Abstract
The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston (UTMB) family medicine residency program established a rural training track (RTT) in Weimar, Texas, in 2000. The UTMB-RTT provided a training environment designed specifically to prepare family physicians for rural practice in Texas. From 2000 to 2015, 17 family medicine residents completed their training and graduated from the UTMB-RTT. Despite successes with graduate training, rural placement after program completion, and recruitment of underrepresented minorities, the UTMB-RTT closed in June 2015. This paper describes the strengths of and challenges experienced by the program, as well as lessons learned to inform future endeavors.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 50-53 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Texas medicine |
| Volume | 112 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2016 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine