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A Residency Training in Rural Psychiatry

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Abstract

Objective

This article describes a residency training program that incorporates a rural didactic curriculum and rural clinical training.

Methods

Residents participate in didactic seminars and a rural clinical rotation.

Results

In this jointly funded (academic-state-agency) model, faculty members from a community-based medical school train psychiatric residents at a rural clinic. This model differs from a primary care model because it is a direct care model and not a consultation model.

Conclusion

Locations near medical schools that are within driving distance of a rural or rural/manufacturing community could use this model. It would require modification (including telemedicine) where greater distances are involved or where faculty clinical work must be done at the medical school site to support a university-based hospital or clinic.

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  1. Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Wright State University, P.O. Box 927, Dayton, Ohio, 45401, USA

    Paulette Marie Gillig M.D. & Edward A. Comer M.Ed.

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  1. Paulette Marie Gillig M.D.
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Correspondence to Paulette Marie Gillig M.D..

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At the time of submission, the authors declared no competing interests.

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Gillig, P.M., Comer, E.A. A Residency Training in Rural Psychiatry. Acad Psychiatry 33, 410–412 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.33.5.410

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