TY - JOUR AU - Myhre, Douglas L. AU - Adamiak, Paul AU - Turley, Nathan AU - Spice, Ron AU - Woloschuk, Wayne PY - 2014 DA - 2014/08/09 TI - Beyond bricks and mortar: a rural network approach to preclinical medical education JO - BMC Medical Education SP - 166 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Countries with expansive rural regions often experience an unequal distribution of physicians between rural and urban communities. A growing body of evidence suggests that the exposure to positive rural learning experiences has an influence on a physician’s choice of practice location. Capitalizing on this observation, many medical schools have developed approaches that integrate rural exposure into their curricula during clerkship. It is postulated that a preclinical rural exposure may also be effective. However, to proceed further in development, accreditation requirements must be considered. In this investigation, academic equivalence between a preclinical rural community based teaching method and the established education model was assessed. SN - 1472-6920 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-14-166 DO - 10.1186/1472-6920-14-166 ID - Myhre2014 ER -