Medicine In Rural Kansas: Case Study

Rural Oklahoma is filled with small farm communities and small towns. Towns where everyone knows everyone and family is of major importance. Pond Creek Oklahoma is one of those communities with a census approximately 856 residents located in Grant County (Pond Creek, Oklahoma, 2015). This town has strong Christian roots and you get the feel of family, football, and love. There is a small variety of businesses and churches but the primary source of income for the community is agricultural. It isn’t uncommon to see tractors making their way down the highway during planting times and combines during harvest. One thing that the town and its citizens lack is access to health care. There are no medical facilities in the town such

Moreover, the mission of Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, of improving the health of the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico is a vision that I share. Growing up in this region has allowed me to see the value of having individuals from the community serve as physicians. Furthermore, this will help close the primary care gaps in the underserved rural and Hispanic communities. I believe that the post-baccalaureate program of Foundations of Biomedical Sciences will give me the opportunity to demonstrate my capability of succeeding in a rigorous academic program such as Burrell College of Osteopathic

I first realized my passion for health promotion and disease prevention the summer following my first year of college. I had the privilege of attending the Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP), which introduced me to numerous healthcare professionals. During the program, many of the professionals shared their stories about why they choose the profession, and with each story, I began to reflect deeply on my own background and what drew me to medicine. It was not until an emergency medicine physician spoke about his experiences, that allowed me to fully understand connecting my background to my future. The physician mentioned growing up in D.C., which brought to mind my family in D.C. It had been almost a year since my grandmother

Just as the institution is eager to continue embracing the ever-changing world of healthcare and medicine, I too embody this same distinguishing characteristic. Throughout my undergraduate experiences I have learned in order to be a steward and servant of the medical profession one must exercise teamwork, service, empathy, accountability, and optimism; all of which coincide with the tenets that are declared by the Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine culture. Attending this medical school would be one of the greatest rewards for my motivation and persistence. I know for certain there would be no greater experience than to be a part of the Meharry Medical College

I have cultivated many skills throughout my undergraduate education that I believe will help me succeed throughout medical school. My decision to become a doctor did not happen overnight but was a passion that grew with me and inspired my entire life. I am eager to start my journey at Morehouse College of medicine and become a physician that provides quality treatment and works on improving health care in rural areas and underserved communities in Georgia and across the United

Medical schools need to increase the number of students being accepted from rural areas. These graduating physicians tend to go back practicing back in the rural community.

I would be honored to enroll at the WMU homer Stryker M.D School of Medicine because of the school’s dedication to educating physicians through community outreach and commitment to lifelong learning. After volunteering for the past five years at the C.A.R.E. Clinic for the uninsured, I understand the need to serve uninsured Americans. Therefore, I want my medical school experience to incorporate opportunities to serve this population at locations such as the Family Health Center. In addition, the community health rotation would allow me to continue my commitment to the under and uninsured

I would like to extend both my deepest gratitude for Quillen’s allowing me the opportunity to learn about its medical program in a personal setting with the very amicable and knowledgeable John Riley Wilkinson as well as my humble appreciation towards being considered for a place in the Quillen College of Medicine.

One of the trends that is consistent between Pennsylvania and Kentucky is the discrepancy between physicians available in rural areas versus urban areas. For example, in Pennsylvania in 2012 for every 100,000 persons in an urban area of the state there was 273 physicians available. While in the rural areas per every 100,000 in population there was only 150 physicians. (2012 Pulse of Pennsylvania’s Physician and Physician Assistant Workforce, 2014). The reason behind this trend is simple, the larger the area the greater the financial opportunities. Also urban areas tend to have larger hospital facilities that provide access to well-equipped facilities, with lab services, radiology departments, staffed surgical suites, new medical devices to assist in surgery such as laser and robotics, and updated imaging devices. (Johnson and Cooper, 1982). These statistics highlight the need to institute methods that will attract providers to the rural areas. Whether this is through scholarship programs for those who intend to work in a rural area upon graduation, accepting federal funds to expand rural hospitals and improve technology, accepting federal funds to expand Medicaid programs, or a combination of all three providers need incentive to move into the rural areas. The standard of care needs to be consistent across the state no matter what area a patient lives in.

Growing up in a little South Carolina town, Chesnee taught me so much and I would never give it up for the world. I found myself humbled to the utmost of levels and with only an undersized family practice centrally located in the town, the importance of having access to health care was monumental. The doctors in this community were astounding and more so than anything, they had developed relationships with the people of Chesnee that surpassed their call of duty.

Education of rural Americans as well as healthcare providers plays a role on access to healthcare and their overall health. In rural America, twenty-eight percent of adults rate their health status as fair to poor, approximately nineteen percent of adolescents smoke, eighty in 100,000 males and forty in 100,000 females between the ages of one and twenty-four die, and approximately sixty-four percent of rural adults are covered by private insurance. In addition, only ten percent of the doctors in the United States practice in rural communities and only about forty in 100,000 specialists are in rural communities as well (“What 's Different about Rural Health Care,” n.d.). In terms of educating rural Americans on healthcare, it is a known fact that rural Americans have a poorer understanding of healthcare, let alone, often have lower education levels—as a result, rural Americans are less

The Myrlie Evers-Williams Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities at the University of Mississippi Medical Center is committed to improving the health, healthcare and healthcare delivery systems of rural Mississippi communities. As such, we admire individuals who share this commitment. Most often, this work goes unnoticed. In recognition of these individuals, our office will select one (1) Rural Health Champion from the state of Mississippi. This prestigious award will be given to an “unsung hero” who makes a notable contribution to health, healthcare, or a healthcare delivery system in a rural Mississippi community. This award is given in conjunction with National Rural Health Day, which is November 19, 2014. The

Rural health professionals represent a diverse set of individuals seeking to meet the main goals of public health. Their desire to promote health and prevent disease is blocked by many barriers, due to the geographical position of their target population; yet they still persevere to serve their specified communities. Approximately twenty percent of America is rural, and rural counties are more likely to report fair to poor health. This particular population cannot be compared to its urban counterparts due the sheer amount of obstacles health care providers and patients face. Rural Americans are shaped by geography and tradition which creates a combination of factors that create disparities.

Rural Americans face an exclusive combination of issues that create disparities in health care that are not found in urban areas. Many complications met by healthcare providers and patients in rural arears are massively different than those located in urban areas. Financial factors, cultural and social variances, educational deficiencies, lack of acknowledgement by delegates and the absolute isolation of living in remote rural areas all combined to hinder rural Americans in their struggle to lead a normal, healthy life. Rural hospitals located in rural areas faces many disadvantages, such as; minimum resources, shortcoming or unprepared professionals, and financial disparities. Although many of these challenges could be solved

In a hot and sunny morning of October, the road led me to a rural community located miles away from Santo Domingo. A few meters from Haina riverside, the place in which I would spend a year far away from home for the first time in my life. I was 23, recently graduated from medical school, continuing my journey of helping people through one of the most honorable and rewarding arts, medicine. The duty: being the primary care physician of La Pared, an underserved community. I remember my supervisor asking if I was up to the task, given my youth and lack of experience.