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137.40 RESIDENCY AND OTHER INITIATIVES.
Subdivision 1. Primary care and rural rotations. The University of Minnesota Medical
School is requested to increase the opportunities for general medicine, pediatrics, and family
practice residents to serve rotations in primary care settings. These settings must include
community clinics, health maintenance organizations, and practices in rural communities.
Subd. 2. Rural residency training program in family practice. The medical school is
requested to establish a rural residency training program in family practice. The program shall
provide an initial year of training in a metropolitan-based hospital and family practice clinic. The
second and third years of the residency program shall be based in rural communities, utilizing
local clinics and community hospitals, with specialty rotations in nearby regional medical centers.
Subd. 3. Continuing medical education. The medical school is requested to develop
continuing medical education programs for primary care physicians that are comprehensive,
community-based, accessible to primary care physicians in all areas of the state, and which
enhance primary care skills.
History: 1992 c 549 art 6 s 6; 1993 c 345 art 11 s 15
Subdivision 1. Primary care and rural rotations. The University of Minnesota Medical
School is requested to increase the opportunities for general medicine, pediatrics, and family
practice residents to serve rotations in primary care settings. These settings must include
community clinics, health maintenance organizations, and practices in rural communities.
Subd. 2. Rural residency training program in family practice. The medical school is
requested to establish a rural residency training program in family practice. The program shall
provide an initial year of training in a metropolitan-based hospital and family practice clinic. The
second and third years of the residency program shall be based in rural communities, utilizing
local clinics and community hospitals, with specialty rotations in nearby regional medical centers.
Subd. 3. Continuing medical education. The medical school is requested to develop
continuing medical education programs for primary care physicians that are comprehensive,
community-based, accessible to primary care physicians in all areas of the state, and which
enhance primary care skills.
History: 1992 c 549 art 6 s 6; 1993 c 345 art 11 s 15
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