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The RTT Collaborative June 2021 Newsletter is now available!

This newsletter includes announcements regarding the RTT upcoming events, program highlights, and annual meeting save the date information!

Some newsletter highlights include: 

• Rural Residency Fair Announcement
• Rural Residency Fest Announcement
• 2021 Annual Meeting Highlights and Save the Date
• What is a Rural Program?
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Deadllne for application: Midnight June 6, 2021

The RTT Collaborative Board and the cooperative of rural programs it represents is happy to offer up to three scholarships for the National Institute for Program Director Development fellowship program in academic year 2021-2022. Any director, site director, or faculty of a currently accredited or developing rural program is encouraged to apply.
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The RTT Collaborative March Newsletter is now available!

This newsletter includes announcements regarding the RTT Collaborative’s Annual Meeting, the Rural Rookie Doc, new board member, new board member representatives, and the new section on our website dedicated to consultative services and technical assistance.

Some newsletter highlights include: 

• RTT Collaborative’s 2021 Annual Meeting Announcements
• Photo Contest Winners (spoiler: there are llama’s!)
• New Board Member Q&A with Dr. 
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Big thanks to everyone who entered the RTT Collaborative’s 2021 Photo Contest!! There were so many submissions, and we had a difficult time picking through the talent to pick the few winners. That being said, we’re extremely proud of the five submissions who won the contest this year. View them below, and keep an eye out for next year’s photo contest announcement!
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Registration is now open for The RTT Collaborative Annual Meeting online. This interactive meeting is scheduled for April 7-9 and is hosted by our participating program in Tyler and Pittsburg, TX. The theme is “Rethinking the Pipeline to Rural Practice.” For more details, visit the meeting page at: https://rttcollaborative.net/meetings/annual-meeting/

In addition,
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The RTT Collaborative December Newsletter is now available!

This newsletter includes several announcements regarding the RTT Collaborative’s Annual Meeting, the new Rural Residency Consultant Learning Community (CLC), the new Rookie Rural Doc Link initiative, and an upcoming Design and Dissemination Studio.

Some newsletter highlights include: 

• RTT Collaborative’s 2021 Annual Meeting Announcements
• Photo Contest Announcement (with scholarship prizes!)
• Rural Residency Consultant Learning Community (CLC) creation –
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The 2021 meeting “Rethinking the Pipeline to Rural Practice” is being planned as a hybrid meeting and will hopefully welcome both online and in-person participants. Follow this link to propose a poster, a workshop (55 min) or a lecture-discussion (25 min).

The RTT Collaborative has just published its Annual Report for the 2019-2020 school year. We’re excited to share what we’ve been up to over the last year and that as of October 2020 we have achieved our goal of achieving more than 50 participating programs! Read on for a message from the Executive Director, newsletter highlights, participating programs descriptions, financial summaries,
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The RTT Collaborative September Newsletter is now available!

This newsletter introduces our new associate director, Kara Traxler, includes a summary of how our three virtual conferences and presentations went, some tips for rural recruitment, and provides some information for the 2021 Annual Meeting. Be sure to check out page 9 for Annual Meeting updates.

Some newsletter highlights include: 

• A summary of Rural Residency Fest
• A summary of the AAFP National Conference
• A summary of the Ohio Rural Residency Fair
• Tips for rural recruitment,
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Thank you to everyone who participated in RTTC’s Rural Residency Fest on July 22! The Fest gave students resources and tips on finding a rural residency, some guidance on questions to ask a residency, and the opportunity to chat with residents, resident coordinators, and residency program directors. Check out the video available below if you missed it!

Check out the full newsletter here: RTTC-Student-Edition-2020.pdf (132 downloads)

Some newsletter highlights include: 

• Information on how to apply to be our new student and resident board member.
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