The Rural Medical Education (RMED) Program conducted its annual medical student interviews with 25 applicants on January 20th and 21st, 2005. The Recruitment and Retention Committee meets each year at the College of Medicine Rockford campus to meet and select a pool of students who will be invited to join the RMED program. Invitations to the RMED Class of 2008 will be sent out in the next few months.

The 2005 RMED Faculty Development Program sponsored by the National Center for Rural Health Professions (NCRHP) will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield Illinois on March 4th and 5th in conjunction with the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN).

Project EXPORT Center for Excellence in Rural Health is co-sponsoring a
meeting on Rural Poverty with the Lt. Governor's office. We invite anyone who is interested to join us on March 7th, 2005 from 3-5pm on the Rockford campus. Please contact Genevieve Werner (815)395-5912 with questions.

The Project EXPORT Center of Excellence in Rural Health will host the first meeting of the EXPORT National Advisory Board on the Rockford campus April 11th and 12th, 2005. The National Advisory Board is comprised of local, state, regional, national and international members who provide guidance to the Center and share their expertise in the areas of health disparities and rural health issues.

The Northern Illinois Area Health Education Center (NIAHEC) in collaboration with the National Center for Rural Health Professions and Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital in Dixon Illinois is pleased to announce that applications are currently being accepted for the 2005 Summer Field Experience in Rural Interdisciplinary Health Professions. The six week field experience will be held from June 1 to July 12, 2005 and applications can be obtained by contacting Cheryl Carlson at (815)395-5779 or ccarlson@uic.edu.

 

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