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Bob Bowman began as a rural family physician and has facilitated health access workforce efforts in Texas, Tennessee, Nebraska, and Arizona, USA. He continues studies of health access contributions of various primary care sources using the Standard Primary Care Year measuring tool, and has also developed workforce distribution coding using concentrations of clinicians. He is working with Dignity Health and continues his efforts at the World of Rural Medical Education, Basic Health Access, and Physician Workforce Studies web sites and blogs (search Basic Health Access or Rural Medical Education).
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Short Communication 5 October 2026
The utility of point-of-care haemoglobin A1c tests in a very remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community: an agreement analysis with routine laboratory testing
Original Research 16 June 2022
Geographic distribution of family physicians in Japan and the USA: a cross-sectional comparative study
Commentary 14 June 2014
Preventing rural workforce by design
Editorial 8 May 2013
Five Year Anniversary of The North American Section of Rural and Remote Health: "Timing is Everything!"
Editorial 5 September 2012
A guide to reporting studies in rural and remote health
Editorial 24 April 2012
Prescription drug mayhem and rural America
Letter to the Editor 21 October 2008
The geographic relationships between medical students' birth location and high school location
Editorial 17 September 2008
The illusion of minority status
Original Research 10 September 2008
Measuring primary care: the standard primary care year
Editorial 24 July 2008
They really do go
Editorial 29 May 2008
The North American section of Rural and Remote Health: the time has come!
Commentary 13 June 2007
Continuing medical education as a map to guide rural physicians
Editorial 22 February 2007
New models or remodeling students or both?
Editorial 7 March 2001
Impact of medical students on rural preceptors - it's time for better evidence
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16th National Rural & Remote Allied Health Conference (SARRAH), 9–11 November 2026, Coffs Harbour, Australia
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BC Rural Health Conference, 28–30 May 2027, Victoria, BC, Canada
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