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Pearson, Calvin H.; Atucha, Amaya – Natural Sciences Education, 2015
In 1887, Congress passed the Hatch Act, which formally established and provided a funding mechanism for agricultural experiment stations in each state and territory in the United States. The main purpose of agricultural experiment stations is to conduct agricultural research to meet the needs of the citizens of the United States. The objective of…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Agricultural Education, Maps, Research and Development Centers
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Hart, L. Gary; Salsberg, Edward; Phillips, Debra M.; Lishner, Denise M. – Journal of Rural Health, 2002
Reviews the rural physician shortage and related policy and research needs. Discusses geographic distribution of physicians, quality of rural care, rural recruitment and retention, rural residency training, factors in medical education affecting entry into rural practice, physician productivity and income, reimbursement, federal and state programs…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Geographic Distribution, Graduate Medical Education, Higher Education
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Fulton, George P.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1980
A combination of educational strategies for improving physician-health personnel distribution is proposed as a coordinated state level approach. Strategies used in South Carolina are described to exemplify the concept. A unique characteristic is the suggestion that health planners accept and plan for physician turnover in rural areas. (Author/JMD)
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Consortia, Family Practice (Medicine), Federal Programs