Future physicians should seek training to enhance access to rural care

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md — As the need for investments in public health and preventive medicine continues to grow in the U.S., the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted policy during its 2018 Interim Meeting today aimed at encouraging more medical students and residents to pursue training opportunities in public and population health leadership—and increasing access to care in rural areas.

Under the new policy, the AMA is calling on the Association of American Medical Colleges, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to increase awareness of these opportunities across the medical education continuum, particularly among women physician groups and other underrepresented groups in medicine.