Expanding Health Professionals’ Addiction Education to Rural, Tribal and Underserved Communities

Title: Expanding Health Professionals’ Addiction Education to Rural, Tribal and Underserved Communities
Presenter: Elizabeth Howell, MD; Connie Kitchens, PhD; Megan Schwartz, MD; Jeff Clark, MD
Date: 9/14/21
Brief Description: Rural and tribal areas experience strengths, barriers and challenges under-appreciated by educators based in academic, suburban or urban settings and educational opportunities are quite different than those available in academic and urban or suburban settings. Attendees will review these differences and conceptualize more effective health professionals’ addiction education for rural, tribal, and underserved communities.
Keywords/Main Subjects: Rural medicine, tribal communities, underserved communities, addiction education
Copyright: copyright Elizabeth Howell, Connie Kitchens, Megan Schwartz, & Jeff Clark ©2021



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Expanding Health Professionals’ Addiction Education to Rural, Tribal and Underserved Communities by Elizabeth Howell, MD, Connie Kitchens, PhD, Megan Schwartz, MD & Jeff Clark, MD