HHS awards 15 grants to create rural medical residency programs

The Health Resources and Services Administration yesterday awarded 15 organizations up to $750,000 each to establish residency programs in rural communities. The Rural Residency Planning and Development Program has awarded $54 million since 2019 to create 38 new accredited rural residency programs or rural track programs in family medicine, internal medicine, psychiatry and general surgery.

“Training residents in rural areas leads more medical school graduates to stay and practice in rural settings,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. “There's a shortage of doctors across the nation, especially in our most underserved communities, and these rural residency development grants will help address this shortage.”