Recruitment and Retention

Description

The Office of Rural Recruitment and Retention (RRR) was established in 1998 to coordinate and enhance the institution's ongoing efforts to retain WVSOM trained osteopathic physicians in the state. The office works closely with all departments in the institution, especially with the Admissions and Alumni Offices, to coordinate WVSOM's recruitment and retention efforts.

The RRR Office also works with state initiatives, such as the WVRHEP and WVRHAP programs, and WVSOM's postgraduate training programs through the Mountain State OPTI as part of a comprehensive approach to providing osteopathic physicians for rural West Virginia.

Services

The RRR Office provides the following services to WVSOM medical students and graduates:

• information on financial incentive programs and practice opportunities;assistance with job placement; and
• career counseling, especially in the area of postgraduate training

The office also analyzes factors that influence physician retention in rural, underserved areas; examines internal operations for strengths and weaknesses in fulfilling WVSOM's mission of providing primary care osteopathic physicians for West Virginia; and establishes relationships at the local, regional, state and national levels regarding retention of physicians in underserved, rural areas.

Contact Information

Address

West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
400 North Lee Street, Lewisburg, WV 24901

Director

David Brown, Ph.D.
dbrown@wvsom.edu
(304) 647-6275
(800) 356-7836, ext. 275
Fax: (304) 645-4859 Attn: David Brown