural Primary Care (476.63 KB pdf)

Reducing Medication Related Adverse Events in Rural Communities

• Amy Yanicak, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice/ Clinical Family Medicine Pharmacist, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Richmond Family Medicine (Vermont)
• Reducing Medication Related Adverse Events in Rural Communities (26.12 MB pdf)

Integrated care of opioid dependent pregnant women and their infants within a family medicine residency

• Alane Oconnor and Kelley Harmon, Faculty, Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency (Maine)
• Integrated care of opioid dependent pregnant women and their infants within a family medicine residency (460.05 KB pdf)

Practice Makes Perfect: Implementing Simulation into a Rural Residency Curriculum

• Joshua Schulist, Faculty, and Lori Rodefeld, Medical Education Coach, Monroe Clinic Rural Family Medicine Residency Program (Wisconsin)
• Practice Makes Perfect: Implementing Simulation Into A Rural Residency Curriculum (4.90 MB pdf)

Integration of Urban Core Residency and Rural Program using a Rural Area of Concentration

• Rob Epstein, Program Director, and second year residents, Kelsey Sholund and Jonathan Motts, Swedish Cherry Hill Port Angeles Rural Training Program (Washington)
• Maximizing Opportunities for Communication Between Residency Locations in a 1+2 Rural Training Program (772.66 KB pdf)

New Program Exploration

• RTT Collaborative Consultants: Randall Longenecker, Executive Director, and David Schmitz, Associate Director, The RTT Collaborative (Athens, Ohio and Grand Forks, North Dakota)
• Rural Program Development: An Overview (1.30 MB pdf)
• Planting TREES (PDF Package/Tool)

Friday AM Conference on the Move, May 17

Trip to Rumford, Maine, an IRTT-like pathway of Central Maine Medical Center

• Dieter Kreckel, Founding Site Director
• No slides available – See RTT Collaborative Newsletter, June 2019