title: Experience-Based Lessons From Rural Texas Graduate Medical Education.
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.
authors: Lisa R
authors: LR
authors: Nash
authors: Tricia C
authors: TC
authors: Elliott
authors: Jorge
authors: J
authors: Duchicela
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008913:Minority Groups; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D013781:Texas