Project Grant T9C46045

TEACHING HEALTH CENTER GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM - CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE - CMU MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERS PSYCHIATRY PROGRAM IS A NEW THCGME APPLICANT, AND AN ELIGIBLE ENTITY DUE TO ITS STATUS AS A COMMUNITY-BASED AMBULATORY PATIENT CARE CENTER THAT HAS BEEN PART OF A GME CONSORTIUM FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS THAT OPERATES AN ACCREDITED PRIMARY CARE RESIDENCY PROGRAM. THE PSYCHIATRY RESIDENCY PROGRAM WAS FIRST ACCREDITED BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (ACGME) ON JULY 1, 2014 (ACGME PROGRAM #4002500308). INFORMATION ON THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM CAN BE VIEWED AT MED.CMICH.EDU/RESIDENCY. THE PSYCHIATRY RESIDENCY PROGRAM AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE/CMU MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERS IS PART OF A GME CONSORTIUM WHICH INCLUDES TWO COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, A UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL AND CMU MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERS, AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. THESE NEW PSYCHIATRY RESIDENT POSITIONS WILL BE MAINTAINED AT THE CMEP BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER, WHICH PROVIDES SERVICES THAT INCLUDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE FOR THE PEDIATRIC AND ADULT UNDERSERVED RURAL AND URBAN POPULATIONS IN MID-MICHIGAN. THE CMEP FACILITIES HOUSE THE OFFICES FOR THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR, ASSOCIATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR, COORDINATOR AND OTHER FACULTY WHO MANAGE THE PROGRAM. THE PRIMARY HOSPITAL CLINICAL SITE IS HEALTHSOURCE SAGINAW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICINE CENTER, CARING FOR HIGH ACUITY, LOW-RESOURCED PATIENTS AND IS A COMPREHENSIVE CENTER WITH ADULT, CHILD AND GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRIC CARE AND A CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY CENTER. THE HOSPITAL AND CLINIC ARE IN A PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL AND MENTAL HEALTH HPSA AREA, SPECIFICALLY IN A REGION OF SAGINAW WITH AN UNDER-RESOURCED, MINORITY POPULATION. THE TOTAL FTE POSITIONS REQUESTED TO BE FUNDED UNDER THIS PROGRAM FOR ALL YEARS OF TRAINING IS 4 (1-1-1-1). THE FTE POSITIONS REQUESTED TO BE FUNDED UNDER THIS PROGRAM FOR AY 2022-2023 IS 1 (1-0-0-0). WITH THIS COMMITMENT, CMEP HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND UPON ITS MISSION TO TRAIN DIVERSE AND CULTURALLY COMPETE NT PHYSICIANS, FOCUSED ON IMPROVING ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY HEALTHCARE IN MICHIGAN, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON IMPROVED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOR MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.