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

Author(s)

Bazemore, Andrew W, Wingrove, Peter M, Petterson, Stephen M, Peterson, Lars E, Raffoul, M C, and Phillips, Robert L

Topic(s)

Education & Training, and Role of Primary Care

Keyword(s)

Graduate Medical Education, Imprinting Of Training, National Graduate Survey, Practice Innovations, and Shortage Areas

Volume

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.

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