BACKGROUND The Scholars in Rural Health program is designed to attract and retain young rural Kansans with a high probability of successful careers in rural communities. This program shapes the students' experiences toward rural health in preparation for entry into medical school. Scholars accepted into and satisfactorily completing this program are admitted automatically to the School of Medic...

Purpose Rheumatology is one of the smallest subspecialties in the field of pediatrics. Due to the deficiency of pediatric rheumatologists in the U.S., there is a shortage of educators. Previous research showed that 40% of pediatric residency programs have no pediatric rheumatologist on faculty. Although previous studies described the availability of rheumatology training in pediatric residency ...

In this issue of Academic Medicine, Broderick and Nocella describe the creative use of an educational consortium model to bring community providers together to solve the fiscal crisis faced by the local family medicine residency program, which was sponsored by a single-program sponsoring (hospital) institution. The authors of this commentary explore the specific adaptation of the educational co...

Argentine Council of Residents in Cardiology (CONAREC, Consejo Argentino de Residentes de Cardiología) Full Member of Sociedad Argentina de Cardiología To apply as full member of Sociedad Argentina de Cardiología Members of the Board of Directors, CONAREC 2009-2011 Background The residency program currently represents the best environment for an integrated training in the specialty. Yet, the pr...