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Starting Rural Psychiatric Residencies: a Case Report and Lessons Learned

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Grants supporting the establishment and continuation of the new rural residencies were awarded by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the Wisconsin Rural Physician Residency Assistance Program.

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    Carlyle H Chan, Robert Gouthro, Edward Krall & Jon Lehrmann

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Chan, C.H., Gouthro, R., Krall, E. et al. Starting Rural Psychiatric Residencies: a Case Report and Lessons Learned. Acad Psychiatry 44, 446–450 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-020-01229-6

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