Rural Medicine

The tenets of the program are:

• Improving the health of rural populations in Texas through access and innovative care delivery.
• Developing a sustainable Rural / Primary Care Medicine tract for Texas A&M College of Medicine Medical Students.
• Growing Rural sites for clinical rotations to expose students to Rural Medicine.
• Providing transformational learning experiences for students while improving rural populations access to healthcare.
• Gaining buy-in from Community and government leaders to ensure we gain local input and feedback to respond to student evaluations.
• Increase education and thus awareness in rural high schools about opportunities in medicine and attract rural students to pursue a healthcare career tract through this exposure.

  Program Overview

  In 2019, Texas A&M College of Medicine embarked on an initiative to focus on rural medicine disparities given our history as a Land Grant University and our Medical School Charter for Rural Medicine.   The College of Medicine's goal is to bring health care where it's needed most with a keen focus on rural populations and innovative care delivery, with an outcome to eliminate a healthcare provider shortage in rural Texas.

Vision

To expand high quality rural medicine access throughout the state of Texas through education, research, and community engagement.

Mission

To educate future physicians to meet the healthcare needs of rural and medically deprived areas in Texas.

Area(s) of Focus

• We are partnering with local medical providers.
• Partnering with the local independent school district (ISD)
• Partnering with the community/county

Clinical Experience

We now have partnerships with over 19 rural Texas Counties. Counties include Bee, Bosque, Brown, Brooks, Frio, Gillespie, Hamilton, Haskell, Kimble, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Palo Pinto, San Saba, Uvalde/Real, Wilbarger, and Wharton.