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Evaluation of Gannon-Hahnemann Program to provide family physicians for underserved area. 1988

F J Bloom, and M K Vatavuk, and S E Kaliszewski

Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania.

The Gannon-Hahnemann Family Medicine Program is a combined B.S.-M.D. program designed to provide family practitioners to northwest Pennsylvania, a medically underserved area. The first six graduating classes (1981 through 1986) of the combined six-year curriculum contained 81 students. These students completed two years of undergraduate education at Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania, and four years at Hahnemann University School of Medicine. The students were required to complete the clinical rotations of their final year of medical school in Erie, and one of the rotations had to be family practice. Of the 81 combined-program graduates, 24 (29.6 percent) initially selected family practice residencies, while only 5.2 percent of the regular admission Hahnemann students selected family practice. Of these 24 graduates, 13 completed family practice residencies, and six of those chose to practice in northwest Pennsylvania. Nine graduates remained in family practice training.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008507	Medically Underserved Area	A geographic location which has insufficient health resources (manpower and/or facilities) to meet the medical needs of the resident population.	National Health Service Corps,Physician Shortage Area,Area, Medically Underserved,Health Service Corps, National,Medically Underserved Population,Area, Physician Shortage,Areas, Medically Underserved,Areas, Physician Shortage,Medically Underserved Areas,Medically Underserved Populations,Physician Shortage Areas,Population, Medically Underserved,Populations, Medically Underserved,Shortage Area, Physician,Shortage Areas, Physician,Underserved Area, Medically,Underserved Areas, Medically,Underserved Population, Medically,Underserved Populations, Medically
D010414	Pennsylvania	State bounded on the north by New York and Lake Erie, on the east by Delaware and New Jersey, on the south by Delaware and Maryland, and on the west by Ohio and West Virginia.
D010821	Physicians, Family	Those physicians who have completed the education requirements specified by the American Academy of Family Physicians.	Family Physician,Family Physicians,Physician, Family
D003479	Curriculum	A course of study offered by an educational institution.	Curricula,Short-Term Courses,Course, Short-Term,Courses, Short-Term,Short Term Courses,Short-Term Course
D004504	Education, Medical, Undergraduate	The period of medical education in a medical school. In the United States it follows the baccalaureate degree and precedes the granting of the M.D.	Medical Education, Undergraduate,Education, Undergraduate Medical,Undergraduate Medical Education
D004516	Education, Premedical	Introductory courses leading to an advance study in medicine.	Premedical Education,Medical Propedeutics,Medical Propedeutic,Propedeutic, Medical,Propedeutics, Medical
D005069	Evaluation Studies as Topic	Works about studies that determine the effectiveness or value of processes, personnel, and equipment, or the material on conducting such studies.	Critique,Evaluation Indexes,Evaluation Methodology,Evaluation Report,Evaluation Research,Methodology, Evaluation,Pre-Post Tests,Qualitative Evaluation,Quantitative Evaluation,Theoretical Effectiveness,Use-Effectiveness,Critiques,Effectiveness, Theoretical,Evaluation Methodologies,Evaluation Reports,Evaluation, Qualitative,Evaluation, Quantitative,Evaluations, Qualitative,Evaluations, Quantitative,Indexes, Evaluation,Methodologies, Evaluation,Pre Post Tests,Pre-Post Test,Qualitative Evaluations,Quantitative Evaluations,Report, Evaluation,Reports, Evaluation,Research, Evaluation,Test, Pre-Post,Tests, Pre-Post,Use Effectiveness
D012577	Schools, Medical	Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of medicine.	Medical Schools,Medical School,School, Medical
D014495	Universities	Educational institutions providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees.	University