Office of Rural and Underserved Programs
Who We Are
The Office of Rural and Underserved Programs and its initiatives were supported initially with funding through the Osteopathic Heritage Foundations (OHF) Vision 2020 Grant (awarded 2011).
Preparing learners for patient-centered primary care in underserved places
We prepare learners in medical school and residency for patient-centered primary care in rural and underserved communities, and for the generalist specialties of primary importance to these communities, through community engagement, ongoing curriculum design, program implementation and assessment, faculty development, student support, and medical education research.
The application for proposals for Medical Education Research is closed.
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Finding Fulfillment in Serving Rural Patients
StageCoach Family Medicine
Rural and Urban Scholars Pathways (RUSP)
Rural and Urban Scholars Pathways (RUSP) Program
This co-curricular program provides students and residents with the depth and breadth of knowledge needed to meet patients’ health care needs in rural and urban underserved communities.
Patient-Centered Primary Care Curriculum
Enhancing patient-centered primary care curriculum
When doctors are reimbursed for good outcomes rather than the volume of patients they serve, the move to a more efficient and effective patient-centered model becomes an economic necessity as well as good care.
Community Engagement
Engagement with Underserved Communities
We engage with rural and urban underserved communities to address
health disparities and improve health outcomes.
Other Initiatives and Collaborations
Initiatives and Collaborations
Our office is involved in several local, national and international collaborative projects and special initiatives related to health in rural and urban underserved communities, like Rural PREP (Watch video above)
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Our News and Events
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News
Featured News
Workshop lets health professions students practice respectful teamwork
February 15, 2019
The Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine hosted a full-day workshop aimed at helping health professions students learn how to better care for patients in ways that are mutually respectful, unrestricted by stereotypes and genuinely curious. The theme for the event: “Caring for the Underserved in an Interprofessional and Interpersonal Way.”
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Interprofessional summit stresses human connections as soul of teamwork
February 10, 2017
Improving teamwork was the theme of a summit Jan. 27, sponsored by the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Office of Rural and Underserved Programs. It featured workshops for Heritage College and other health profession students, and a keynote address by Andrew Morris-Singer, an expert on relational leadership in health care.
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First Heritage College Rural and Urban Scholars Pathways students receive D.O. degrees
June 3, 2016
When the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine launched its Rural and Urban Scholars Pathways program in 2013, the purpose was simple: to prepare future physicians to practice in medically underserved communities. In just three years, the program is well on its way.
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October 24, 2019
Incoming students in our Rural and Urban Scholars Pathways program learned about health care needs and experiences in underserved areas of Ohio during a three-day community-based immersion experience.