GME Development Series Webinar: Rural and Community Based Surgical Residency Development: An Overview of the Current Landscape and How to Leverage Opportunities

This AOGME GME Development webinar addresses opportunities to grow rural and community based surgical residency programs. The webinar focuses on the current landscape, providing an overview of surgical workforce trends, benefits of rural training, GME program development and expansion options to create rural pathways, federal and state policy mechanisms to support development, practical guidance learned from two recently developed programs and available resources to support new program development.

Objectives:

• Understand the current landscape of the general surgery workforce in rural and underserved settings
• Review benefits of rural and community-based training programs
• Discuss funding mechanisms to support program development and expansion
• Identify case examples of rural programs that have been developed with federal and state funding
• Review resources available to support new program development
  

Panelists:

• Lori Rodefeld, MS, Director of GME Development, Rural Residency Planning and Development and Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Technical Assistance Centers
• Mustafa Abid, MD, General Surgery Resident and Postdoctoral Fellow, UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
• Benjamin Jarman, MD, Vice President of Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official, Gundersen Health System
• Ann O’Rourke, MD, MPH, General Surgery Program Director and Rural Track Program Director, University of Wisconsin