Priming the Physician Pipeline: A Regional AHEC's Use of in-state Medical School Data to Guide Its Health Careers Programming.
Amid evidence of its rural, Appalachian students' low application and matriculation rates to in-state medical schools, the Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center developed two physician pipeline programs. This report describes the programs' early successes and provides a basis for heightened regional responsibility in the recruitment of medical school applicants.
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D001061:Appalachian Region; D002321:Career Choice; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D010820:Physicians; D012577:Schools, Medical