THE RURAL HEALTH OUTREACH PROGRAM

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THE RURAL HEALTH OUTREACH PROGRAM
Mission To provide high quality, affordable and
accessible continuing education to nurses and
other healthcare providers in the North Central
Texas area. Sylvia Alonzo Rawlings
Director rawlings_at_uta.edu http//www.uta.edu/nusin
g/rhop
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Successes

• Last five-year averages
• Programs Offered 72
• Attendees 1,215
• Contact Hours
• Awarded 4,254

• RHOP reputation quality education
• Stability since 1975
• Faculty, consultants, organizations
• On-site resource
• Leadership
• Expanded geographic area

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Collaborator -- External Funding

• Office of Rural Community Affairs
• Three grants at 50,000
• Funding for 2007-08 55,000

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RHOP Service Area today

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The Future

• RHOP throughout Texas
• Exhibiting continued expansion of service area
• New programs-BNE mandated, etc.
• New series of topics on Nursing Leadership
• First time CNE article in health magazine
• Introduction of RHOPs newsletter
• Continued Funding Grants, Legislature

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Ruralina
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