Teaching Health Center (THC) Graduate Medical Education (GME) Payment Program - 1. Name of the training program - El Rio Health Psychiatry Residency Program 2. Discipline of the residency program - Psychiatry 3. Type of application - new or continuation - New 4. Eligible Entity type - Federally Qualified Health Center. El Rio Health obtained Sponsoring Institution (SI) accreditation from ACGME on July 1, 2022, and will serve as both the SI and the Health Center (HC) where the residency continuity practice will be located. 5. Year program first began training residents - estimated July 2025 6. Organization website address: https://elrio.org/careers/teaching-health-center/psychiatry-residency-program/ Psychiatry Residency Program - El Rio Health 7. A brief overview of the residency program that includes the name of the accredited sponsoring institution and description of the main primary care training location including populations served. The El Rio Health Psychiatry Residency Program received initial ACGME accreditation February 9, 2024. El Rio Health obtained Sponsoring Institution (SI) accreditation from ACGME on July 1, 2022. El Rio Clinics will be the primary training location; Program Letters of Agreement (PLAs) have been signed for other clinical rotation sites. The psychiatry residency program at El Rio Health strives to provide a comprehensive educational experience that integrates clinical excellence, research, advocacy, and community engagement to address the mental health needs of underserved communities. Our program aims to produce psychiatrists who are committed to providing high-quality patient care, advancing the field through research and scholarly activity, and promoting mental health equity. As an FQHC, we are committed to providing high-quality, culturally competent care to all our patients, regardless of their ability to pay. Our program’s mission aligns with the larger mission of El Rio Health, which is to improve the health and well-being of our community through access to affordable, comprehensive, and quality healthcare. The psychiatry residency program hopes to train physicians who will promote the advancement of high-value care through scholarly work and lifelong learning and serve as future leaders in the field of psychiatric medicine. During their 4 years of training, residents will train in inpatient psychiatry, CL psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, interventional psychiatry, outpatient psychiatry, primary care, neurology, emergency medicine, and internal medicine. 8. Total FTE positions requested to be funded under this program for all post-graduate years of training. 40 FTE (4-4-4-4) - 4 residents per class across 4 years of training. 9. FTE positions requested to be funded under this program for the first AY of funding (AY 2025-2026). 4-0-0-0 10. Rotation Sites: State if residents within the applicant residency program will perform rotations at a hospital rotation site(s) that has not provided resident training in any prior AY. The residents will perform rotations at Tucson Medical Center and El Dorado Springs hospitals. TMC has provided residency rotations to other learners, but not for this residency program.
