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  • Rural upbringing strongly predicts future rural medical practice.
  • A significant fifteen-year decline in rural medical students has been observed.
  • Rural students comprised less than 5% of incoming medical students in 2017.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the trend of rural students in medical school admissions.
  • To highlight the underrepresentation of rural students, including underrepresented minority (URM) students.
  • To underscore the implications for future rural healthcare access.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of medical student admission data over a fifteen-year period.
  • Examination of demographic data, focusing on rural background and racial/ethnic minority status.
  • Comparison of the proportion of rural students to the rural population share.

Main Results:

  • Rural students represented less than 5% of all incoming medical students in 2017.
  • Students from underrepresented racial/ethnic minority groups with rural backgrounds constituted less than 0.5% of new medical students in 2017.
  • Both URM and non-URM rural students are substantially and increasingly underrepresented.

Conclusions:

  • Current medical school initiatives are insufficient to reverse the decline in rural student enrollment.
  • A quadrupling of rural students is needed to match the US rural population share.
  • Urgent policy attention and investment are required to bolster the rural physician pipeline and ensure rural healthcare access.