The Rural Primary Care Practice and Research Program

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The Rural Primary Care Practice and Research
Program

• K. Allen Greiner, M.D., M.P.H.
• Director
• Edward Ellerbeck, M.D., M.P.H.
• Kim Engelman, Ph.D.
• Associate Directors
• University of Kansas Medical Center

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Mission and Goals

• The RPCPRP supports formative research and the
  development and testing of real-world strategies
  for improving behavioral and preventive health in
  rural primary care practice settings.
• Goals -
• To provide an exceptional educational experience
  for Medical Students
• To conduct high quality research on topics of
  importance in primary care
• To produce information that can lead to improved
  health care for rural patients

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RPCPRP HISTORY

• Student Preceptorship
• Accepts 20-25 students
• Students assigned to a rural physician
• Student Stipend Funding Baker Trust (LaCrosse,
  KS), Gold Foundation, Kansas Association for the
  Medically Underserved, the Kansas Academy of
  Family Physicians
• The CIS, Sunflower Rural Obesity, KanQuit Smoking
  Project, Tablet Computer CRC

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