Welcome to the "Professions of the Minnesota Rural Health School". We will be highlighting the ways the MRHS professions can best complement one another in addressing the health care needs of rural communities. We will discuss both the commonalties and uniqueness of each of the professions.

This module includes an overview of each discipline by Minnesota Rural Health School faculty. By doing this, we hope to provide you with informed factual information about each of the MRHS disciplines. We also hope to convey some of the passion that MRHS participants have about each of their own professions, and -- more importantly -- about how they can most effectively collaborate with other professions in addressing rural health needs.

The MRHS professions we will be discussing are Physician, Nursing (including Registered Nurses, Public Health Nurses, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and Nurse Practitioners), Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, and Social Work.