Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A Novel Strategy for Increasing the Number of Psychiatrists in Underserved Rural Areas

  • Educational Case Report
  • Published:
Academic Psychiatry Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. What is rural America? https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2017/08/rural-america.html. Accessed 3 Jun 2022.

  2. Freeman Cook A, Hoas H. Hide and seek: the elusive rural psychiatrist. Acad Psychiatry. 2007;31:419–22.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Hawes EM, Fraher E, Crane S, Weidner A, Wittenberg H, Pauwels J, et al. (2021) Rural residency training as a strategy to address rural health disparities: barriers to expansion and possible solutions. J Grad Med Educ. 2021;13:461–5.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  4. United States Government Accountability Office. Physician workforce: HHS needs better information to comprehensively evaluate graduate medical education funding. 2018. https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-18-240. Accessed 24 March 2023.

  5. Andrilla CHA, Patterson DG, Garberson LA, Coulthard C. Larson EH Geographic variation in the supply of selected behavioral health providers. Am J Prev Med. 2018;54:S199–207.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Morales DA, Barksdale CL, Beckel-Mitchener AC. A call to action to address rural mental health disparities. J Clin Transl Sci. 2020;4:463–7.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  7. Council on Graduate Medical Education. Rural Health Policy Brief 1. Special needs in rural America: implications for healthcare workforce education, training, and practice. July 2020. https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/hrsa/advisory-committees/graduate-medical-edu/publications/cogme-rural-health-policy-brief.pdf. Accessed 24 March 2023.

  8. National Resident Matching Program. Results and data: 2022 main residency match. https://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-Main-Match-Results-and-Data_Final.pdf. Accessed 24 March 2023.

Download references

Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge Nicole Miller and Marcy Guzik who help run our program. We would also like to acknowledge Dr. Viral Goradia and Dr. Scott Ulberg for their continued work on the program.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Norton College of Medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA

    Justin P. Meyer, Zsuzsa Szombathyne Meszaros & Robert J. Gregory

Authors
  1. Justin P. Meyer
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Zsuzsa Szombathyne Meszaros
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Robert J. Gregory
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Justin P. Meyer.

Ethics declarations

Disclosures

On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there are no other conflicts of interest.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Meyer, J.P., Meszaros, Z.S. & Gregory, R.J. A Novel Strategy for Increasing the Number of Psychiatrists in Underserved Rural Areas. Acad Psychiatry 47, 274–276 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-023-01777-7

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-023-01777-7

Search

Navigation