Preventive Medicine Residency Program

The purpose of this program is to increase the number and quality of preventive medicine residents and physicians to support access to preventive medicine to improve the health of communities.

Entities eligible to apply for this grant program are: an accredited school of public health or school of medicine or osteopathic medicine; an accredited public or private nonprofit hospital; a State, local or Tribal health department; or a consortium of two or more eligible entities as described in items a through c. Preventive medicine residency programs must be accredited by ACGME or the AOA. An official letter from the appropriate accrediting body must be submitted to HRSA with the application to document the approved accreditation status of the program with the beginning and ending dates of the current accreditation.

Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration ISandvold@hrsa.gov