title: Growing your own: planting seeds for healthy rural hospitals.
abstract: Rural areas continually suffer from shortages of healthcare providers and healthcare professionals. Although research exists that addresses unique problems and opportunities associated with rural medical careers, little contributes to the development of providers from within the community. This article proposes a new approach to alleviating the shortage of rural healthcare professionals by looking toward the community's youth.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Hospital, Seminole, TX, USA. deephilipp4@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Dee L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Philipp
authors.forename: Donna L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D006280:Health Workforce; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States