; and (B) containing a recommendation with respect to the operation of and funding for the program described under paragraph (1). (b) Establishment of the Rural Health Quality and Access Fellowship program In carrying out section 7302 of title 38, United States Code, the Secretary shall establish the Rural Health Quality and Access Fellowship program to provide fellowships to health care professionals at the graduate or post-graduate level who— (1) serve on a short-term basis as full-time employees at a rural or highly rural community-based outpatient clinic or medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and (2) conduct research on— (A) improving the quality of rural health care, including best practices for remote health care; (B) access to health care in rural areas; and (C) recruitment and retention of health care professionals in rural areas. (c) Health care professional defined In this Act, the term health care professional means an individual who qualifies as an appointee under section 7402 of title 38, United States Code.