Strengthening Rural Health: Research, Access to Care, and Community Collaboration

May 8, 2025

This seminar brings together experts to explore the unique challenges and opportunities in rural health. Through compelling presentations and a panel discussion, attendees will gain insights into inclusive rural health research, maternal mental health disparities, and congenital heart disease outcomes. The session will highlight strategies for engaging rural communities, fostering interdisciplinary collaborations, and addressing barriers to care. Whether you are a researcher, clinician, or community advocate, this symposium will offer practical takeaways for improving health equity in rural settings. The workshop is ideal for faculty, research staff, trainees, students, and community researchers who seek to develop more equitable research.

Target Audience

Allied Health Professionals

Fellows

Medical Students

Physicians

Residents

Learning Objectives

Discussing the importance of including rural communities in research.

Listing strategies to overcome barriers to including rural participants in research.

Naming the social determinants of mental health and articulate the role of faith communities in addressing maternal mental health.

Describing the significance of interdisciplinary collaboration (healthcare practitioners, faith community leaders, birth workers, academicians, etc.) in addressing the issue of rural maternal mental health.

Describing rural-urban disparities in the timing of detection of congenital heart disease.

Discussing rural-urban disparities in congenital heart disease outcomes.

Identifying barriers to care for patients with congenital heart disease living in rural America.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
  • 1.50 ANCC
  • 1.50 Attendance
  • 0.15 IACET CEU
  • 1.50 JA Credit - AH
Registration Opens: 
05/08/2025
Registration Expires: 
05/07/2026
Activity Starts: 
05/08/2025 - 12:30pm EDT
Activity Ends: 
05/08/2025 - 2:00pm EDT
Rating: 
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Dwight Koeberl

Allison Martin

Wylin Wilson

Sydney Sullivan

Devon Noonan

Lindsay Edwards

 

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)

ANCC

Attendance

JA Credit - AH

Available Credit

  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
  • 1.50 ANCC
  • 1.50 Attendance
  • 0.15 IACET CEU
  • 1.50 JA Credit - AH
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