Growing Rural

Today we are discussing primary care in rural South Carolina with Chuck Carter, MD, Director of the SC Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare.

SC Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare- sc.edu/ruralhealthcare

Rural Residency Programs- https://www.scahec.net/professionals/gme.html

Heirs of General Practice by John McPhee - https://www.amazon.com/Heirs-General-Practice-John-McPhee/dp/0374519749

Rural Incentive Programs:

SC AHEC - https://www.scahec.net/professionals/recruitment.html

SC Rural Practice Loan Forgiveness Program - https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/medicine/centers_and_institutes_new/center_for_rural_and_primary_healthcare/loan_forgiveness_program/index.php

National Health Service Corps - https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loan-repayment/nhsc-rural-community-loan-repayment-program

Today Kevin and Alanti travel down the ultimate rabbit hole with attempting to answer the age-old question: What is Rural, Anyway?  There’s a pop-quiz…

2010 Census Tract Reference Maps - https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-maps/2010/geo/2010-census-tract-maps.html

Walmart Closure in Winnsboro, SC - https://www.thestate.com/news/business/article56269905.html

Fairfield County Hospital Closure- https://www.thestate.com/latest-news/article216722145.html

Rural Definition Resources:

Metropolitan and Micropolitan - https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro.html

Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes (RUCA) - https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/rural-urban-commuting-area-codes/

How Does the Census Bureau Define Rural? - https://gis-portal.data.census.gov/arcgis/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=7a41374f6b03456e9d138cb014711e01

Health Resources and Service Administration List of Rural Counties - https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/hrsa/ruralhealth/resources/forhpeligibleareas.pdf

USDA National Agricultural Library - https://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/what-is-rural

Rural Health Information Hub - https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/what-is-rural

Welcome to the Growing Rural podcast! Here we discuss a range of topics and issues that affect rural South Carolina. Episodes will be released every two weeks.

 

Thank you for listening!