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The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program helps communities grow their health workforce by training physicians and dentists in community-based settings with a focus on rural and underserved communities. This unique training model changes the physician training paradigm by providing the majority of training in community-based outpatient settings where most people receive their health care.
* **Increase** physicians and dentists trained in community-based settings * **Improve** health outcomes for members of underserved communities * **Expand** health care access in underserved and rural areas ## How is our program different? While most residency programs base their training in hospitals, our programs train residents in outpatient settings in the community, such as community health centers.
Teaching health centers receive a payment for each resident they train to cover the training costs, including the resident’s salary and benefits. ## We focus on these areas of primary care * Internal medicine-pediatrics * Obstetrics and gynecology Most teaching health centers are in community health centers, rural health clinics, and tribal health centers.
These sites are embedded in the communities they serve, providing primary care, dental, and behavioral health services in areas of the country that often lack access to quality care. In Academic Year **2024-2025**, the program is funding the training of over **1,254** residents in **88** community-based residency programs.
For details, see: * 2025-2026 Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Awardees * 2023-2024 Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Awardees * 2022-2023 Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Awardees ## Why do we need THCGME?
HRSA’s National Center for Health Workforce Analysis estimates a **projected shortage of 70,610 primary care physicians**—including family medicine, general internal medicine, geriatrics, and pediatrics—by 2038. These shortages are projected to be particularly acute in rural areas. The THCGME program is one of the only federal programs to increase the number of physician trainees in the past 25 years.
Last year, THCGME residents treated **nearly 610,000 patients during more than 630,000 patient contact hours**. Those annual numbers continue to grow as programs mature and expand. ## How do we help communities establish THCGME residency programs?
The Teaching Health Center Planning and Development (THCPD) Program grants support the work of building a program, developing a training curriculum, recruiting clinical faculty, retooling workflow to integrate residents, and getting accredited, all of which are time-consuming and require resources and staffing.
HRSA also funds a technical assistance center") that supports Planning and Development grantees to assist in teaching health center development. ## How many THCGME-trained physicians and dentists have entered the workforce? Since the THCGME program began in 2011, **3,090 new primary care physicians and dentists** have completed residencies and entered the workforce.
This includes: * 1,895 new family medicine physicians * 711 new internal medicine physicians * 42 new obstetric and gynecological physicians * 155 new advanced general dentists ### Clinical training sites Medically Underserved Community
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Nonprofits, State/local governments, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), Community health centers, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), Hospitals, Rural Emergency Hospitals, Native American tribal governments, Native Ame…. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME): Expanding the Primary Care Workforce is funded by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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