ABSTRACT

 
Project Title: Rural Opportunities in Medical Education (ROME) II
Project Director: Roger W. Schauer, M.D. and William S. Mann, M.D. 
Organization Name:

Department of Family Medicine

Address:

PO Box 9037

501 N Columbia Road

Grand Forks, ND 58203

Phone: 701-777-3200
Fax: 701-777-3849

E-mail:

rschauer@medicine.nodak.edu
Project Period: September 1, 2001 – August 30, 2004
Amount: $590,760
Discipline: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics

This supplemental collaborative effort between the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Departments of Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics proposes expansion and refinement of the Rural Opportunities in Medical Education (ROME) experience.  This new collaborative effort will provide for the implementation and evaluation of new learning issues, curriculum, preceptors, and sites.   The aim is to immerse medical students in a rural, community-based practice setting, bring them into daily contact with primary care role models, infuse clinical competency through exposure to a variety of patient cases, and recruit students into rural primary care.  There are two project goals which will define our program’s growth and achievement in these areas:

Goal I:  Further development and expansion of the eight-month ROME-Rural Opportunities in Medical Education experience.

Goal II:  Enhance the Departments of Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics capabilities to coordinate, support, and facilitate a collaborative longitudinal rural experience.