Kituo cha Afya cha Kufundisha ni nini?

Vituo vya Kufundisha vya Afya kama Kituo cha Wright ndio suluhisho la shida inayokabili huduma ya msingi nchini Merika.

Kotekote nchini, wahitimu wachache na wachache wa shule ya matibabu wanafuata taaluma katika huduma ya msingi, wakati ambapo watoa huduma za msingi wanaofanya kazi wanapanga kustaafu. Vituo vya Afya vya Kufundisha vinalenga kuhakikisha wafanyakazi wa huduma ya msingi wanaofaa kwa jumuiya za kipato cha chini kwa kutoa mafunzo katika Vituo vya Afya Vilivyohitimu Kiserikali (FQHC) na tovuti zinazofanana.

Daktari akitembea kwenye barabara ya ukumbi na mkazi

Utafiti unaonyesha kwamba wakazi wanaofunza katika FQHC na FQHC Look-Alikes wana uwezekano mkubwa wa kufanya mazoezi katika maeneo ambayo hayana huduma ya afya - na kujisikia tayari zaidi kufanya hivyo.

Vituo vingi vya Afya vya Kufundisha, Kituo cha Wright kilijumuisha, hupokea ufadhili wa serikali ili kusaidia shughuli zetu kupitia Mpango wa Elimu ya Wahitimu wa Elimu ya Matibabu wa Kituo cha Afya cha Utawala wa Rasilimali na Huduma za Marekani (HRSA). Chanzo hiki cha ufadhili ni muhimu kwa ajili ya kuendeleza programu nyingi za Kituo cha Afya cha Kufundisha.

Ukweli wa Haraka kuhusu Mpango wa Elimu ya Tiba ya Wahitimu wa Kituo cha Afya cha Kufundisha (THCGME):

Source: HRSA, Sept. and Dec. 2025

  • HRSA’s National Center for Health Workforce Analysis projects a shortage of 70,610 primary care physicians—including family medicine, general internal medicine, geriatrics, and pediatrics—in 2038.
  • Last year, THCGME residents treated over 792,000 patients during more than 1.2 million patient encounters, significantly enhancing access to care in primary care in underserved areas. (HRSA, Jan. 2024)
  • Since the THCGME program was established in 2010, there have been 2,721 new primary care physicians and dentists who have completed residencies and entered the workforce.
  • The program funded the training of over 1,228 residents in 82 community-based residency programs in the 2023-24 academic year.

We are proud that an overwhelming amount of our graduates choose to practice in underserved areas, including Northeast Pennsylvania, in the relentless pursuit of our mission.