Led by The Rural Partnership’s board members and including representatives from government, and the public and private sectors, each task force has been challenged to identify both residents’ and communities’ needs and to address these needs to maximize recruitment opportunities ensuring longevity for retention. The task forces are organized by the following areas:
- Curriculum Development
- Recruitment and Retention
- Specialty Involvement
- Stipend Revision
Curriculum Task Force
Dr. Joe Florence, IV, East Tennessee State University, Chair
Dr. Charles Ball
Dr. Reid Blackwelder, East Tennessee State University
Dr. Bruce Bennard, East Tennessee State University
Dr. Robin Feierabend, East Tennessee State University
Dr. Chet Gentry, Cumberland Family Care, PC
Christi Granstaff, Tennessee Primary Care Association
Dr. Gerald B. Hickson, Vanderbilt Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy
Dr. Amy Keenum, The University of Tennessee
Dr. Tim Linder, Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians
Timothy McGill, Livingston Regional Hospital
Dr. John E. Midtling, The University of Tennessee Memphis
Paula Postai, Wesley United Methodist Church
Dr. William Rodney, Association for Rural Family and Emergency Medicine
Recruitment and Retention Task Force
Bruce Behringer, East Tennessee State University, Chair
Phil Campbell, Consultant, Jackson, Tennessee
Roger Chalkley, Vanderbilt University
Bill Jolley, Tennessee Hospital Association
Rhonda Phillippi, Vanderbilt University
Sue Pilson, Upper Cumberland Community Services Agency
Betti Wilson, Rural Health Association of Tennessee, President 2007
Kathy Wood-Dobbins, Tennessee Primary Health Care Association
Specialty
Lisa Heaton, Johnson County Health Center, Chair
Dr. Charles Ball, Maury Regional Hospital
Dr. Bill Browder, East Tennessee State University
Dr. David L. Collier, Bureau of TennCare
Dr. Julie Hudson, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Dr. Fred Kirchner, Vanderbilt University
Dr. Eddie Moore, The University of Tennessee
Stipend Task Force
Mary Ann Watson, The University of Tennessee Memphis, Chair
Dr. Bud Clayton, Johnson County Health Center & East Tennessee State University Department of Family Medicine
Dr. Walter Fletcher, Lexington, Tennessee
Dr. Mark Fowler, Union City, Tennessee
Jone Koford, LifePoint
Patrick Lipford, Tennessee Department of Health
Denise Primm, Tennessee Primary Care Association
Dr. Roger Zoorob, Meharry Medical College