Rural Teaching Practices
Rural teaching practices are model rural practices that deliver quality team-based care and make rural practice professionally rewarding, innovative, and sustainable for providers, learners, and staff. This environment fosters multidisciplinary learning that encourages recruitment and retention of providers to rural practices in Western North Carolina.
MAHEC’s rural fellows are key to rural teaching practices, and often serve as physician champions for education initiatives and as preceptors for student learners. Through the 6 Ps—placement in a rural community, protected time, preceptor development, projects to support comunity engagement, practice clinical development, and partnerships with people and practices—fellows are able to not only support their own development early in their practice tenure, but are also able serve future workforce needs by supporting engaged learning in their practices.
MAHEC currently supports rural teaching practices in Yancey, Mitchell, Polk, and Haywood counties. New rural teaching practice partnerships are being developed in Jackson, Swain, Macon, and Graham counties.
Lifelong LearningDidactic Sessions Practice Transformation |
Learner IncentivesMultidisciplinary Learning 1:1 Didactic Time |
Faculty DevelopmentLearning Opportunities Academic Endeavors |
Practice SupportSite Coordinator |
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For more information, please contact Benjamin.Gilmer@mahec.net.
MCHP is a partnership between Bakersville Community Health Center, Spruce Pine, and Celo Health Center. As a federally qualified health center, MCHP is a resource for wellness, prevention, and quality care. MCHP provides primary care, pregnancy care, women’s health, pediatric care, and behavioral health at all of its offices and provides chiropractic services at its Bakersville and Celo offices. MCHP is committed to providing quality healthcare to patients in its service area regardless of their ability to pay. MCHP was our first rural teaching practice site. Your can learn more about MCHP and our teaching practice model in this feature story.
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