An Accelerated Rural Training Program

An accelerated rural training program.

BACKGROUND Several authors have pointed out the need for enhanced training for those residents contemplating rural practices. Most students and policy makers are reluctant to commit to primary care training beyond the required 3 years. METHODS The University of Nebraska Medical Center received approval for an accelerated family practice training program in 1993, and developed a 4-year program...

An accelerated MDM algorithm for SVM training

In this work we will propose an acceleration procedure for the Mitchell–Demyanov–Malozemov (MDM) algorithm (a fast geometric algorithm for SVM construction) that may yield quite large training savings. While decomposition algorithms such as SVMLight or SMO are usually the SVM methods of choice, we shall show that there is a relationship between SMO and MDM that suggests that, at least in their ...

2014 Rural Clinical School Training and Support Program Snapshot survey.

INTRODUCTION The Rural Clinical Training and Support (RCTS) program is an Australian Government initiative to address the shortage of medical practitioners within rural and remote Australia. There is a large amount of published information about the RCTS program and rural medical student cohorts who have undertaken short- and long-term rotations. However, very little is known about the academic...

Validating competencies for an undergraduate training program in rural medicine using the Delphi technique.

INTRODUCTION Worldwide, half the population lives in rural or remote areas; however, less than 25% of doctors work in such regions. Despite the continental dimensions of Brazil and its enormous cultural diversity, only some medical schools in this country offer students the opportunity to acquire work experience focused on medicine in rural or remote areas. The objective of the present s...

Innovation in rural family medicine training: the Mountain Area Health Education Center's rural-track residency program.