National Center for Rural Health Professions (NCRHP)

The NCRHP’s mission is to promote the health of rural communities through partnerships in education, service, research and policy.

NCRHP Goals:

• Promote careers in rural health professions.
• Develop and implement interdisciplinary teaching models to prepare health professionals for rural practice.
• Recruit students from rural and under-represented minority populations.
• Impact the rural health workforce through retention of rural health professions graduates.
• Enhance community capacity building to address health needs for individuals and communities.
• Identify, reduce and eliminate rural health disparities.
• Enhance faculty research to promote quality programs and services for rural populations.
• Prepare fellows and graduate students in research and health professions, emphasizing rural needs and issues.
• Inform policy and influence decision making on allocation and distribution of rural resources.
• Learn about and develop experiences and models of healthcare relating to the international community.

For an annual report, please click here.