Graduates of Teaching Health Centers Are More Likely to Enter Practice in the Primary Care Safety Net

2015

Authors Bazemore, Andrew W, Wingrove, Peter M, Petterson, Stephen M, Peterson, Lars E, Raffoul, M C, Phillips, Robert L
Topics Education & Training, Role of Primary Care
Volume 92(10):868
Source American Family Physician

The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program funds new primary care residencies at community health centers caring for the nation’s underserved population. In a national census of third-year family medicine residents, those who trained in teaching health centers were more likely to plan to work in safety net clinics than residents who did not train in these centers.