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At the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Spring Refresher (see photos on MAFP web site) on April 17, Gwen Halaas, MD, MBA, RPAP faculty, was awarded Teacher of the Year, and Therese Zink, MD, MPH, RPAP faculty, was awarded Researcher of the Year. Joanna Burns, medical student from the Duluth campus and RPAP student in Cloquet last year, received the Medical Student Award for Contributions to Family Medicine. James Boulger, PhD, Duluth, was awarded the President’s Award for the second time. Former RPAP student, Erik Kanten, MD, now family physician at Riverview Clinic in Crookston, MN, was awarded Physician of the Year.
 Kathy Brooks, MD, MBA, MPA, (right) has been named to the new position of medical school associate dean for primary care effective April 17. In that role, she will direct the Rural Physician Associate Program and provide leadership for medical student educational experiences in primary care.
In her leadership of RPAP, Dr. Brooks will conduct educational research to further knowledge about medical education related to primary care and rural practitioners. She will also develop longitudinal care experiences in rural and urban sites, working closely with the Academic Health Center's interprofessional education staff.
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 In the February 2008 Family Medicine, University of Minnesota medical student Emily Kroening (right) and Therese Zink, MD, MPH, RPAP faculty, describe participating in a birth in an Amish family when Emily was an RPAP student.
Dr. Zink collaborated with RPAP student Meghan Lelonek on an August 2007 Minnesota Medicine article describing an experience with the death of a patient.
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Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP)
RPAP is a nine-month, community-based educational experience for University of Minnesota third-year medical students who live and train in rural communities. RPAP students experience hands-on learning as they care for patients of all ages.
RPAP was established in 1971 to encourage students to practice in rural areas throughout Minnesota. Over 1,000 students have participated in the program, and two out of three former students practice in Minnesota, two out of three practice in rural locations, and four out of five are in primary care.
Rural Observation Experience (ROE)
ROE is a two or three day experience during which students observe the life of a rural physician. Incoming first- and second-year medical students at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Twin Cities campus, are eligible.
E-mail us at rpapumn@umn.edu or stop by and visit:
RPAP
A-675 Mayo Memorial Building
Phone: 612-624-3111 Fax: 612-624-2613
Mailing address: 420 Delaware SE, MMC 81, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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