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Attendee and exhibitor registration open for 2024 Minnesota Rural Health Conference!
 Registration is now open for attendees and exhibitors at the 2024 Minnesota Rural Health Conference.
Join us on June 17-18 at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center for two days of learning and networking focused on the Minnesota Rural Health Conference's theme:
Working Together, Building Our Future
The Minnesota Rural Health Conference is one of the country's largest state rural health conferences. It seeks to support, connect and inspire rural health professionals and leaders from across the state as they work toward the goal of building healthy communities.
Programming at this year's conference includes keynote addresses, plenary panels, and the Minnesota Rural Health Association Policy Forum. Breakout sessions are organized around four tracks:
- Leadership and workforce development
- Access to care
- Behavioral and mental health
- Process improvement
The annual Minnesota Rural Health Conference is hosted by the MDH Office of Rural Health and Primary Care, the Minnesota Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Resource Center.
For specific information about the conference, please email: ruralhealthconference@ruralcenter.org, or call 218-464-6121.
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OPEN: International Medical Graduates (IMG) Residency Preparation - BRIIDGE
The International Medical Graduates (IMG) Residency Preparation - BRIIDGE application is due by 11:59 pm on Monday, May 20. The University of Minnesota, in partnership with Minnesota Department of Health will again offer a residency preparatory program for international medical graduates (IMGs). This nine-month program consists of inpatient and outpatient training opportunities as well as community and classroom-based components to optimally prepare participants to match into and succeed in residency programs. Participants will be selected through a competitive application.
OPEN: Rural and Underserved Clinical Rotations grant program
The Rural and Underserved Clinical Rotations grant program will award health professional training site grants to eligible physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, pharmacy, dentistry, dental therapy and mental health professional programs. The goal of this grant is to augment existing clinical training programs by adding rural and underserved rotations or clinical training experiences, such as credential or certificate rural tracks or other specialized training. For physician and dentist training, the expanded training must include rotations in primary care settings such as community clinics, hospitals, health maintenance organizations, or practices in rural communities. Applications are due by 4:30 pm on Friday, May 31. For more information, please contact: health.orhpc.workforcegrants@state.mn.us
OPEN: Summer Health Care Internship Program
The Summer Health Care Internship Program (SHCIP) brings students and healthcare employers together. Students are given the opportunity to experience working in various health care environments, and employers have the opportunity to become more involved in their community and encourage student to consider healthcare careers. Participating organizations employ students for 6 to 12 weeks between Memorial Day and Labor Day for at least minimum wage. Up to half of an intern's hourly wages will be reimbursed through SHCIP. Eligible organizations are any Minnesota hospital, clinic, nursing facility, home care provider or adult day program. Please refer to the informational brochure for employers. Applications are due on Friday, April 19. For more information, please contact: Sarah Bohnet.
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New toolkit: Preventing unintentional injury
Named by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as one of the five leading causes of death for rural populations in the United States, unintentional injuries can be fatal or nonfatal injuries that are unplanned and often preventable. A new toolkit from the Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub) called Preventing Unintentional Injury gives the how and why injuries are so prevalent. It then provides a collection of effective program models with resources for planning, funding and sustainability in your community.
Webinar A-Z: All you need to know about making your rural health clinic a physician assistant clinical rotation site
The National Association of Rural Health Clinics (NARHC) will host a free, Federal Office of Rural Health Programs (FORHP)-supported webinar at 1:00 pm on Friday, April 19. Information shared will review how to establish a Rural Health Clinic as a Physician Assistant/Physician Associate (PA) clinical rotation site. This webinar will feature representatives from universities with PA programs who will share their experiences placing students in rural training sites and provide additional time for Q&A. Advanced registration is required.
A guide for parents: The state of school health in Minnesota parents and families
Parents are critical voices who can build public will for expanded student health services. A guide for parents: The state of school health in Minnesota parents and families helps parents identify ways to advocate for their child’s health during the school day including advocating for a full-time school nurse in every building by engaging with their networks, school board members, district leaders, and policy makers. Parents send their children to school trusting the school to have the resources and staffing to care for students' academic and healthcare needs. But for many schools, funding for school health services has not kept pace with the needs of children today. The School Nurse Organization of Minnesota (SNOM) offers these advocacy tools. For further information, please contact health.school.health@state.mn.us.
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Meet Zoe Hill
 Zoe Hill recently joined the Health Care and Workforce Development team as a Program Administrator managing the Home and Community Based Services Scholarship and Loan Forgiveness Program. Prior to joining the Office of Rural Health and Primary Care, Zoe was a Systems Certification Coordinator at the Minnesota Department of Human Services, where she developed an agency-wide approach to federally certify Minnesota’s Medicare- and Medicaid-based electronic systems. She was a Management Analyst, Program Analyst, and Operations Coordinator at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where she received awards for her role in NIH’s 2016-2017 Zika virus epidemic response, operations management, and program optimization. Zoe received a B.S. in Biology and a Certificate in Genome Sciences and Policy from Duke University. Her interests include health policy, program management, change management, relationship building, clothing design, and various forms of fiber arts.
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Strategic collaboration: The key to moving rural healthcare forward, The Rural Monitor, March 2024.
Bridging the rural-urban divide: An implementation plan for leveraging technology and artificial intelligence to improve health and economic outcomes in rural America, Journal of Rural Health, March 2024.
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2024 Minnesota Rural Health Conference will be held June 17-18 in Duluth.
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