The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB)
serves Texas in the state’s mission of providing for the health
care needs of its citizens. A critical element in UTMB’s support
of this mission is the preparation of primary care physicians to serve
citizens of the state who live in rural and medically underserved areas.
Rotations in Rural Family Medicine are offered by the UTMB
Department of Family Medicine in an effort to increase the number of family
physicians choosing to practice in underserved rural areas of Texas, and
to provide knowledge and skills needed to provide high quality care in
these settings.
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Challenge to Society
- 77% of Texas counties are rural (196/254)
- 72 Texas counties (28%) have two or fewer physicians
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Training Benefits of the Rural Training Track
- Wide range of clinical skills essential.
- Faculty role models for procedures.
- Scope of practice not limited by urban standard of care.
- Less competition with other residency training programs.
- Greater experiential learning and more personalized teaching.
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Predoctoral Education 
