Rural FP Community

AAFP's community for family physicians, health care providers and others who serve the nation's rural families.

AAFP Rural FP Blog

Read and comment on blog posts from peer rural family physicians.

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National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program

The NHSC Loan Repayment Program telephone conference calls for applicants who have questions about applying during the open and continuous application cycle will occur on Thursday afternoons on the following dates:

October 29, 2009

November 19, 2009

December 10, 2009

To join any of these conference calls, dial 1-888-889-0974 (toll free) and enter participant pass code 8360318. This information also is posted on the NHSC website at: http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/.

Share the News with Your Community

Now you can post informative, timely, rural health-related articles to the Rural Online Community. Share national, regional or local articles with other rural family physicians in the Community.

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New from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS Quarterly Provider Update, October 1 - 7, 2009 (2-page PDF file; About PDFs)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; October 8, 2009

Rural Assistance Center RSS Feed -- Access news and information compiled by the Rural Assistance Center.

Research News

Read the WWAMI final report: U.S. Rural Physician Workforce: Analysis of Medical School Graduates from 1988-1997 (October 2008) (10-page PDF file; About PDFs).

Profile of a Rural FP: Carla Kakutani, MD

Photo courtesy of California Academy of Family Physicians

Since residency, Dr. Kakutani's version of family medicine has extended beyond her full-spectrum of care in her adopted small town, to serving as president of the California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP) and chair of their delegation to the California Medical Association, to the lawn on Capitol Hill to fight for her patients' right to quality care. Just don't ask her about hemorrhoids while she is grocery shopping. Read Dr. Kakutani's profile.

Read previous Rural FP Profiles.

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