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Creating residencies that produce psychiatrists who are skilled and interested in working in under resourced areas, especially in community and rural settings is challenging. State and private agency collaboration can be an effective approach to enhancing such training. These resources for education have the goals of improving access and services, addressing workforce shortages and improving physician retention. They can provide flexibility to implement innovations that enhance training and address community needs. This article describes the implementation of a psychiatry residency at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine. Funding was obtained from state and private initiatives. This paper describes the implementation. Feedback was positive at all levels. This program illustrates some of the advantages of utilizing alternate funding in creating high quality residencies that are integral to the community, produce skilled collaborative physicians, provide necessary care that addresses specific community needs and potentially address workforce issues in underserved areas.
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The authors wish to thank everyone, especially community and state partners and the inaugural resident classes who helped with and supported the implementation of this residency.
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The authors report no external funding source for this paper. Some of authors’ time and effort at work during the initiation of this residency was supported by Grant funding. Drs de Erausquin and Fernandez were partially funded by the Center for Brain Health Grant from the Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation. Dr de Erausquin was partially funded by Grant D43MH108169 from National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health. Dr Fernandez was partially supported by the Valley Interprofessional Dedicated Access and Service (VIDAS) Grant from United Health Group Foundation. Dr Dingle was partially supported by the Psychiatry Residency Program, Texas Delivery System Reform Incentive Program (DSRIP, Medicaid 115 Waiver), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and the Psychiatry Residency Stipend Program, Texas Department of State Health Services.
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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by ADD, FF and GDE. The first draft of the manuscript was written by ADD and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Dingle, A.D., Fernandez, F. & de Erausquin, G.A. Developing a Rural Psychiatry Training Program on The Texas-Mexico Border: A Chance for Innovation. Community Ment Health J 58, 1060–1066 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-021-00914-6
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