Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program (US)

Deadline: 18-Oct-22

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program.

The THCGME Program provides funding to support the training of residents in primary care residency training programs in community-based ambulatory patient care centers.

The THCGME Program aims to strengthen the primary care workforce by supporting medical and dental training programs in primary care, community-based settings with an emphasis on improving the distribution of this health workforce in rural and underserved communities. The program focuses on a different model for resident education than most other federally funded models of GME, which are predominantly located in large, urban academic medical centers. This model was developed based on evidence showing that family medicine resident physicians who train in health center settings are nearly three times as likely to practice in underserved settings after graduation when compared to residents who did not train in health centers. There is also evidence that physicians who receive training in community and underserved settings are more likely to practice in similar settings, such as health centers.

Payments will be made for the following:

expansion awards to support an increased number of resident Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) positions at existing HRSA THCGME Programs, and
new awards to support new resident FTE positions at new Teaching Health Centers (THCs). New THCs are applicants that have never received payment under the HRSA THCGME Program for the applicable residency program.

Program Goals

To achieve this purpose, the THCGME Program provides THCs a per-resident payment established by HRSA inclusive of both Direct Medical Education (DME) and Indirect Medical Education (IME) expenses.

Funding Information

HRSA expects approximately $18,400,000 to be available to fund approximately 28 recipients.
The period of performance is July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027 (4 years).

Eligibility Criteria

An eligible entity is a community-based ambulatory patient care center that sponsors an accredited primary care residency program in one of the following specialties/disciplines: