Last Friday, July 24, Gov. Kim Reynold and the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced an investment in rural physician training in an effort to strengthen Iowa’s healthcare workforce. Reynolds says, “One of the most effective ways to increase the number of physicians practicing in rural Iowa is to train them in rural Iowa.”
The initiative is a competitive funding opportunity meant to support the creation of new medical residency programs in Iowa. Iowa HHS plans to make up to $10.5 million available to create up to 14 new residency programs in Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Surgery, and Psychiatry.
Funding is open to hospitals, health systems, medical schools, and other qualified organizations to develop Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited programs in rural and underserved communities. Programs must be located outside Iowa’s largest population centers and provide at least 50 percent of resident training in federally designated rural communities.
A link to this program is included below.
https://hhs.iowa.gov/media/19083/download?inline
To see all current funding opportunities issued by Iowa HHS, visit the IowaGrants website or the State of Iowa Bid Opportunities website.
