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  • Rural communities face persistent physician shortages.
  • Medical schools are crucial for training future physicians, including those for rural practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe current rural initiatives in U.S. undergraduate medical education.
  • To identify medical school characteristics and activities that may encourage graduates toward rural practice.

Main Methods:

  • Descriptive study of 182 allopathic and osteopathic medical schools (2016 data, updated 2019).
  • Defined and cataloged "rural programs" and other rural commitment markers.

Main Results:

  • Only 8.2% of schools explicitly committed to rural physicians in mission statements.
  • 64.8% offered rural clinical experiences; 21.4% had formal rural programs.

Conclusions:

  • Establishes a baseline for rural medical education efforts.
  • Highlights the need for more intensive evaluations and institutional collaboration to boost rural physician production.