Rural Matters

By: Michael Levin-Epstein
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  • Summary

  • Rural Matters is a biweekly, 30-minute podcast about rural education, business, and health. The podcast’s mission is to increase awareness, inform discussion, and expand the dialogue on the most important issues facing rural stakeholders every day. Guests on the podcast include rural education decision-makers, rural business owners and entrepreneurs, and rural health care representatives. The National Rural Education Association and the Center for Rural Affairs are marketing partners.
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Episodes
  • Looking Back and Facing Forward in Rural Education

    Looking Back and Facing Forward in Rural Education
    Dec 19 2024

    In this episode, Michael chats with Dr. Melissa Sadorf, Executive Director of the Arizona Rural Schools Association; Dr. Steven Johnson, Superintendent of Fort Ransom School District in North Dakota and leader of Rural Educational Associates; and Taylor McCabe-Juhnke, Executive Director of Rural Schools Collaborative. Together, they first offer a warm tribute to Dr. Allen Pratt, who is retiring as Executive Director of the National Rural Education Association. Then, they dive into the most important developments in rural education in 2024 and wrap up with some insights on what could be at the forefront in 2025.
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    1 hr
  • Meeting Essential Workforce Needs in Rural Health (Part III of MedCerts Series)

    Meeting Essential Workforce Needs in Rural Health (Part III of MedCerts Series)
    Dec 18 2024

    In this final episode of our MedCerts series, Michael chats with Jenny Story, Office Manager and Co-Owner at Story Family Medicine in Idaho, and Jennifer Kolb, Vice President of Partnerships and Workforce Development at MedCerts. Together, they discuss the unique community Story Family Medicine serves, the challenges it faced in finding new talent, why it partnered with MedCerts to deploy a phlebotomy certification course to help fill that role, how MedCerts partnership models help to bridge talent gaps in rural health, and much more.

    This episode and the entire series are sponsored by MedCerts. For more information, visit partners.MedCerts.com.
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    26 mins
  • Partnering to Fill Talent Gaps in Rural Health (Part II of MedCerts Series)

    Partnering to Fill Talent Gaps in Rural Health (Part II of MedCerts Series)
    Dec 13 2024

    In this episode, Michael chats with MacKenzie Nuckolls, RN CNOR, Assistant Director of Surgical Services at Union General Health System in Georgia, and Jenner Kolb, Vice President of Partnerships and Workforce Development at MedCerts. Together, they discuss MacKenzie’s role at Union General Health System, challenges the hospital faced as it tried to fill talent gaps, how the hospital’s partnership with MedCerts help to meet those needs, and much more.

    This episode and the entire series are sponsored by MedCerts. For more information, visit MedCerts.com.
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    36 mins

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