RSV 2023 Session: Integrating Behavioral Health, Substance Use, and Mental Health Treatment With Rural Graduate Medical Education (Day 1)

Presenter(s):

• Courtney Turner, MPH, Health Insurance Specialist, HRSA
• Lawrencia Afagbedzi, MSHA, Health Insurance Specialist, HRSA
• Daniel Elswick, MD, FACLP, Professor, Vice Chair for Education, Residency Director, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University School of Medicine
• Jody McCloud Missmer, MBA, Network Administrator, Behavior Health Service Line, St. Luke’s University Health Network
• Jennie Rose Serfass, Manager of Behavioral Health Services and Rural Residency Programs

Session Description:

• Health care workforce shortages continue to persist across rural communities, while current emerging trends have made it increasingly challenging to recruit physicians and other health care professionals. HRSA shared how one rural workforce initiative, the Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program, is increasing the rural physician pipeline. Featured RRPD grantees discussed how their programs are shaping the behavioral health workforce of the future.