Family Medicine Residency of Idaho, Inc.

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Rural Outreach

As our mission states, FMRI prepares broadly trained family physicians to practice in rural Idaho. This relationship with our rural Idaho communities and physicians is synergistic and reflected by our outreach programs. The five pillars of our outreach are to provide education to students, residents and rural providers, service and advocacy for rural communities and foster relationships that will help create and maintain the workforce for rural Idaho.

Community Apgar Program

A validated tool for improving rural communities' recruitment and retention of physicians. For more information please click here.

The Community Apgar Questionnaire has been featured again in the June 2009 Edition of the Rural Monitor, click here to read the full article.

The Community Apgar Program was presented at the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas on November 18, 2009 and at the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health Region E Annual Meeting in Laramie, Wyoming on August 19, 2009 by Dr. David Schmitz and Dr. Ed Baker. Validation of the Community Apgar Questionnaire for Community Health Centers is under development and anticipated for use in 2010.

Publications

	Title	Description
	Rural Idaho Family Physicians' Scope of Practice	Current Research in Rural Health

Save the Date

FMRI's Rural Family Medicine Conference on April 29, 2010 in conjuction with the Idaho Rural Health Association conference on April 30, 2010. For more information contact: Dr. Dave Schmitz at dave.schmitz@fmridaho.org or Dr. Kim Stutzman at kim.stutzman@fmridaho.org.