Links - Rural Medicine and Loan Repayment

[gmreed2]

Please post any links and I'll add them to this list.


Loan Repayment

National Health Service Corps (NHSC)
http://nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov/

Rural Assistance Center
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_type_details.php?type=Loan Repayment Programs

List of National, State, Regional Funding Programs​

National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network
https://www.3rnet.org/default.aspx

National Institute of Health Loan Repayment Program
http://www.lrp.nih.gov/about_the_programs/health_disparities.aspx

AAMC List
http://services.aamc.org/fed_loan_pub/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.welcome&CFID=7563505
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Statistics and Maps

http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/site/media/servicecorps.htm

US Dept of Health and Human Services (HRSA)
http://www.hrsa.gov/index.html

Good data section for shortage areas and past NHSC sites​

A Paper on Rural Physician Recruitmen by the National Rural Health Association
www.ruralhealthweb.org/index.cfm?objectid=3f130184-1185-6b66-88defb04e387c28a

This downloads something that you have to open in your browser.​

Health Professional Shortage Areas
http://hpsafind.hrsa.gov/
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Professional Organizations

American Academy of Home Care Physicians
http://www.aahcp.org/

National Rural Health Association
http://www.ruralhealthweb.org/

(Search your state) Rural Health Association
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State Programs

Illinois: National Center for Rural Health Professions
http://www.ncrhp.uic.edu/

Oregon Office of Rural Health
http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/outreach/oregon-rural-health/index.cfm
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Other Websites

Blog: Rural Doctoring
http://www.ruraldoctoring.com/

Many good posts about various topics in rural medicine.​

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[onewithpain]

http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/outreach/oregon-rural-health/index.cfm/
Pays federal loans, not private, not interest, does provide a tax credit of 5,000/year. My local hospital picked up the balance for the privates and the interest.