Primary Care Residency Grant

Minnesota Statutes Section 144.1506 was enacted to address, in part, the medical residency shortage by awarding grants to support new Primary Care Residency positions/slots, or new Primary Care Residency programs. This grant program assists existing or proposed Primary Care Residency programs in Minnesota by funding costs associated with creating new residency programs, and training eligible residents in newly created slots.

The Primary Care Residency Grant program will serve all Minnesotans in need of health care by ensuring the state is increasing the number of primary care physicians in each of the eligible primary care provider fields recognized in Minnesota Statutes Section 144.1506.

Grant outcomes will include:

• Sustainability of Minnesota’s pool of primary care physicians resulting from the creation of new primary care residency slots and primary care residency programs that, once created, are required to be maintained throughout the entire three-year grant period and beyond.
• Introducing primary care physicians to underserved populations while in residency, thereby fostering their interest in, and commitment to serving those most in need. 

Priority will be given to applications that clearly define and address how the program will focus on creating or expanding residency slots in the primary care residency fields recognized by Minnesota Statutes Section 144.1506, how these expanded slots are necessary to increase the number of physicians in a specialty of high need, and how the curriculum prepares physicians to address health care disparities. Priority will also be given to applications that include rural training rotations and demonstrate placement of graduates in rural or underserved communities.

Note: Primary Care Residency Programs are invited, but not required, to support residency training for immigrant international Medical Graduates through the Primary Care Residency Grant Program. 

Grant funds may be used for:

• Planning related to establishing an accredited primary care residency program;
• Obtaining accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or another national body that accredits residency programs;
• Recruitment, training and retention of new primary care residents;
• Travel and lodging for new primary care residents;
• Salary and fringe of new primary care residents, as well as faculty and preceptors related to training new primary care residents;
• Training site improvements, fees, equipment, and supplies required for new primary care residents; and/or
• Support for clinical education in which primary care residents are part of a primary care team model.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)

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