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Oklahoma State University Launches Rural Health Training Program

Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine has launched a program designed to prepare future physicians for practice in rural areas, the Tulsa World reports. Already heralded for its commitment to producing rural physicians, the rural health option program is designed to provide additional training and rural medical experience to students interested in such practice. As part of the program, for example, students can opt to spend part of their third year and all of their fourth year completing medical school in Durant, Enid or Tahlequah, three towns where the university has family medicine residency programs. According to statistics cited by the Tulsa World, the number of medical school graduates who enter primary care residencies has dropped significantly, from a high of 79 percent in 1977 to just 55 percent in 2009. As such, there is a significant shortage of physicians, particularly in rural and underserved areas (Archer, Tulsa World, 10/11/09).

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